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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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If you only watch 1 fighter, watch this guy!

One of our favourite fighters at 5 Elements is Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson and with a kickboxing and MMA record 70 – 1 it’s looking like he is unstoppable. He breezes thru opponents like he’s on a Sunday stroll. Definitely one of the most dynamic strikers in MMA, he was lined up for what would have been as awesome fight with

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jeff@moxwai.comIf you only watch 1 fighter, watch this guy!

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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

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Happy Birthday Coach Barney

Lots of great things happened in 1979, Margaret Thatcher was elected prime minister in the United Kingdom, Michael Jackson released ‘Off the Wall’, England’s first nudist beach was opened in Brighton and on 21 August coach Barney Walker entered the world! I was lucky to meet Barney in 2006? so i’ve posted an image here from about 10 years ago,

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jeff@moxwai.comHappy Birthday Coach Barney

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McGregor vs Diaz UFC 202 Weigh-in Highlights

This weekend sees the return to the cage of Conor McGregor as he tries to match his talking with his fighting against Nate Diaz. Its going to be a epic battle as both fighters are looking fit and lean. Lets not forgot Nate took the last fight on 10 days notice and this time round has had the benefit of

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jeff@moxwai.comMcGregor vs Diaz UFC 202 Weigh-in Highlights

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Popeye as a sparring partner?

I always loved popeye growing up as a kid, but when did he change to looking like a cage fighter?! He’s definitely looking a bit harder these days than i remember. Whoever created these images – thats amazing work (i search the net but couldnt see the author – sorry). Love the tat on his chest “I yam what i

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jeff@moxwai.comPopeye as a sparring partner?

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Pumpkin Squats by George

The pumpkin squat A video posted by 5 Elements Fitness (@5elementsfitness) on May 29, 2016 at 8:07pm PDT This pumpkin had to be 35kg’s and some of us were struggling to lift it, George didn’t seem to notice we had it in his hands…

jeff@moxwai.comPumpkin Squats by George

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