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Deliberate Practice
Skills take time to develop. They don’t just happen because we want them They take practice Deliberate practice We tend not to think too...

Dave Hedges
Jan 29, 20181 min read


Maria on The Heel Lift in the Snatch
On Monday I posted an “Ask Dave” article answering a question I got regarding the Kettlebell Snatch and why people would lift the heel....

Dave Hedges
Jan 24, 20184 min read


Ask Dave: Why do People Lift Their Heel During the Kettlebell Snatch?
This was a question asked on facebook just the other day. It’s a common enough point that gets raised, so let’s look into it. The...

Dave Hedges
Jan 21, 20184 min read


Ask Dave: Why is core strength so important?
This post was originally written in Feb 2013, but as the “Water Bottle Speech” still gets rolled out, and came up in a recent Facebook...

Dave Hedges
Jan 10, 20185 min read


The ONLY Thing That Works
Over the last few weeks we’ve had: Maria win 2 gold medals at recent IUKL Kettlebell Sport World Championships in Korea Anita getting...

Dave Hedges
Dec 12, 20171 min read
Monday Mobility: The Cossack Squat
It’s been a while since we had a Monday Mobility post. This is a commonly seen exercises, one that carries a great many benefits. But to...

Dave Hedges
Dec 3, 20171 min read


Build Durable Fingers and Wrists, Save your Elbows
In our Motion Is Lotion and Indian Clubs classes we usually spend a bit of time on hand and wrist mobility. Of all the subjects I go on...

Dave Hedges
Nov 15, 20172 min read


Office Closed? Gym Closed? No Problem!
Today we have a weather warning Hurricane Ophelia, Irelands largest storm in 50 years is just hitting the south of the country and will...

Dave Hedges
Oct 16, 20172 min read


Breathing, an instruction manual
Breathing Breathe in Breathe out Repeat All is well right? So far anyway. But then you go for a run. Or you pull a heavy deadlift Or...

Dave Hedges
Oct 12, 20172 min read


When you work out the breathing, you can get away with so much
Had a great conversation yesterday with a client who came back after a lay off. This lad is a regular guy, wears a suit to work, wife,...

Dave Hedges
Oct 10, 20171 min read
How to Apply Elite Level Training to Your Training
At the highest level of any endeavour is where the best info lies. Reading about and watching videos of the training of top UFC fighters,...

Dave Hedges
Oct 9, 20171 min read


Attitude and Standards, this shit is important!
A few points on Standards and Attitude that have been inspired by the last few days in Facebookland. Lets start with a Meme one of my...

Dave Hedges
Sep 22, 20171 min read


4 Things I Learned In the 9 Years of Wg-Fit
My family and I just celebrated our oldest sons 9th birthday. And while it’s incredible to believe that my boy is now 9, his lifespan so...

Dave Hedges
Sep 17, 20175 min read


Random Thoughts on Mobility
A few thoughts on Stretching and Mobility Epreuve synthèse à l’École nationale de cirque de Montréal This is kind of a hot topic at the...

Dave Hedges
Sep 15, 20172 min read
Rediscovering Swings and How Exercise Impacts Mental Health
I have to come clean As much as I advocate the benefit of the simple kettlebell swing, it seems I have been neglecting it! And over the...

Dave Hedges
Sep 10, 20172 min read


Dinny Collins on Anxiety and How to Train for the Mile
We’re working pretty hard at Wg-Fit on getting the Mighty Mile up to speed. Thankfully we’re not alone in this, we have people coming on...

Dave Hedges
Sep 6, 20172 min read
Mental & Physical Health, a Marriage Made in Heaven
Do you remember last year when I took a 28kg kettlebell and did a mile of walking swings? Well, myself and the crew of people that joined...

Dave Hedges
Aug 30, 20171 min read
5 Points to Get the Best Start in Fitness
Starting out in Fitness can be tough. Back when I started, I was very very lucky. First of all, there was no internet, so no bullshit...

Dave Hedges
Aug 22, 20171 min read


Sneaky Training
Earlier on bookface, I posted a video of my second snatch set today. I’m training for the Nationals in 2 weeks, so it’s super important...

Dave Hedges
Aug 8, 20174 min read
Hanging Leg raise > Toes To Bar
So last week I wrote a blog post titled “Your Why Determines your HOW” (in case you missed it: http://wg-fit.com/wp/blog/your-why-determi...

Dave Hedges
Aug 6, 20173 min read
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