An open letter to our community of Hammer family, Hammer friends, Hammer originals, Hammer newbies, Hammer fans and future Hammer friends. I pen this on the eve of Hammer Athletics’ second anniversary. While this piece serves as an opportunity to reflect on what we have achieved together, it also looks at where we seek to…
While we do talk about body composition at Hammer Athletic, we’re not talking about crazy ‘Cast Away’ diets or prepping for loincloth season. Much like a professional sporting team, we are talking about a season within a periodised training program which, in this case, has been specifically designed to give you a cheeky kick-start to…
“Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty… I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.” – Theodore Roosevelt, November 4, 1910. As regular as…
If by now you haven’t heard, The Hamlow Medal is the new award which we will be using to acknowledge stand-out efforts in the gym. (More info on The Hamlow Medal) It is considered the highest honour for individual athletes at Hammer Athletic, and the phase 6 winner has now officially been chosen by the coaches. So without further ado, the winner…
Introducing the highly coveted Hamlow Medal. The Hamlow Medal (no relation what-so-ever to the AFL Brownlow Medal or Charles Brownlow Trophy) is an individual award given to the athlete judged fairest and best in the gym throughout our regular season (or in this case, the year of periodised training phases). Determined by votes cast by the officiating coaches after the…
Here’s your chance to make your mark in Hammer History. We’ve created a new class to replace Tuesday’s Boxing – we just don’t know what to call it. Throw us your ideas and the best one will win a month’s worth of unlimited classes. Check it out: Our new class recreates the competitive nature of…
Irrespective of what field you work in, it is very rare that any plan – from conceptualisation to implementation – comes off the way you’d expect and hope for. Now I am pretty average at statistics and try never to get too embroiled in such soul destroying activities of being on excel for countless hours. For the…
As regular as a leadership challenge in Australian politics, the approaching warmer months provide the impetus and motivation to get in shape before indulging in all the benefits summer has to offer. Staying true to the Hammer philosophy however means that there is no 8 or 12-week ‘bikini/budgie smuggler’ challenge on our schedule. What we…
Have you noticed a slight change in the air lately? That’ll be Silly Season. It is encroaching… We have been doing this for long enough now to know how this plays out. The weather is getting warmer and the temptation to reach for a cold beer or cheeky spritzer is intense, not to mention the social…
It seems like everyone has seen or at the very least, heard about ‘The Mountain’ (or Hafthor Bjornsson to his friends) from Game of Thrones by now. With that physique appearing on one of the most popular television shows of the last 10 years, it is fair to say that he has reinvigorated the interest…
