Wild Geese Martial Arts & Fitness

You may have noticed that “Movement” is the current new trend in the fitness world. You may also have noticed that many of the drills...

Range of motion. Do we need to train through our full range of motion? Well, that depends on your needs. As the people I work with are in...

One of my Lunchtime Fitness regulars referred a work colleague to me for an Anatomy in Motion session as she was in a fair amount of...

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...

A very quick blog post today. Over the last year or two I’ve been promising the launch of an Online Training service. Well, it’s...

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...

Could Strength Training Help Prevent Concussions? That is the title of Chris Beardsley’s now post. Chris who? He’s the dude that trawls...

Progress is slow. It requires patience and consistency. You cannot rush it. Very often it seems that you’re stagnant, going no where. But...

So last night I attended the Rehabcare HOPS pub quiz. The name HOPS stands for “Healing Opportunities and Peer Support” It’s a place...

We had a serious buzz going on in Wild Geese yesterday and today. This morning in Wild Geese. The place is packed for the Bootcamp plus a...

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...

After the post about standards earlier this week, today we have one about Military fitness, and arena where standards absolutely must be...

Standards Either you meet them or you don’t How you “feel” about the standards is irrelevant, they are simply standards. Like the when we...

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

With the client base I work with the most at Wg-Fit, ie those involved in Combat, Contact and Extreme sports, it’s not unusual to see...

The pendulum is swinging. In the 80’s cardiovascular training was IT. Then it was circuit training. Then then there was strength...