by snuadmin | Feb 16, 2016 | Opinion, Strength and Conditioning
I have always been critical of Crossfit, so much so that seeing Crossfit participants in their active (insert Reebok here) wear at my local breakfast spot, talking about ‘Fran’ ‘Linda’ and ‘Mary’ used to drive me crazy. As a scientist, I’m naturally skeptical....
by snuadmin | Jan 6, 2016 | Periodisation and Programming
It’s off season at Hammer Athletic. This means we are all participating in an off season program. Read on to learn all about how and why we are executing this in January. – By Matt Ham Now that most of you have had a well-deserved break over the...
by snuadmin | Dec 31, 2015 | Periodisation and Programming
As far as ‘weight loss challenges’ go, we have a pretty hard stance at Hammer Athletic. We flat out don’t run them. You can visit our Hammerology blog to read the ins and outs but put simply – we don’t believe that short term weight focused goals are beneficial to the...
by snuadmin | Nov 26, 2015 | Clinics and Events, Strength and Conditioning
By Riley Gould If you’ve been hanging around Hammer HQ lately, you may have heard the buzz about our upcoming training clinic ‘Overreaching’. If you’re wondering what the overreaching clinic involves, it’s a 10-day training clinic which we run at the end of each year...
by snuadmin | Nov 16, 2015 | Testing and Results
Having just completed 10 months of our annual periodisation plan with only Overreaching to go, it’s high time we share some of the results from our strength and conditioning testing battery that you’ve all been put through. The Data This is important. I have taught...
