Your Mudder is training harder than ever!

Challenge yourself and get fit enough to survive Tough Mudder

take yourself on, join our team and get fit enough to compete in the next Sydney Tough Mudder.

 

Sunday the 13th October we will be tackling the Mudder challenge and we want you to join our team..

Community

Training for an event like this as an individual is EXTREMELY difficult.  Most people simply do not have the motivation required.  Completing the Tough Mudder event by yourself is IMPOSSIBLE.  When you train with us not only will you make new friends but you will have a training group and you will have a group to compete with on the day.  One of the best parts of competing in Tough Mudder is doing it with your friends.

Weekend Training Sessions

To get fit for Tough Mudder you need to get your body ready for a wide and very varied range of activities.  We have designed a series of fun training activities that will prepare you for whatever the course can throw at you. Sessions will be run Saturday afternoons or Sunday Mornings.

 

Core Strength and Resistance Training

Every Tuesday evening 7.30pm at EFM health club (110 Princes Street, Putney - Part of Royal Rehabilitation Centre) we will be running exercise classes using the fit ball which will work every muscle in your body particularly your core.  Improve balance, joint stabilisation, strength and co-ordination.

Personal Training & Fitness

Special, individualised training programs personally prepared for you by the team at EFM Health Club in Ryde (110 Princes Street, Putney - Part of Royal Rehabilitation Centre) to help you reach your health and fitness goals.

     

 

 

 

Injury Management

Its highly likely that you will strain or injure some part of your body training for an event like this.  As part of your commitment to improving your health and challenging yourself we will offer you 10% off any treatments that you require during the period of your program.

Treatment options include Chiropractic, Remedial Massage and Exercises.

Nutrition

Combining an exercise program with solid nutritional advice is a fantastic way to attain your weight goals at the same time. We have Dietitans (Nutritionists) who can help you tailor a nutrition program to either build weight or drop those extra kilograms.

 

 

 

 

How do I get started

The first step is simple.  Pick up the phone and call Doug at The Ryde Holistic Wellness Centre on 9808 1377.  We will make a time to sit down with you and work out what's going to work best for your individual situation.

The clinic is located at Suite 4, 10 Pope Street Ryde (opposite Top Ryde shopping centre - upstairs from Ryde Podiatry)
Call us on 02 9808 1377 to get started.

Bay Run training day

See the HD version:
https://vimeo.com/42752598

Sea Kayaking

Check out our most recent adventure:

See the HD version:
https://vimeo.com/41965749

Training hard for Half Marathon

Today Jiansen and I did a hard training run for the Half Marathon coming up on Sun 20th May.  We ran 12 klms in 1 hour 15 minutes.  It was a good pace just below our "pain limit" and we kept pushing each other hard.

For me it was a victory because I have been nursing a mild strain in my ITB in my right knee for the last 3 weeks and have had difficulty running more than 7klms over that time, so it was a great feeling to be able to run without pain again.  Thanks to Rob Mair (Podiatrist), Kane (Massage Therapist, Claire (Massage Therapist), Toshie (Massage Therapist) and Jiansen (Chiropractor Extrordinaire!!) who helped me treat and manage the injury whilst continuing my training program.  It's great owning a natural health clinic.

I am still nervous about the 21 klms of the Half Marathon but I am sure we will make it.

Please help me raise money for the Australian Spinal research Foundation by sponsoring me to complete the race.  www.everydayhero.com.au/Doug_Eldred

A commitment to training

Hi everyone,

I've found myself slacking with my training. I have struggled with finding the time and motivation to train. I was more and more overwhelmed by having 3 jobs and undertaking an extra program. I was starting to sacrifice my training times for things that I thought at the time were more important, like bills and cleaning and other random problems of life that seem to get in the way.

From training 1 hour every 3 days per week, my exercise diminished into a rushed 20min workout every Monday evening. It didn't dawn on me until I was faced with the opportunity to run the SMH Half Marathon in May, and I realised I had not run seriously for many months. I also noticed how much passion I had lost. I had no drive.

Then I was brought back to why I am here. My purpose in life is to empower others to be empowered by their own health and well-being. For a while I had thought it was fairly simple and straight forward. I had contemplated following in a certain personal trainer's footsteps and going out and eating loads of crap foods and not exercising. Then after gaining 40kgs of fat, he would then train hard and eat healthy to prove that it is possible to lose all that fat. I got scared and didn't try it. Little did I know, I was actually on my way there, not because of my work commitments, but because of the lack of commitment I had to what really mattered in my life.

Right now it isn't clear how I will get back into my original training regime. But I do see some time I have every day. So I am making the commitment to do 50 pushups every night. I had done this for 2 nights already, and tonight I was about to skip it because I was tired. But I had declared this commitment to a friend this morning, so in order to give power to, and honour my word, I did. And I feel GREAT!!

Sphinx Walking Track

How bad do you want it?

Here is some powerful inspiration:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsSC2vx7zFQ&sns=fb



Just breathe