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Practice Perfected: Meet Asensei

Check out this amazing promotional video for Asensei.”Your personal trainer who knows your every move.” An incredible product that combines smart textiles, wearable computing and intelligent digital assistants to create what looks to be a jaw dropping next level e-personal trainer. In the future at 5 Elements you could be getting pointers on how to improve your technique based on

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Barney WalkerPractice Perfected: Meet Asensei

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The Importance of Hand wraps

Regular 5 Elements members will be aware that I am making sure everyone wraps their hands properly before we hit pads in the MMA fitness training classes. This is not just to protect your hands from cuts and abrasions within your boxing gloves. Hand wraps also help prevent injury and pain by supporting the many muscles and bones of the wrist

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Barney WalkerThe Importance of Hand wraps

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The Origin of the 5 Elements 20 minute workout

The 20 minute workout 5 Elements gym members have several names for the 20 minute workout that follows our core strength session every Tuesday and Thursday including ‘Strength and Conditioning, Bootcamp, the difficult bit and several others involving expletives! High intensity, short duration training is a real cornerstone of 5 Elements Fitness. As such I wanted to explain a little more about

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Barney WalkerThe Origin of the 5 Elements 20 minute workout