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 intending to impose a super-compensation phase while you recover during the…
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 you guys to scrutinise every article or piece of information that you…
There is a lot of conjecture when it comes to training the elderly. The general rule of thumb is, the older we get, the gentler the exercise progression should become. This consititues less complex movements and more gradual, steady state activity like walking, water aerobics or other means of endurance-based cardiovascular activities that are less…
Physical activity. We are witnessing a generational shift right before our eyes – no longer are we resting on our laurels content with the fact that our feet are disappearing beneath our trunk, we are doing something about it! We are walking, running, triathlon-ing, yoga-ing, bootcamping, you-name-it-ing and that’s bloody great. With the explosion in…
By Riley Gould Following on from our concurrent training article, this article takes a detailed look at how resistance training can positively affect running performance and reduce time pounding the pavement to get the same, if not better result. More and more we are seeing long distance athletes reducing the amount of kilometres trained in…
By Matt Ham When periodising our programs the way we do, we always consider external loads both outside and inside the gym to achieve optimal results while minimising fatigue, illness and injury. Our upcoming Run Forrest, Run Clinic will incorporate the principles of concurrent training including a higher loads of conditioning (running) combined with resistance exercises that complement our running…
Nothing says “Neck Up, Dad” this Father’s Day like unlimited conditioning classes from Hammer Athletic. Dad’s don’t need any more excuses to neglect themselves. We have one goal this Fathers Day: Let’s put an end to all the Dads out there rubbing their bellies and wishing they had more time to train. Let’s tell them that…
johnBy Matt Ham. When it comes to nutrition it is so very important to have a well-rounded and balanced approach. Unless you’ve come to us saying you want to get up on a stage, or compete professionally, chances are that you’re looking to be as lean and strong as possible while maintaining the lifestyle that you enjoy. During…
In announcing our Athlete Development Program we made the very bold claim that participants would “train like an athlete would train, you will eat, be measured, tested and coached in all the ways an athlete would be”. So we thought what better way to back that claim up than to speak directly with a professional…
By Riley Gould When participating in a structured exercise program/routine, you may find yourself absolutely killing it some days and barely holding it together on others. You’re not alone, as this can be a common occurrence during all modalities of training from lower intensity cardio-based efforts through to explosive weight lifting efforts (Olympic lifting). Does…
