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Chewing what you’ve bitten off | The Cloudfoot Diaries #53
Day 2 of the ninja blueprint and I’m already sore as shit. Awesome. Clearly got a long way to go. This session was a focus on Weightlifting, complemented by some gymnastics dynamic strength work and...
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When life gets in the way | The Cloudfoot Diaries #54
Day three of training and already life has gotten in the way. I could lie and tell you I crushed the schedule. The reality was I felt weak as piss, sore as hell and had a whole sandwich of life issues...
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If you’re ready early, GO! | The Cloudfoot Diaries #55
Briefly carrying on the theme of life’s interventions… I’d finished work and had an hour until the scheduled time of Weightlifting club started. I felt energised and knew if I went to sit down and...
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Why are Front Planche progressions such a mission? | The Cloudfoot Diaries #56
I don’t know if it is the illusory, effortless nature that planche masters seem to exude in the photos I have seen, or my inflated ego that leads me to believe I can hold a front straddle planche, but...
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From Weakness to Strength – New Snatch PB! | The Cloudfoot Diaries #57
Day 6 of 6 has been and gone for week 1. Here’s me harping on how weak I am towards the tail end of the first week and yet today saw me hit a new PB on the Snatch – 70kg, the very weight I missed on my...
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Combining Gymnastics with Weightlifting; Week 2 of 12 in review | The...
The second of the twelve week, gymnastics and weightlifting combo-experiment is complete. Rather than post each day separately, I’ve compiled the training log and lessons learnt in to one post. I had...
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Week 3 of 12 – Everything Hurts | The Cloudfoot Diaries #59
Only 3 weeks in and I’m now in a lot of pain. My joints are aching. My tendons nagging. And my energy levels nowhere to be seen. Hints towards the flavour of overreaching are present. My appetite has...
View ArticleNo Gi Reflections #5 | No Gi classes are still a rarity here in the UK
@brucelee @tmxofficial A video posted by Eddie Bravo (@eddiebravo10) on Sep 21, 2016 at 7:18pm PDT In the quest to improve my own No Gi game by breaking through a recent stagnancy phase I have been...
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No Gi Reflections #7 | Class Quality – the difference between hosting and...
One of my biggest influences in the coaching world; John Danaher. I’m going to try and refrain from turning this post into a rant and the reason for that can only be due to the fact that I have been...
View ArticleHow I have been training around my shoulder injury | The Cloudfoot Diaries #81
Training around my shoulder injury Last episode I harped on about the importance of embodying the principles of adaptation and awareness. So what kind of training have I been doing around my shoulder...
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