STRONG COMMENT AND CHALLENGES MARCH 2011

By Commando Rob

Hello guys

The Guy above was one of the latest Commando Clients that wanted Kettle Bells to transform their current Health, Strength and Power gains!

With people like this it is easy to transform their lives with a few simple changes and a decent purposeful and committed training programme.............

I have compiled the latest and most up to date picture of all Go Commando's Training sessions, expeditions, challenges and events whilst giving you some awesome training tools and suggestions for your current Strength and Conditioning programmes.

I usually have a few of you Spartans out there that want to discuss your current routines or want to spice things up so for all of you that want to get involved this year....read on and join in with focus, determination and intent!

STRONG TOPICS

1. Commando Challenges, events and Expeditions...latest teams, news and updates....

2. Commando Classes...Where, When?

3. Training in my Flat.........To training in my own Commando facility!

4. Ethical 'Traditional' Eating for the modern day hunter gatherer....

1. Commando challenges, events, expeditions, latest teams, news and updates....

Here I have listed our current Commando Challenges with the latest news and applicants already signed up!

If you want to get involved....DO IT NOW!!! And stop sitting on the wall, time stands still for no one. Some of these events that are months away are either full already or getting there........

MARCH Soldier Challenge www.soldierchallenge.co.uk 

We have a team entered in this Urban Free for all and we will be reporting back next month with their military decorations!!

Good luck to Ken and the team this Saturday.

JUNE 17th,18th,19th Three Peaks

(Climbing the highest mountains in Scotland, England and Wales combined in under 24hrs)

There are currently two teams ready for this challenge (Both are aiming for 24hrs or less with one group aiming to run off the mountains and the other power walking down)

We have 15 people confirmed already and the last few remaining seats are going quickly.....give me the nod and lets get you involved.

The Cost of the entire challenge will be £260 and this includes the transport to and from each of the mountains, the accommodation on Saturday night after successful completion of the peaks and the Fuel.

JULY 2nd-10th...Mont Blanc (Climbing the Highest mountain in Western Europe just under 5000m)

There is currently a team of 8 people climbing Mont Blanc and they will be scaling the mountain between the 2nd and 10th of July. The team is now full but if you want to go out there at the same time as us....Contact us and If there are plenty willing I am sure we can get you underway.

The cost is approx £1000-£1400 (mostly due to kit and equipment requirements for which I have a decent discount through Cotswolds Outdoor...just ask)

September 18th ....Dragon Boat Race @ Bewl water, Kent

(Teams of 16 paddlers and a designated 'Drummer' take to the water over a 250m course. You do not need to be super fit but it will obviously help your team be crowned team 'A' Dragon Boat. There will be a BBQ after the Races. The entry fee is £60.....Bargain!! Contact me to get added to the Viking long boat list. 

September 30th/October 1st,2nd.....Atlantic Coast Challenge, 78.6 Miles over three days in some of the UK's most rugged terrain.

Cost £155 For the three day event, but with a place to sleep, meals and transport to the challenge you are looking at £250 P Person. Contact Us and we will add you to the list.

So far we have a team of 8 people signed up and ready to race.....

March 2012 A two week Event and extreme challenge!! Racing 250km over 7 days (A Marathon (ish) per day, in the driest place on Earth with no recorded rainfall in 40 degree heat!

This challenge is part of 'Racing the planets' four deserts series (Racing the hardest climates in the world)

The Race cost $3300 us dollars this year to enter and may increase next year and the flights accommodation etc will add to this fee. I have 10 spaces provissionaly booked up and I am pleased to say that we have eight (8) people signed up already!!! :)

This is a once in a lifetime challenge and with it being 12 months away you have loads of time to get Race fit!

THERE ARE SOME SERIOUSLY AWESOME CHALLENGES HERE PEOPLE.......DONT DELAY IN PUTTING YOURSELF FORWARDS BECAUSE WE ARE REACHING FULL CAPACITY IN SOME ALREADY!

2. Commando Classes are available for all you guys that live throughout London with some of the guys attending after work that Live outside of the M25 every week!! Great commitment on their part and a great testament to the Group Commando classes quality!

Group Commando classes can be fast paced, hard work, physically draining and deliver powerful changes to the Urban Spartan in double quick time!...you just have to have the inner drive and mental Toughness to take part....Have a go and get awesome! 

Classes are available on ...

Mondays at 19.30

Wednesdays at 18.30

Thursdays at 13.30

Thursdays at 19.30

Fridays at 0600 :)

For up to date information, pictures, prices, locations and the nature of the group classes please view our Commando Group  click here

"Does exactly what it says on the tin, if you want excellent results, good training and a friendly atmosphere then this is for you"

'Steve (The Legs!) Parsons'

"I started one of the sessions a few months before i joined the Royal Navy and the results proved extremely valuable. everyone that attends is willing to share knowledge and enjoy their workouts. i could ramble on but to put it bluntly. Truly amazing work rob does"

Brice (The Naval Warrior) Van der veen

3. Training in my driveway to Training in my own Commando Temple!

On a regular basis I train In some of the best green spaces that London has to offer and with the weather turning for the better I am starting to develop an impressive Coal Miners tan (face and forearms)

My own training occasionally suffers! I struggle to drag myself away from doing endless amounts of Admin (That every aspiring Business has when wanting to get as strong as a Spartan).

I was asked the question this week "Where do you get your motivation from to train hard and to not give up!) Things have not always been that way and Keeping in shape or bettering ourselves should be a privilage...because we can...And becuase we enjoy the strong sense of personal achievement when it all comes together.....Strength, Power, conditioning, fat loss etc, they are derived from your hard work and you reap all the benefits!! Its a no brainer to me.

Training for me used to be a constant battle however (even when I joined the Royal Marine Commandos back in 2000) I was consistently in the bottom quarter.....Not good when you are in a Male dominated testosterone filled environment :)

It took me two years after Commando training to get myself by the scruff of the neck and start giving a s**t

Those initial years scraping my way through the various challenges and trials that The Royal Marine Commandos had to offer 'encouraged' me to give my all or as near to it as possible....Any thing below that know makes me think 'Whats the point?'

Several of my clients enjoy telling me "Your meant to be fit and strong...you were a Marine" or "its your job to keep fit so its easier for you"  That, in my opinion is Bullsh**

I Know plenty of EX Royals that are not that interested in keeping fit and strong and I also know plenty of Personal Trainers (90%+) that are at best healthy.... (It makes me ashamed to tell people I am a PT when the industry is riddled with under performing educators and overly vain 'treadmill trainers'

Yesterday evening I was thrashing myself around in my flat until 23.20 getting some PB's on my new 60kg Kettle Bell and making sure that I work as hard as I teach.

Over the last 12 months I have been toying with the idea of getting my own Commando Training facility up and running!! I am now pleased to announce that I have located a facility and I have submitting plans with Lewisham council for a change of class ....should hopefully be squared away to Commando Facility 'Training/gym facility' in 8-12 weeks and I will be renovating it into an awesome training dungeon for approx 4-6 weeks after that.

By the end of the summer when the sun is decreasing a new chapter exploring the long term vision I have will be taking hold with a vengeance!....I cant wait to get a world class training facility up and running that is open to the dedicated Urban Athlete and Professional Warrior!

4. Ethical 'Traditional' Eating for the modern day hunter gatherer....

Nutritional intake is the most important and undervalued area of reducing body fat and getting a chiselled physique.

In the last few years there have been several notable Nutritional Guru's That I have had a keen interest in following.

Go Commando's Nutritional Coach 'Lisa O'Doherty' has been keeping pace with the latest research from these Independant Dr's and international speakers whilst maintaining a broad outlook on how each of Go commando's clients can harvest Mother Nature's best bits!

99% of the time this means we need to go back to basics and cut out the crap that has been drilled into us from modern day advertising and multi Billion pound businesses.

Take a look here for an excellent alternative look at how we can start to break through some of the modern day Nutritional myths with an article from Barry Grove, an expert on nutrition. I attended a full day of world class Nutritional lectures in Kensington last weekend and this article written for the Telegraph newspaper still holds plenty of weight today http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/3230846/Healthy-food-Should-we-be-eating-more-fat.html

Everyone these days seems to have Health and Nutritional advice from all manner of sources (Men's health...Google...the sun!) but Nutrition is a complex area that is still to be fully explored and understood.

The latest research taking place in The scientific community is about how different food groups interact with each other and the implications different food groups have in various combinations....

When you are looking at the food on your plate or in your hand, ask youself if you understand the reasons why you are eating it (For what Nutritional benefit) or if the food has got the minimal requirements to get you to where you want to be physically and emotionally!

Don't get sucked into believing that the food processing and chain food stores have your best interest at heart............

For an ethical look at how we approach one of our most valuable food groups (Fish) please take a  look at this website from Ethical food campaigner Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall...over 600,000 people are signed up already 

http://www.fishfight.net/

Thanks guy's for reading my thoughts, suggestions and current news

have a powerful month full of Strength and Contact me with any questions you may have or if you require any professional help

Commando Rob