All Canadian Fitness trainer doing the hard yards in London!

OK here we go.... another post. this is getting fun! for those of you that have been around the studio or received one of Ernie's e-mail updates then you'll know that i am currently in my final stages of preparation for what could possibly be "the road warriors" last ride. all my life as a fighter i have wanted no, dreamed of being invited to compete in japan. japan is the mecca that all fighters want to be invited to. it is where the money is, the fame is and the recognition. you will not find a more appreciative audience for combat sports than the Japanese. they eat this stuff up man! so i find my self on the verge of a dream, made possible by my good friend IFL anacondas(mma) head coach Shawn Tompkins. it is through Shawn that i have been given this great opportunity. shawn and myself go back a few years as i have made the trip down to his gym in London on many occasions to help get his fighters ready for up coming matches in both mma and kickboxing. through this friendship i have had the pleasure of training with and becoming friends with his stable of talented fighters. Shawn's fighters have competed all over the world in some of the biggest organizations on the planet, such as the UFC, Pride, Ring of Fire... the list goes on. he is now a very sought after coach and after we are done in japan he will be headed to Oregon to begin training "the natural" randy couture the UFC heavyweight champ Wow what an honour!!!
as of last week i be gain my journey down to London to get some much needed sparring for my fight. the kilometers are killing my lease but hey its worth it in the end right? any ways i wanted to share this little bit of info with you and i will keep you posted right up to my final days leading up to japan.

until next time
love, respect, believe

Parker rocks and Wright rolls!

okay here we go....its been a week since i last posted so before the boss gets on me i thought i'd write a post to let everyone out there know whats going on.

first off the week flew by as we had monday off from the gym due to the canada day long weekend so that left the schedule pretty full for us at the studio. but hey your fitness heros pulled through.
i had the pleasure of working with patricia wright for the first time in a long time this friday and let me tell you folks this girl trains HARD!!!! she is currently in the final preperation stages for her black belt testing and she is focused. we trained for 1.5 hours in the studio and this girl does everything i can come up with and she still has energy to spare! i feel she will crush her black belt test when the time comes.

secondly the phoenix fight club was again well represented this week with its newest fighter richard "the asian sensation" parker making very short work of his opponent at a small club show in strathroy ontario.
richard did me proud by going out there and fighting a smart fight. about a minute into the first round richard uncorked a beautiful overhand right which crashed right into his opponents head sending him straight down and out for the count! i think richard was surprised and being that it was his first fight wasn't quite sure what exactly happened. so having said that, well done pal and a special thanks to the phoenix crew that made the trip with us. you guys are showing what it means to be a team with the support and encouragement you show to one another. keep up the good work!

well that's it for this post folks. so until next time, hands up, chin down and train hard!
love, respect, believe

Running....just do it!

okay here we go....this topic is gonna cover something we all love.....running, yeah!! i personally love running and feel that besides proper eating habits this is the best way to lose weight and maintain cardio greatness. i feel that the main reason people don't run that can run is quite simply motivation. so in this blog entry i'm gonna share a few ides on how to get into that motivational mind frame. for me if i'm driving somewhere and i see some one running i immediately wonder if i can run faster or longer then them , so i guess my competitive fires gets going and that makes me want to run as soon as i can. also music selection.... come on tell me you don't get the itch to workout when you hear that theme from rocky. i personally remember a guy that would always show up to the boxing gym when a rocky movie was on t.v the night before! me i need a good hard beat or something with kickin rhythm to get me movin! yeah i bump and grind when no ones looking!! music is soooo important for running because music in my opinion moves the world. i cant stand it when i don't have music, who wants to hear their own breath when their jogging? or you have a stupid tune stuck in your noodle. so having said that get some tunes , something to play them on and also check out ernie's blog to see his top ten workout songs and get movin. because "someone thinking about doing something is usually passed by some doing something"

until next time
love, respect, believe