Combative Fitness

23/12/2022

12/07/2022

If you have the passion, the commitment and the will to stay focused you too can achieve this.

I am not saying its easy, you may fail once, twice, three or more times, you don't give up, you get back up and keep trying.

Never give up 💪

01/08/2021

For those that keep postponing their training!!!

Yes I know it's hard to get motivated but I wont let this lockdown affect my training.

We don't know when this lockdown will end so you need to sit down, write down what you want to achieve, how you are going to achieve it, commit to this training and stay focused.

I'm asking you, actually I'm telling you to reignite that drive and get back to what you are passionate about, YOUR TRAINING.

12/12/2020

Every Sunday I go for my 4 kilometre jog but this morning an injury had flared up. I started jogging but couldn’t go for too much longer so I started walking. Mind you I could of turned back and just given up.

During this walk I thought I would see if I could jog, so I mixed this morning session with walking and jogging, yes my time had blown way out but I didn’t give up. I still went out there and trained, Walking is better than doing nothing at all.

Speaking of walking, a friend started walk/jog and posted her strava on Facebook, her first post said “Okay it’s a start.” It had her Distance, Pace and Time.

I wrote, “Well done, it’s not about what time you do it in but getting out there and doing it.”
She writes back, “So true. Every step is one more than sitting on the couch.

So for the people that haven’t trained for a while just get out there and start. Start by walking, brisk walking. Once you get into a routine you may eventually start jogging.

You will have your good days and your bad days. Don’t let time define you, just get out there and do it.

11/07/2020

I was told to watch this documentary and that I would be surprised.

So I went on Netflix, searched for the documentary, found it, sat down and watch it.

To my surprise I was amazed by the results that were found.

When I was studying to become a fitness instructor they told us besides the obvious, by eating right this would help you not only recover but also replenish your energy system which is right.

Eat your carbohydrates, (pasta, potatoes, bread, fruit) proteins (chicken, pork, beef, tuna) and your healthy fats (avocado, nuts, salmon) this will keep you healthy, I’m not saying it doesn’t but to what extent.

After watching the documentary and seeing the amount of energy these individuals had, the blood samples by all three athletes, (one loves his meat, the second is a vegetarian and the third loves his chicken) and seeing the results of the plasma in the test tubes.

I’m not saying what you are doing is wrong but how far are you willing to go to get peak performance also remember these people are professional athletes.

Could I do it, probably not I love my meat & chicken.

The documentary is called “The Game Changers”

A UFC fighter's world is turned upside down when he discovers an elite group of world-renowned athletes and scientists who prove that everything he had been ...

23/05/2020

Hi, I know it’s been quite a while since I have written anything, but what had prompted me to write about this was my clients.
Ever since this COVID 19 saga, closure of gyms, Bootcamps or just general group fitness classes, people have been trying to keep active anyway they can from walking, jogging, training at home, even watching others training on YouTube and doing their training.

Walking, jogging or even doing your own training session at home would be the best bet because you would be doing the things you have been taught by a professional fitness instructor, but to watch others on YouTube and copying them is not a good idea. First of all are they a qualified fitness professional most Youtubers are not qualified fitness instructors they are there to boost their profile and make content during this isolation period, so to copy them may result in an injury.

You know what to do, how to execute that particular exercise but you are finding it hard to challenge yourself, you have a fear, a fear of you’re not able to do it.
The only way to conquer your fear is to believe you can do it, you will be surprised what you can do when you put your mind to it, you need to start believing in yourself.

Once you get over your fears you become more confident, you believe in yourself and only then you become unstoppable.
So when you’re getting bored of a training session find a way to make it a little harder. If you are jogging add some hills, if you are walking add brisk walking or even a slow jog, if you are doing a particular exercise add some extra repetitions to it or hold the isometric contraction for 10 to 15 secs on your last repetition.

These are just a few ways to stimulate your training sessions so don’t be afraid of trying something new by challenging yourself and keep progressing to the next fitness level.