Here at Hammer, we get sports – we live them, we breathe them, we debate them and we like to think we are (were) good at them. So just like you, we can remember a time when that agile and seemingly unbreakable body of yours took to the field in pursuit of competition without any…
If you’ve been mentally preparing for our Athlete Development Program – one of our biggest programs of the year – the very last thing you want is to be sidelined with an injury. While we take the very best care in periodising our programs to minimise injury, sometimes the odd niggle here and there is…
This is the 4th year of our coveted Athlete Development Program. The idea behind this program is to get participants training in a format similar to that performed by athletes during the competitive season. Even if you are not a sports fan, most of us have a huge appreciation for an athlete’s dedication to their…
In the next phase of training, we change the focus of the program from out and out strength and move to a strength/power focus. However, we don’t do this without maintaining an element an element of the strength component, as we do not want to lose any of the capacity we just established in the…
By Matt Ham. So I was doing my usual scroll through my news feed on Facebook when I came across a bodybuilder/sculptor (for ease of reference, let’s call him Lou) who had posted something that a friend of mine had liked. What caught my attention however was not what he said but the fact that…
Commensurate with our year-round approach to client periodisation here at Hammer Athletic, we are about to embark on our Strength Intensification phase; meaning that we will partake in a program that increases strength capacity. By approaching the year in two halves, we have periodised our first macrocycle/season with a model called Conjugated Sequencing, with the…
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. I’m always reading articles and looking for information that might impact what…
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 Christmas/New year period, it is important that…
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 longevity of your health, fitness…
As the silly season draws to a close and you start to assess the damage, you may want to factor in some type of conditioning. You’ll be glad to know that we’re here for you and we’ll only be closed for the public holidays, but our classes and open gym times will follow a different…
