by Drew Spriggs | Jun 20, 2018 | Training, Valkyries
As somebody who has coached for a few years, patterns among clients and athletes I have coached, helped out with or just observed over a long period of time become fairly evident. Nowhere is this more telling than in following female athletes who seem to excel towards...
by Drew Spriggs | Jun 11, 2018 | General
One thing which I have found time and time again – disregarding acute injuries, incorrect lifting technique isn’t typically the CAUSE of injuries in the gym, but an EFFECT of the summation of everything you do in your day to day life. As an...
by Drew Spriggs | Jun 4, 2018 | General
Imagine this (this is a really long analogy, so if you don’t want to read please go straight to the end). You’ve just bought a new car. You’ve taken it to the track a few times and it runs ok, but you really want to get a bit of a tune up and some...
by Krystal Gagen-Spriggs | May 1, 2018 | General
Have you ever told yourself that your goal was simply to “have fun?” Well, over the weekend we hosted a Smashing Stereotypes event at the gym and the presenter said something that really struck me. The presenter was Raeanne Pemberton and she is a...
by Drew Spriggs | Mar 29, 2018 | Training
Over the last few years as a coach, and recently as a gym owner, I see a lot of people fresh to the gym with goals ranging from those that will take a month, to those that will take a lifetime – everything from setting records and becoming a world champion, to...
by Drew Spriggs | Mar 9, 2018 | General
Having trained a lot of people brand new to strength training (and the gym itself) and been involved with their progress over a long period of time, there are really only two types of people I come across, regardless of background/age/sex/initial physical condition....
by Krystal Gagen-Spriggs | Feb 27, 2018 | Technique/ Programming, Valkyries
Injuries – we’ve all been there one way or another. But how we bounce back is everything, and how we prepare to ensure we don’t end up with a reoccurrence is even more important. When I was first taught how to lift I was taught the basic movements...
by Krystal Gagen-Spriggs | Feb 22, 2018 | General
What many people don’t understand is who you train with can (and will) make or break your session. I want to share with you something that I only just realised for myself this year. If you want to succeed at training, and if you want to give yourself a reason to...
by Krystal Gagen-Spriggs | Feb 9, 2018 | General, Valkyries
As I was going through my rehab for a torn ligament in my ankle the other day, I got to thinking about how long I had been powerlifting for and what my future in this sport might look like. I’ve been lifting for almost 6 years now, but it hasn’t been...
by Drew Spriggs | Feb 7, 2018 | Training
Often I’m asked (and see others asked) about what they’re thinking when they’re about to attempt a new 1RM or heavy set. People always bang on about how they ‘knew’ they had the lift before it even began, or had no doubt they would fail....
