My Next Qualification- oh yes another one!!!

Soooo its that time again, im craving something...

KNOWLEDGE!

So i decided its time to start forking out big money and getting myself on the best courses money can buy!

Ive researched high and low and came up with only one option:

Charles Poliquin. His CV speaks for itself, hes trained over 15 Olympic medal winners and has one of the most successful world wide training companies.

What am i doing? Im taking the Poliquin International Certification Program Levels 1 & 2 in Sweden in October. I simply cannot wait. Level one will concentrate on Upper Body and Level 2 Lower Body. The theory manuals have arrived and ive started the note taking already. Just by the way its written and the facts within the material i can tell that i will enjoy this course and will gain multiple skills from it. Already ive introduced pieces of it to my clients training and low and behold there results are showing it!

Look forward to telling you more about it the further into the theory i get!

Pics of my client 5 stone weight loss... so far!

Follow this link to see the amazing transformation!

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3677512&id=253283396374

Pics coming soon!

One of my clients is on track to hit the unbelievable 5 stone mark! Pics will be put up soon! Amazing difference!

OC

Testimonial from a client....

I have the proud honour of being one of Ollie's biggest losers! Three stone in six months is incredible and I never would have been able to do it without his advice, guidance and bullying (in a good way). And all this despite the fact that I am not only a vegetarian but a Welsh one at that. I had been trying for years to build up the courage to go to the gym and had many false starts but I decided that enough was enough and I needed some help. I am so glad that I got in touch with Ollie, he started me off slowly with light exercises and not too much of anything (even though I still needed a lie down in a dark room afterwards) but by the end of six months I was doing a full hour of quite hard exercise, and enjoying it! I have gone from getting out of breathe doing 20 step ups to being able to do 100 squats (while moaning) ,15 minutes plus at high level on the rowing machine, cross trainer, cycle - take your pick - lifting weights and all sorts. And 45 minutes of spin class. Incredible. So I would fully recommend getting Ollie to help with the initial phase of any new health and fitness programme, if I hadn't left Oxford I would certainly still be seeing him 2/3 times per week. I am now putting what he taught me in to practice in another gym, it's amazing how much I have learnt in such a short period of time.

Wow!

Congratulations!

Just want to congratulate 2 of my clients for their weightloss efforts so far....

Both of them have now lost over 3 stone! Thats around 20kgs! If fact one of the girls is closer to losing 4st than 3 st, she's lost nearly 25kgs!!!!

Find something that weighs around 20kgs and pick it up.... go on, feel how much weight they have lost and then think about how much you can lose!

Winter is kicking in, traditionally a time for weight gain so beat the bulge, get down here and start feeling better about yourself. In fact if you come down and start training with me before Christmas i will give you cash back for every pound you lose... just ask for details.

Thanks

OC

Tuesday 6/10/09 Training

Chest dominant training today!

A nice little chest tester...

Bench Press~ 4 x 5 reps

Bench Press~ 5 sets of 60kg max reps followed by max reps of 50kgs

Standing Barbell Military Press~ 4 sets x 12 reps

Stability Ball Dumbbell Press~ 4 sets x 12 reps

Dumbbell Flyes~ 4 sets x 12 reps

Smith Machine Incline Press~ 4 Sets x 12 reps

During all rest periods (1 min) 30 secs is spent skipping aim for 50+ skips.

As you can tell quite a high volume of reps but a little strength thrown in at the beginning.

Enjoy

OC

Todays Training!

Ok so i get asked some times, very occasionally, what i do for training. Well here's an example of my morning session today Thurs 1/10/09:

Sumo Deadlift: 4sets of 5 reps.... 120kg, 130kgs, 140kgs, 150kgs

superset with

Leg Press: 4 sets of 10 reps: 120kgs

Bent Over Rows: 10 sets of 10 reps: 60kgs

superset with

Kettlebell Swings: 10 sets of 15 reps: 32kgs

Walking Lunges: 3 sets of 40 lunges steps (length of the sports hall): 25kgs sandbag on back

Kettlebell Front Squats: 2 sets of 12 reps: 2 x 12kg KB's

Leg Curl: 3 sets of 8 reps: 60kgs

superset with

Stability Ball Hamstring Curls: 3 sets of 12 reps.

That's it, took 55mins-60mins

Was hard work but ready for this afternoons session with the boys and a bit of core work.

Enjoy!

OC