This is an excellent “behind the scenes” video of this Team at Battle Cancer Manchester 2018.
This young team surprised everyone at Battle Cancer by winning the event.
Joel Carter has done a great job putting this video together.
Having worked with Compex for Athlete Services at both Battle Cancer Manchester and London, I can safely say that this was our "most fun" event of the year.
Well done to Scott for organising these amazing events.
Bulletproofbodies and
Compex will be proudly supporting Battle Cancer 2018 this Saturday the 20th of
October at Olympia in West London. After the success of Battle Cancer Manchester, we now go down south to my home town London.
The idea for Battle
Cancer was born as a result of personal stories, love for fitness and desire to
help.
The event owners are Powerlifter Scott Britton and CrossFit enthusiast Peter Williams, two friends
who’s lives have been repeatedly disrupted by the deadly disease.
We are a bunch of
friends and CrossFit enthusiasts that gathered together to help out Scott and
Pete in their pursuit of raising as much money for cancer patients as possible.
Together we can make a
change in this world.
Battle Cancer is a
really accessible functional fitness competition that raises money for the UK
cancer society.
It combines the passion
for fitness with remembering the people you lost or the ones you supported in
their struggle with cancer.
There are multiple ways
you can support this cause, even if you are not interested in competing.
Visit our “Get
involved” section to find out how to donate or become a volunteer.
Compex will be there
supporting the athletes with enhanced recovery in between WODs and
Pre-Activation Warm ups for the Heavy Lifting. Get a significant discount on the Compex SP 8.0
Check out his overhead squat whilst
facing a wall!
In the days before I was born,
physical education showcased a variety of sports and disciplines into the lives
of athletes and common people alike. With this degradation in teaching
movement, it is not only important to train to develop the performance of the
athlete, but also to ensure a variety of abilities to function throughout all
movements.
If you have an athlete in need of
training to improve in their sports career (or if you just want to be a better
athlete yourself) - try implementing these tactics to increase the ability to
perform optimally.
1. Body Weight Exercises:
The only
reason that a person should engage in weight training is because the use of
their body isn't enough of a stimulus to induce growth and performance gains.
The use of the body however cannot be neglected. Pushups and pull-ups can be
implemented in a near infinite number of combinations; squats and jumps as
well. If you haven't had athletes use these exercises you are missing out on
establishing a base of strength that is vital for future improvement.
2. Movement Training:
Often neglected
in training programs is movement training - more or less running and shuffling
and skipping. Sprints and numerous agility games should be used to develop a
broad range of motor patterns for athletes to call upon in competition. The use
of organized agility drills (pro agility, 4 cone drills, etc.) establishes a
base motor program to be used to solve movement scenarios in a game. While you
cannot perfectly simulate the movements of a competition, you can build your
body's memory of movements that can be called upon and adapted and ultimately
used by the body.
3. Spatial Awareness:
The body's
ability to understand where it is in space, and perform well is vital to all
athletes. In the past, many athletes participated in gymnastic drills and
various forms of tumbling from an early age. This understanding of moving the
body and using force while the center of mass is fluctuating helped to ward off
injury and increase performance. To train this function in your athletes,
cartwheels, handstands, tumbling in various forms, will all help to shape an
athlete's understanding of their body.
The training of an athlete needs to
begin with the idea that an athlete has a minimal base to work with, never
assume that something simple is easy before beginning training.
By allowing
athletes and trainees to prove they can perform movements - you guarantee that
you will build resistance to injury, improve the athlete's ability to learn
later movements, and achieve success and see progress early.
If you take this
perspective in training, you will be well on your way to athletic success.
It is sad new indeed that the Strength Sensei Charles Poliquin has passed away at the age of 57.
Poliquin began working
as a strength coach while he was in graduate school in Canada. He helped popularize
German Volume Training (GVT) which is 10 sets of 10 reps.
In the late 1990s, Poliquin founded Poliquin
Performance, opening the first Poliquin Performance Center in Phoenix, Arizona
in 2001, and the Poliquin Strength Institute in East Greenwich, Rhode Island in
2009.
Throughout this time he
certified coaches in the Poliquin International Certification Program (PICP),
which includes a body hormone profiling method, which he invented, called
BioSignature Modulation.
In September 2013
Poliquin parted ways with Poliquin Performance (now renamed Poliquin Group). He
subsequently founded another fitness company called Strength Sensei.[5] He has
trained numerous Olympic and professional athletes.
Poliquin published
articles in peer-reviewed journals of exercises science and strength and
conditioning.
His training theories were introduced to the
bodybuilding community in 1993 through his articles for Muscle Media 2000
magazine, and after 1998 through the online and print versions of Testosterone
Magazine (now known as T-Nation).
He coined the phrase
“the myth of discipline” to suggest that fitness results depend on how
motivated a gym-goer is.
As a columnist, he has written over 600
articles in numerous publications. Additionally, he is the author of eight
books, many of which have been translated into 12 different languages,
including Swedish, German, French, Italian, Dutch, and Japanese.
His first book, The
Poliquin Principles formatted a basic summary of his training methods and
provided insight into the training regimens of some of the world’s top
athletes.
He was 57 years old. He
leaves behind his daughter Krystal, his brothers Michel, Daniel and Louis, his
beloved sisters, Isabelle and Stéphanie as well as a countless number of
friends.
Charles Poliquin, the Bulletproofbodies Team salute you.
But over the past few
years, Kipchoge has made it abundantly clear he is not restricted by the body’s
limitations imposed on the rest of the world.
This Kenyan is unique.
The Marathon record has
fallen.
Eluid Kipchoge from
Kenya is the new Marathon Record holder.
Kipchoge’s time of:
2 hr 01 min 39 sec.
He took 78 seconds off the previous best
set by Dennis Kimetto in 2014.
Kipchoge did it while
going solo for the last 17 kilometres (10.5 miles) – after his pacemakers
dropped out much earlier than intended.
The Kenyan had gone through halfway
in:
1 hr 01 min 06 sec.
Kipchoge had just made the single largest jump on the marathon world record since Derek Clayton beat the mark by 2min 23sec in 1967.
A few minutes later
Gladys Cherono won the women’s race in 2:18:11, making her the fourth-fastest
woman in history behind Paula Radcliffe, Mary Keitany and Tirunesh Dibaba.
For context, his
winning time was the equivalent of running every
100m in 17.3sec,
800m in 2min 18.39sec,
or
5km in 14min 24.91sec.
Just think of that next time you head out for
a morning run!
Eluid Kipchoge the
Bulletproofbodies Team Salute you.
