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Advanced Lifting Clinic 2019

Commencing Monday 2nd September 2019. This is a program for anyone who is competent with O-lifting or has had sufficient tutelage in it. To do this program you must have a good gym age with a good strength capacity. Basically, if you haven’t heard that terminology then you probably aren’t ready for this program. This…

May 2019 Best on Ground

Joely Lando you heard it – he’s back baby! After years of having an unused gym membership the big fella has really turned it around the past 2-3 months. We’re still unsure whether it’s due to him riding in supreme comfort in his new Mercedes Benz or whether it’s because his partner drags his arse…

April 2019 Best on Ground

Hayden Whyte is our Best on Ground for April. Hayden is one of our LTAD athletes and has progressed tremendously through every new program which is attributed to his management of several training commitments – gym and field training, and football matches. He is now performing complex lifts with ease and getting stronger every week….

March 2019 Best on Ground

Ian Gould aka the Human Hydrolic is our Best on Ground for March. Ian rides 10-15km to the gym every morning and trains for 2-3 hours. He has been one of our most consistent members since our inception back in 2015. We still can’t actually believe that Ian is in his 60’s and yet is…

Results are not linear

You may hear us preach “consistency is key” and we preach this because consistency both on the gym floor and at home with nutrition is the recipe for success. There are no quick fixes or easy options and as with anything worth doing, achieving any measure of success requires time and effort. However, the problem…

February 2019 Best on Ground

Our Best On Ground for February goes to Imogen. Imogen is one of the fresh faces here at Hammer Athletic and since joining, she has worked incredibly hard week in week out. Imogen may look familiar and rightly so as she’s been consistently attending classes each week as well as regular PT sessions with Chris….

Olympic Weightlifting Clinic

If you enjoy throwing some tin around the weight room then you’re about to get pretty excited. Coach Matt and Dan will be running an Olympic Weightlifting Clinic in May. The Clinic At Hammer Athletic, our philosophy is that everyone should strive to establish higher strength capacities with their training so that we can progress…

January 2019 Best on Ground

Nath’s dedication and commitment to training has been outstanding despite possibly needing a finger amputated due a Rugby incident last year. A pretty scary thing to have to consider doing for anyone but Nath remained as calm as a cucumber when he informed the coaches that it may be necessary. Despite his injury, Nath kept…