Hostyle Conditioning rocks!!! because our clients care about each other….

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This is another reason Hostyle Conditioning is awesome, it’s the members and how they care for each other

Check out what one of our members sent to her 4 girlfriends who workout here with her..

This shows how caring for each other allows us to “Crush it” !

“Good morning Ladies!

I know we all love the BUSY sports season with the kids, cottage season with the wine…making evening ‘us’ time at the gym a little more challenging…

When we embarked on our journey to better health, better endurance (and well, maybe the promise of a tight beach body) about a month ago, we also promised to try to motivate each other.

So here I am…reminding each of us how fabulous we are, how far we have come, and how I look forward to continuing our journey together. I love spending time with you guys, and I love getting that wink, nudge, high-five, and smiles when we complete one of Curd’s gruelling sessions.

My goal for the next month…conquer the prowler and embrace the burpies!

Life is good, especially when we have good friends to share it with…love you guys!

Ange ”

She also sent them the link to Michelle’s awesome transformation…

Fantastic work Angeline…proud to have you as one our own!!

Curd

Hostyle Conditioning Michelle Hannah amazing before and after – having her 2nd baby 8 months ago

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Michelle Hannah

Lost 25 lbs 8 months after having second baby

After having my second and last child, I knew it was time to get back to my pre-baby weight.

I didn’t want to say 10 years from now that I am still carrying around baby weight or that I never got back my body after having my children.

I have always been into fitness and exercise and have been ever since I was young. Exercising and staying fit has also been something that both my husband and I have enjoyed and had in common but with two kids it was becoming difficult to incorporate fitness into our lives.

The Hostyle training was a perfect solution.

Because of the intensity and full-body exercises, two to three, 1-hour classes a week was all I needed and fit perfectly into our new busy schedule.

My fitness goals never had anything to do with a number on the scale but more with how I felt, how I looked, and more importantly, having the functional strength to get through almost any physical event without injury or feeling tired.

So far, so good!  Thanks Hostyle!

Before – 151 lbs

michelle before

After 125 lbs

michelle after

Hostyle Podcast – Is that a cake in your hands?

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This week Peter and I talk about the previous week at Hostyle.

Some great training

This weeks topic is on “Effort”, Why I believe it to be the real secret to success in training and life!

Plus our new segment ” Ryan – the chronicles of a young Hostyle Apprentice”

Plus the usual Bed -S*******ing we do on the podcast..enjoy

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Hostyle Conditioning How to The Kettlebell Windmill

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Today I want to go over another great Kettlebell exercise that works mobility and stability with a tremendous amount of core activation.

The Kettlebell Windmill is a full-body exercise

You will be working Shoulder, hip and ankle mobility as well building great shoulder girdle stability at the same time.

This movement should be done slowly and deliberately focusing on each part of the movement.

One of the most important parts is the hip check or the “Sexy” as Tobin likes to refer to it.

Watch the video often and start empty handed to really feel the movement and build up your level of proficiency and confidence.

Don’t be shocked at how much you will be feeling your core over the next few days.

This is a great movement to get your cardio recovery after you come out of high reps Swings, snatches, and or Catchers squats.

We also often use it at the end of a workout to segue into our mobility cool down, either way its a great challenging move that will improve compound mobility and stability all at the same time.

 

Crush it!!

PS

Want to learn more about kettlebells?

Take our Kettlebell Basics 4 week course…Only $19.99 click HERE to sign up for our next session. It runs on Monday and Wednesday nights at 6 pm

Hostyle Conditioning – 10 steps to Awesome

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Hostyle Conditioning’s

10 steps to awesome

1. Train intensely ( HostyleConditioning ) 3X week
2. Eat more protein – 1.5 grams per pound of bodyweight
3. Walk – light jog – bike for 30 mins 2x week minimum
4. Drink lots of water . 2 – 3 litres per day
5. Increase your mobility daily. Do this routine Hostyle Mobility Warm up

6. Eat 6 small meals a day
7. Meditate 20 mins a day
8. Socialize and train with like minded people (Hostyle Group Training)
9. Eat Broccoli 2 – 3x a day
10. Establish life goals and review daily

Start this and 30 days from now you will be 35% more awesome and on your way to building an amazing new life for yourself!!!

Crush it!

Curd

 

Great offer to Try out Hostyle Conditioning !!!

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Intention and Intensity

 

Do u know of someone who maybe interested in trying Hostyle Conditioning…

Do u have someone who you would like to give the gift of awesomeness to?

We r running a Living social deal for a 5 and 10 pass at hostyleconditioning

This is for NEW CLIENTS who have never trained with us before

checkout the link below and share the Hostyle experience !!

if you haven’t trained with us and you have been wanting to, this is your opportunity to CRUSH IT!

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Did you click on the link above????? Do it…..DO ITTTTTTTTTTTTT…….

 

 

 

Hostyle hits the Springtime Running….

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Now that its awesome outside again we have started incorporating running back into our training here at Hostyle.

 

Rob running the Hostyle 500

Many of us are getting ready for Spartan in June and The Army run in September as well as our own “Run Like Hell-th” 5 and 10 km event in September too.

Not to mention the crazy amount of 5 and 10 k’s that happen virtually every weekend from now till winter time.

Then there’s the 1/2 marathons, full marathons, and some pretty sick 50km plus runs that is out there. I think big John Tinholt would run a 500 km if someone put it on…..

So it’s time to get the legs, cardio and core ready for all that runningness.

There is a lot of ways to work your running and its not always about pounding out 50km a week.

Lots of new research coming out showing that runners are running too much and need to focus on core and strength building.(but we already knew that at Hostyle)

So throughout our general conditioning class you will see a lot of 500m, 1000m, and some 2k’s runs thrown in the mix.

Hell, I just did a bench press routine that had six sets and after every set on bench I had to run 500m!!

In 42 minutes I benched 81 reps at 225 and ran 3km!!

The running will definitely add a new twist and the training we do between or after runs will feel totally different.

Now if I can just come up with a way to run with kettlebells!!

Crush it!!

 

Curd

 

 

 

Hostyle Podcast – Roll daddy onto his side kids…..

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Episode #4

This week Pete and I talk about

  • Deload training
  • Diet coke week #2
  • Clean Eating

Pete also talks about his first “Class” workout at Hostyle in 6 months. We get into the concept of “deloading” in training cycles. Why its important and why more people need to do it and do it more often.

Clean eating, why its more common sense and people just lie to themselves.

Diet Coke aftermath…

Roll daddy onto his side kids...

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Video Review of some Kettlebell exercises that are often done wrong in training

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When ever we start teaching kettlebells to individuals in class or to coaches and trainers in our Hostyle Kettlebell System certification, we cover quite a few different exercises.

Sometimes we might not repeat certain kettlebell exercises often as there are many different moves aside from the core ones

The basics that get repeated alot are;

  • swings
  • cleans
  • clean and press
  • snatch
  • pendulums
  • ATB’s
  • ATH’s
  • Catcher squats
  • Crunches and V ups……

Then we have certain Kettlebell Moves that happen less often, although they are also important there is only so much time and available energy to perform great quality workouts.

The danger or problem with the lesser used kettlebell exercises is that we get rusty technique wise due to the fact that we just aren’t getting to them as often as we would like to.

One of the major issues with trainers and coaches who take kettlebell certs is that most of them may not use Kettlebells on a regular basis and there fore miss out on the “mastery” of the drills and techniques.

I have often said the way to get great at kettlbells is to perform 10,000 reps.

Hell , I’ve seen trainers not use a kettlbell for 6 months or more after their certification weekend. Then when they do use thrm  its a veritable “Gong Show”, they have forgotten and lost much of the motor skills they were just starting to develop by the end of the Cert weekend.

The Hostyle Solution

Below are some Kettlebell Videos Tobin and I just shot to go over some basic technical stuff.

Our goal here is to provide some good technical reminders for our kettlebell clients to use as a tool to maintain the high standards of kettlebell training we want to see them execute.

This is important for themselves the individual, as well as the clients they want to teach.

The Kettlebell “O” Walk

In the first video we review the Kettlebell Over head walk or “O” walk…

 

The Kettlebell “Bottoms Up”

In this second video Tobin is reviewing and demonstrating the Kettlebell “Bottoms up” with some variations and some safety tips.

 

We will be adding more videos every week to keep you guys “Tight and Right” with your Kettlebell Awesomeness.

Do you have a Kettlebell exercise you would like us to review?

Just Comment below and will be glad to get on that for you!!!!

Crush it!!

Curd