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How Not to Be a Hypocrite: Unstoppable Revisited

How Not to Be a Hypocrite: Unstoppable RevisitedBy: WOD Father Published on: 05/01/2025

Because, let’s face it, the hardest part of any workout, for all of us, coaches included, is dragging your ass to the gym. You’d think after 11 years without a missed workout that it would get easier, but it doesn’t. People assume that because I own a gym I must just love working out but truth is, I struggle with the same lethargy and laziness that most people do.

Mindset
How Not to Be a Hypocrite: Unstoppable Revisited

Showing Up is the Hardest Part

Showing Up is the Hardest PartBy: WOD Father Published on: 03/01/2025

As legitimate as your excuses sound to your ears, you need only glance around our gym to see someone busier than you showing up to get the workout done or someone managing to keep their training consistent despite an injury or other physical limitation.

Mindset
Showing Up is the Hardest Part

Holiday Reflections: Discovering the Importance of Every Day

Holiday Reflections: Discovering the Importance of Every DayBy: WOD Father Published on: 29/12/2024

We have had a policy of keeping our doors open everyday but I never before fully appreciated the impact of that policy. Suddenly it seems so much more important than I realized, not just a quirk of my personality but a mission fueled by a compelling why.

Community
Holiday Reflections: Discovering the Importance of Every Day

Tonic v Phasic Muscles: Implications for Training and Why You Should Care

Tonic v Phasic Muscles: Implications for Training and Why You Should CareBy: WOD Father Published on: 26/12/2024

It is a failing of the fitness industry that exercises chosen randomly often end up overstimulating tonic muscles which need relaxation, while stretching phasic muscles which need to be activated and strengthened.

Methodology
Tonic v Phasic Muscles: Implications for Training and Why You Should Care

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