Gym Blog.
Engine House Hero – Sensational Shannon
This month’s Engine House Hero is Shannon! 💪 Shannon has shown exceptional prowess in mastering the barbell and all of its lifts. 🏋️♀️ By understanding the technique, 🔨 nailing down the nuances of the movement and consistently training 📅, Shannon is making a...
Biggest Tosser Tournament
Our little impromptu tournament in the gym on the 21st Feb saw lots of willing challengers to compete for the grandiose title of Top Tosser, and pitting themselves against the tractor tyre to see how many times they could flip it in under a minute. Phewie! We’ve never...
Wall Balls – How To Use For Strength & Conditioning
You can’t beat a good old game of catch, y’know? But how’d you turn that into a strength exercise? Well, throwing a slam ball at a target is a good start. Deceptively simple at first glance, this exercise transforms from a squat starting position to an upright one,...
Engine House Hero – Relentless Richard
We’ve been trawling through TeamUp and guess who we found? Richard! Richard popped up on our radar because he now holds the coveted title for the most gym session attendances for the whole of 2022 - 113 of them to be precise! Richards approach to regular training...
Engine House Hero – Badass Billy
This month's hero is Billy! Billy joined the 1000 pound club this month, not an achievement to be sniffed at, that’s for sure! To reach this dizzying accolade, Billy had 3 attempts at 3 lifts (squat, deadlift and bench press). The heaviest weight achieved for each...
The Sled – Not Just For Santa
As it’s December, we thought we’d keep with the Christmas theme and focus on the Sled (AKA The Prowler). This metal contraption will work your full body - quads, glutes, hip flexors, calves, hamstrings… and more. You can pull it or push it, load it with weights or...
The Total Challenge
Friday 28th October - Help raise money for parkinsons.me In memory of Alex Flynn we are holding a Challenge Day for anyone tough enough to give it a go. Alex was an intrepid explorer and despite living with Parkinsons, pushed himself and set aspiring goals to raise...
Concept2 Fall Team Challenge – Completed!
📣 Update: Concept2 Fall Team Challenge – Complete! 🎉 Goodness gracious, great oars of fire! 🔥 8 team mates, 31 days and we’re pretty sure a lot of cussing and complaining, too 😆, but you know what our Concept2 team have done us proud! 🤩 In total, they’ve covered a...
Engine House Hero – Herculean Henry
This month's Engine House Hero is Henry! Why? Because Henry set himself a tough task after hitting a sticking point to improve his deadlift and bench press. Breaking down progress walls is hard - not only physically but also mentally. So what did he do? Well - we set...
Concept2 Fall Team Challenge – Week 3
📣 Update: Concept2 Fall Team Challenge 3 week check-in Wowzers! 😲 We’re 3 weeks in and the team are still going strong with a MASSIVE 1,051,717m racked up all together! 1 MILLION!!! Who couldn’t be proud of that achievement?! 💯 We’re sweating even thinking about it 😅...