Wild Geese Martial Arts & Fitness

I guess it’s official! This “fad” known a the Kettlebell is here to stay in Ireland. It’s been a long time since I started out as...

Warming up is a critical piece of any workout. Any performance. Yet there’s so much misinformation, so much dogma, so much nonsense...

So yesterday was a Bank Holiday Monday, so the gym was closed except for a few dedicated members who have their own keys to get in. I...

A long time ago I had a weekly feature called Monday Mobility. Which in case you couldn’t guess, was a post about mobility that came out...

This mornings first client is a keen amateur runner. Over the weekend he went out to Amphibian King, he preferred running shoe supplier...

Stretching is far from my favourite topic, but that doesn’t mean I don’t do it or teach it. Usually I like people to move with their...

The movie I Robot was on tv the other day. I forgot how enjoyable it was. Sci-Fi, robots, explosions, chases, guns, robots, what’s not to...

I know I talk a lot about the competitive athletes that train with me, the fighters, the mountain bikers, the Kettlebell sports guys etc...

Over the last couple of days I was in the company of a group of trainers listening to Joel Jamieson talk about his Bioforce HRV system....

Sometimes you just have to get a little bit giddy and excited. Here’s my excited face: But seriously, the next couple of months promise...

Well, it’s 2016 and everyone is just getting back on their feet and finding their rhythm again after the Xmas break. While I’m not one...

On Monday I posted about the worrying amount of knee injuries recorded in field sports. The article I referred to was from Ireland’s...

One of the most common complaints in sports is Knee pain and / or knee injury. If you look at injury statistics, most common field sport...

The Kettlebell Snatch is an iconic lift. To be perfectly honest, it’s a non essential lift for many and it’s not a lift that features...

About 2 months ago one of my regular members, Kevin”Hardcore”  Callan who is the head of the Kyokushin Karate Ireland Federation asked me...

I hate warming up. I understand it’s a vital part of training, and I’m incredibly particular about how my clients warm up. But when it...

Last week I wrote about the Bottoms Up Kettlebell grip and waiters walk. We talked about how and why I like to use them in Wild Geese,...

We’re taking on new clients! To be honest, we’re always open to enquiries, but at the moment there’s two items on the calendar that are...

The nature of the clients that come to Wild Geese for training means that they’re the type of folk who see physical limits as challenges...

Combat athletes are my favorite athletes to train. It stems from my own extensive background in martial arts and security work. It’s the...