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2020 Timetable and Subscription Options
‘New Year, New You’ and all that schisse! If you are expecting a post full of optimism, mindfulness and inspiration then obviously you don’t know me or our facility well enough. No three-word slogan (with the exception of ‘live, laugh, love’ – how can your heart not skip a beat out of pure positivity when…
Five years in: an open letter to our community
Today marks the 5th Birthday of Hammer Athletic. As most of our members know and definitely my staff and family know how caught up I get with running a business and how I continue to reach different levels of insanity on a daily basis that I often forget to look back on the achievements of…
August 2019 – Best on Ground
Jacinta participated in our recent (Not another) 8 week challenge and achieved some bloody outstanding body composition results while also hitting some PB’s along the way. Her consistency and commitment to training over the past 2 months has been exceptional and this has earnt her the Best on Ground award for August 2019. Well done…
Silly Season 2019
Things are starting to heat up which means usually a couple of things; The silly season is fast approaching ‘Shit! I need to get leaner for Summer.’ You may have noticed that we have done some things differently this year from the introduction of our first 8-week challenge in winter, which has gotten a fair…
2019 Overreaching Clinic & Training Camp
This program is now in its 7th year of operation. Usually our most feared yet rewarding of all the things we do at Hammer. There is something about this program that makes us quiver and get excited. Each year we have modified, tinkered and improved this program and we are getting pretty good at the…
2019 Athlete Development Program
Whether your goal is to lose body fat, build muscle or become stronger or faster your focus should always be on one thing: improving your overall athletic performance. Athletes train in the weight room and on the field to enhance their talent and skill. Being the best lifter doesn’t necessarily make them a gold medallist,…
Off Season Wisdom
For the love of God you don’t need to get ‘fitter’ during the off-season. As we draw to the close of another long (seemingly long-er than the last) winter sport season, clubs and athletes are already preparing for what’s next. I can bet that most parents reading this have had their kids playing and/or training…
(Not another) 8 Week Challenge Results
The final results are in so I can talk about the success of our 8-week challengers. You may recall my hesitation to do a challenge (see: Selling Out) but our participants in this challenge have made me a believer in the whole concept. Not only because of how well they went during, but how well they…
The Bed of Procrustes
Sure, strength training plays host to many benefits but nothing quite compares to seeing more kilos being added to your barbell does it? However, sometimes the understanding of the timeline for progression is lost and we must be careful with the messages we deliver to our clients as it is not a one size fits…