David Thorneycroft
My name is David Thorneycroft and I am writing this article for the Voodoo Gym website. I started training at Voodoo Gym in August / September 2010, so just over a year ago. It has been the single biggest achievement I have ever accomplished in my life. Before staring at Voodoo Gym I weighed 20 stone 13 pounds at the age of 20 years old! I was a lazy couch potato, to put it in the nicest way possible, and was always that kid that was last to be picked at sports, would always have a note from the parents or any excuse to get out of any physical exercise. One day, enough was enough, and I...
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Dave ‘Witch Dr’ Kari – Head Coach and Manager – Voodoo Gym. Dave Kari is an expert in Martial Arts and in the teaching of it. He has a talent for teaching that he developed as a professional academic teacher and commercial trainer. By applying these delivery skills to his solid yet intuitive Martial Arts instruction he stands out from the crowd as a coach. His Martial Arts experience began over 26 years ago covering a vast array of styles including: Traditional Japanese and Korean Martial Arts Muay Thai under Master Sken American Style Kick-Boxing He...
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Charlie started training in Karate at the age of 6 for two years having achieved a purple stripe belt. Then he trained in Chinese Kick-Boxing, pursuing that for another year. Then he started training at the Voodoo Gym in the Junior MMA Kick-Boxing class. After a year of hard work Charlie was asked to join the adults MMA Kick-Boxing class and Submission Wrestling classes. After 6 months he started training in MMA which he is currently developing. After a further 6 months he then achieved his Junior MMA Kick-Boxing brown belt from Dave Kari and has attended his first Train the Trainer course to...
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Amanda is an Obesity Practitioner and weight-loss specialist. She has been involved in the food and nutrition industry for over twenty years and is qualified as a Sports Nutritionist and Personal Trainer. Supporting this, she has a wealth of knowledge and experience of food and how to eat a nutritious diet without ever feeling hungry. Amanda has stated that one of her greatest pleasures of working as a health and nutrition coach is watching her clients become healthier and happier as a result of her advice and guidance. By sharing that knowledge, she assists her clients to achieve their...
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What follows are the absolute fundamentals needed to understand Range of Movement, or ROM. It is the bare minimum information you need to develop your ROM safely yet effectively. ROM Definition Flexibility has been defined as ROM and can be improved by simple regular stretching. ROM is considered joint specific, that is, each joint needs to be trained separately. Terminology Sometimes the words mobility, suppleness and flexibility are wrongly used interchangeably. They are in fact quite different. Mobility refers to the movement in the middle range of a joint. Often used as warm-ups as they...
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