Monday, 16 November 2009
Extreme Kettlebell Course - Retford 7th - 8th November
Last weekend I was in Retford a small town in Nottinghamshire to run the Extreme Kettlebell Course, in fact I was actually in the middle of the country side in a small village called East Drayton. The course was being held at a personal training studio called Outklass Fitness which happens to be the first PT studio that I've ever been to that runs on sustainable fuels. Luke Staton, owner of Outklass has moved his business onto a brand new business park developed on an old farm estate. The building has been completely modernised to run on power from the wind, sun and most amazingly, willow trees! So when I found all of this out I was immediately impressed. The Outklass studio is a great place for PT, it's very open and has plenty of space to move. Kit includes kettlebells, TRX and lots of games, so it's a really great place for clients to have fun and get fit.
I drove up to Outklass on Saturday morning, setting off nice an early in my van. This was actually the start of my marathon 10 days on the road teaching courses. From Retford I would be driving straight over to Germany to do 5 days out there. I arrived at the studio in the morning, with the wind turbine spinning relentlessly. The fresh, clean air was a happy change from the London smog. With a group of 12 trainers on the course, we got straight into the usual day one theory.
After getting everyone mentally ready for the kettlebell and its benefits it was time to get them swinging! A lot of the trainers had already used kettlebells so all that was needed there was a few adjustments. The new swingers, picked the techniques up really well, so it wasn't long before we were into the snatches.
Having a break for lunch, Luke gave me a tour of the buildings and how they generated energy from willow trees. All of this was very interesting to hear and great to see that people are taking an active and manageable approach to renewable energy. I only wish we could stick a wind turbine outside our training centre in London, I just don’t think Lewisham council would go for that one!
We carried on in the afternoon with the cleans, squats, military presses, windmills and turkish get ups all of which took us all the way through to 5pm. The lads decided that a quick pint would be a good idea, so off to the local pub we went. I was booked into a local hotel, so I hoped into the van and drove off to get checked in. By the time I had got my bags up stairs I was almost falling asleep, so it wasn't long before I was fast asleep and getting my hours in before my big drive to Germany on Sunday night.
We carried on in the afternoon with the cleans, squats, military presses, windmills and turkish get ups all of which took us all the way through to 5pm. The lads decided that a quick pint would be a good idea, so off to the local pub we went. I was booked into a local hotel, so I hoped into the van and drove off to get checked in. By the time I had got my bags up stairs I was almost falling asleep, so it wasn't long before I was fast asleep and getting my hours in before my big drive to Germany on Sunday night.
I had a full English in the morning and then headed back to Outklass for day 2. With the assessments up first I gave a quick demo of the lifts and then it was time for the guys to show me what they could do! Day 2 is a chance for the trainers to learn how to implement kettlebells into training programmes and where best to use them. It usually works best when I get lots of questions and thankfully this was one of those courses where there was an abundance! (You know who you are!!) We got talking about all sorts of things and before I knew it we were running late and needed to crack on with the work outs. The afternoon was intense and hard work for all, it was good to see everyone pushing themselves.
We had a quick round up and I said my goodbyes and without further ado I was back in the van and off to London. I had to pick up a few things from London before making my way to the channel tunnel to get across to France.
Thanks to all who did the course and thanks to Outklass Fitness for hosting the course.
The next and last Extreme Kettlebell Course of the year is on the 28th – 29th November in London. There are a few places still available, if you would like to book this course please click here, or call us on 0208 318 7000
To view the 2010 calendar of courses please click here.
We had a quick round up and I said my goodbyes and without further ado I was back in the van and off to London. I had to pick up a few things from London before making my way to the channel tunnel to get across to France.
Thanks to all who did the course and thanks to Outklass Fitness for hosting the course.
The next and last Extreme Kettlebell Course of the year is on the 28th – 29th November in London. There are a few places still available, if you would like to book this course please click here, or call us on 0208 318 7000
To view the 2010 calendar of courses please click here.
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