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To celebrate the Marathon and Racing Season Balance has a Buy One Get One FREE offer for sessions on the Alter-G anti-gravity treadmill.
The benefits of the Alter-G a.k.a the “G-Trainer Pro” are many and Balance is going to make a concerted effort to see that more people get to see the potential in using [...]

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Just found a website called Urban Path looking at which London gyms and fitness centres had managed to get themselves in to their listing.
Some of the “top” gyms in Notting Hill, Fitzrovia, Knightsbridge, Covent Garden, Marylebone, Battersea, Fulham and Soho are listed with reviews invited. The comments  are insightful and should give us, the Strength [...]

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For some time we have sold Trigger Point Performance’s (TPT) “Quadballer” as it is a highly effective tool for removing the tension so many of our clients display in their quads, hip flexors, ITB (iliotibial band), hamstrings and low back. The quadballer allows you to roll through all of these areas whilst keeping your hands [...]

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Starting on Tuesday May 12th at Balance – 9.30am. And every week thereafter.
CLICK HERE for more details on the class
If you would like to forward this info on to someone you know would be interested you can cut and paste the shortened link below.
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You may recall the blog post about Oli Dudley who Balance has supported in his training and physiotherapy for the 7 in 7 on 7 Challenge. 7 ultramarathons (31 miles) in 7 days on each of the 7 continents. His mission was to go from novice runner to extreme ultramarathon distance runner and adventurer in [...]

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This week saw the return of an Ashtanga Yoga class to Balance in our Clapham SW4 studio.
We’ve started off the first month with a casual drop in class. Depending on what the London lunchtime yoga crowd want we will either stick with the casual drop in or move to a 4 week or 8 week cycle.
Lunchtime [...]

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Oli Dudley came to Balance after his 10 mile run left him with back pain just after the New Year that left him unable to run without sharp pain.
This is the classic time of the year for the sports injury team and podiatrist at Balance to see those training for the London Marathon start coming [...]

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Happy New Year from the team at Balance.
We are very excited about the year ahead even if a lot of people are talking about 2009 being a gloomy year for business.
For the past 8 years we have actively encouraged clients to take a long term perspective when it comes to dealing with their injuries, episodes of back pain, [...]

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Well for those who are managing to find this blog as we make the transition from one site to the next here are our opening times over the next fortnight:
Monday 22nd December: 7.30am-9pm
Tuesday 23rd December: 7.30am-9pm
Wednesday 24th December CHRISTMAS EVE: 7.30am-2pm
CHRISTMAS DAY – We are closed – whether you celebrate Christmas or not and whatever [...]

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It was a busy day at Balance for me spending 2 hours with parkour and free running athletes from the massive Free Run and Parkour Network – an truly international organistation.
Ez came along with 3 of their athletes: Cali, Kirby and Jonny who had the full tour and acquaint of what this technology can provide.
As [...]

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