Wild Geese Martial Arts & Fitness

This week I’ve been on a bit of a rant about the role of Strength and Conditioning in the Martial Arts. By the term martial arts I...

Today I’ve a few things on my mind. As per normal, my little grey cells are banging on overtime and I’m struggling to tame them into a...

If it’s good enough for Iron Man….. The Turkish Get gets a lot of love. There are those around who harp on at it ad nauseum. They’ll tell...

I was supposed to write you an awesome blog post for today, I had planned to get it done this morning before the day kicked off with...

In an athletic sense, rotation and indeed, counter rotation, is a key player. Power is best generated in our bodies by using spiraling...

The “Anti” muscles? Has Dave finally lost the plot? No my friends I mean the anti-gravity muscles, the anti-aging and anti-injury...

Yes, before you ask, the title of this post is a poor play on the title of Pantera’s iconic album. But it’s pretty apt after the...

it’s no secret that for most athletic pursuits, the posterior chain is the key to power generation. we know that for those who spend...

It’s a big day for the Irish Kettlebell Lifting scene today. More importantly, one of the lifters comes out of here, he’s representing...

I’m exhausted. The last few weeks have been completely off the scale! I didn’t think that one body was capable of handling such an amount...

1 Mile Kettlebell Swing Challenge This was simply incredible. 5 of my guys completed the mile, another four did half a mile each. In...

It’s only the second time we’ve run the challenge, and as far as we’re aware, it’s only the second time anyone has ever done a mile of...

Thanks to the guys at the Kilkenny Kettlebell Club for hosting another great competition. As with all these events it is a great...

1 Mile of Walking Swings – could you do it? Click the image to download the pdf poster 1 Mile is 1600 meters. (1609.344 to be precise) An...

He’s an ex military bloke now working in private security, every time he emails me he’s in a different yet equally remote corner of the...

Got Back? Many years ago one of the lads brought a “fitness” magazine into the martial arts academy where I was training. As usual it was...

This topic came up yesterday while chatting to one of my Lunchtime Fitness regulars. He has recently started using the 24kg kettles for...

The next few Wild Geese workshop dates have just been confirmed: Due to popular demand I’ll be running a Bodyweight Training workshop. ...

I often talk about mental strength on this blog. It’s a topic that is important to me, after all what use is physical strength without...

The kettlebell windmill. A very commonly performed drill, and rightly so. when done well it has many benefits not least of which are:...