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Forgive me, but this bit of writing is just me trying to put in words some things that have been flaffing about in my head for a while. Feel free to ignore it… ************************************************* Over the last few months I have been learning about ways to help rehab people who have suffered from a stroke. … Read more
Upcoming FLASHmob Fitness training is as follows: September Strength & Fitness Assessment – 7/9/14. If you don’t know what this is, I’ve explained it all before, so click here to find out. And click here to register your name. FLASHmob Saturday Breakfast – 20/9/14. I’m going to have a reccie round Thruscross reservoir for the … Read more
What is tapering? “Tapering = maximising recovery, not fitness.” While we are exercising and training, we are actually damaging and breaking down our body (the muslces etc). In other words, we are actually in worse shape when we finish a training session than we were when we started! This is obvious when you see people … Read more
I assess peoples fitness and strength and advise on workouts and training routines for quite a few people. I use a mixture of theory and experience to do this. For example, if someone comes training with a certain injury, then theory and experience tells me that they should probably avoid certain moves while emphesise others … Read more
I liked the last bike ride we did. Even though it got a little bit wet, i still had fun. So I want to do it again. So here goes… Date: Sat Aug 23rd (bank holiday weekend and the day before we go to River Rat Race) Place: Hawkswick to Malham Tarn to Kilnsey and … Read more
My friend Pam was stand in editor of her local parish newsletter and she had some space to fill. So she asked me to write 500 words on training outdoors. Here is what I came up with. Hope you like it… *************************************************** Welcome to our outdoor gym! My name is Cerin and I’m a local … Read more
Apparently a “sports specialist” in a school thinks its dangerous for kids to do pressups. But I’ve heard a lot of people wonder if they should let their little Johnny do any kind of strength training in case its damaging to a body that is not yet fully developed. And I reckon that is a … Read more
“You don’t let me get away with things like the others do!” I’ve nothing much to say today except to blow my own trumpet. Because this was a lovely compliment (well, I took it as a compliment, anyway) I got from a couple of ladies the other day. I had to step in when a … Read more
I’m guessing this is not what many people want, but what the hell. The day after Tough Mudder weekend here in Skipton, I’m going to have a go at the monthly Strength & Fitness Assessment (click here to find more out about it). It will be interesting to see how I do compared to previous … Read more
Knowing what you want to do in your training over the next month is one thing (and a really important thing that so many of us fail to do). Figuring out just how to do it and actually getting it done is another thing altogether! Things in our head can often be very “fuzzy”. Ideas, … Read more
Had an excellent day shadowing a practical session with a stroke survivor yesterday. An interesting point came up… Top end athletes have to work bloody hard, day in and day out. They have to strive for months on end for very marginal gains. Every 1% of improvement is an incredibly hard fought battle. They need … Read more
I’ve been bored, so I’m having a reccie of a bunch of footpaths in some woods. There should be a little mini reservoir in there somewhere too. So I’m going to try to find it if I can. This Sunday at 8am… Sell Tickets through Eventbrite
I’ve described how I coach pressups before (click here). But every so often, I get asked why do I expect it done that way? Why chest to the floor? Why can’t they start off with easier versions like the box (ladies) pressup? Basically, why am I being such a knob about things. So here goes… … Read more
“The better we get, the fewer choices we have.” This is something I heard a while ago but was reminded of while training recently. My training sessions consisted of a maximum of half a dozen exercises (bike ride to/from gym, deadlifts, cable rows, the handstands I’m practising and the power cleans I’m re-learning). I like … Read more
I was taught the important things are worth repeating. So I know I have probably gone ove this subject before, but what the hell. I like to think I help people move better and for a purpous. And I was talking to someone about our monthly Assessments (next one coming up in just a few … Read more
Over the past month or so, I’ve been on a course teaching me how to help rehabilitate people who have suffered from a stroke. I’ve still to do the course assessment to qualify, so to help me remember the things I’ve learned, here are a few things about stroke and its rehab. I will be … Read more
Spending your spare time getting fitter, stronger and basically more attractive to members of the opposite/same sex? Want to put that fitness/strength/hotness to some actual good use? Sunday August 10th, a few of us are going for a bike ride in the Yorkshire Dales. It will be about 28 miles in length, starting and finishing … Read more
On Saturday June 28th a bunch of us are doing the Wharfedale 3 Peaks Challenge to raise money for The Upper Wharedale Fell Rescue Association. They are holding 3 versions of it on the day: Three peaks Birks Fell, Buckden Pike, Great Whernside 35km (22 miles), 1446m (4744 ft) ascent Two peaks Buckden Pike, Great … Read more
Targets, deadlines, challenges and goals are awesome things. They focus the mind and help us get things done. So here is the first of a few challenges that we can have a go at, see how well we did and see how we improve over time. The Embsay Dam Dash. This is very simple. Go … Read more
I’ve finally gotten round to doing something that I’ve been meaning to do for ages! Anyone can now take part in any of the growing number of Rees Fitness challenges whenever they like. They can then record their results for posterity and for the world to see! So far we have the Broughton 1.5 mile … Read more