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Press Release – CrossCore® Europe and Mad Dogg Athletics announce strategic alliance to bring Rotational Bodyweight Training (RBT) to the UK Fitness Industry

April 12th, 2012 · No Comments

CrossCore® and Mad Dogg Athletics announce strategic alliance to bring Rotational Bodyweight Training to the UK fitness Industry. CrossCore® Europe has just launched the new CrossCore® Rotational Bodyweight Training (RBT) and European Education Programme. The RBT programme is a 1-Day, 6-hour course worth 6 Continued Education Credits through ISSA and has been designed for personal [...]

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Tags: Balance · bodyweight · classes · education · fitness · general information · home training · joint health · MMA · personal training · Physiotherapy · pilates · power · preparation · recovery · recreational athlete · rehabilitation · sports event · strength and conditioning · Uncategorized · workshops

Pilates Sanctuary Clapham is 5 this November

November 25th, 2011 · No Comments

Balance Performance has worked alongside Pilates Sanctuary for 5 years now, its been a great relationship as they fully understand our concept of movement, function, performance and recovery. They guide the clients we refer to their equipment and mat studio within our site in Clapham to adopt improved active lifestyles based on a strong foundation [...]

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Tags: fitness · general information · home training · joint health · joint mobility · pilates

Ultimate Six+ Trigger Point Therapy Workshop Friday the 17th June

June 2nd, 2011 · No Comments

This fascinating course is aimed at anyone who wants to use Trigger Point Therapy in their professional capacity. You might be a Physiotherapist, Osteopath, Chiropractor, Sports Therapist, Massage Therapist, Personal Trainer, Sports Coach or even an Athlete. If you work with people who want to perform better, recover faster and prevent injuries from occuring then this [...]

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Tags: classes · education · elite performance · fitness · general information · home training · imbalances · injury prevention · ITB · joint discomfort · joint health · joint mobility · joint stress · pain free marathon training · performance · personal training · Physiotherapy · pilates · power · preparation · recovery · running performance · speed · sports injury · strength and conditioning · swimming · tight · triathlon · Uncategorized · weakness · workshops

The Lissom Technique at Balance Performance Physiotherapy

March 4th, 2011 · 4 Comments

The Lissom Technique is the truly innovative creation of two exceptionally gifted specialists in human movment and part of the Balance strength and conditioning team Julien Diaz & Jason Prog. Lissom is a free flowing movement technique that encompasses a combination of simple but challenging moves and stretches to build core strength, flexibility, balance and endurance.  The movmements used [...]

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Tags: back pain · Balance · bodyweight · classes · education · elite performance · fitness · freestyle · general information · home training · imbalances · joint discomfort · joint health · joint mobility · joint stress · performance · pilates · rehabilitation · strength and conditioning · thai boxing

Balance Blogging

February 7th, 2011 · No Comments

There is so much going on at the moment at Balance Performance that i could be blogging daily, the reality is that its so busy the blogging activities are at a low! Stewart Laing is one of the UKs most respected Sports Physiologists, has worked with some of the worlds elite athletes but is able [...]

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Tags: anaerobic · back pain · Balance · beginners · bodyweight · classes · education · elite performance · extreme · fitness · freestyle · general information · home training · injury prevention · interval training · kettlebells · metabolic · metabolic testing · MMA · performance · personal training · pilates · power · preparation · recovery · recreational athlete · rehabilitation · running performance · speed · sports injury · strength and conditioning · technique

Great versatility for outdoor training, highly effective strength, conditioning and fitness anywhere:

January 16th, 2011 · No Comments

A few examples of the versatility in bodyweight training that the Pulley suspension system of the WarMachine offers personal trainers, strength and conditioning coaches, bootcamp providers and anyone else who likes to take their physical training outdoors. Free flowing, fluid strength, conditioning, speed, power and endurance. interested in future education workshops in pulley suspension training [...]

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Tags: anaerobic · back pain · bodyweight · classes · education · elite performance · fitness · general information · injury prevention · interval training · joint health · joint mobility · kettlebells · metabolic · MMA · pain free marathon training · performance · personal training · physio shop · Physiotherapy · pilates · power · preparation · recovery · recreational athlete · rehabilitation · retail · running performance · shop · skiing · soccer · speed · sports injury · store · strength and conditioning · swimming · thai boxing · triathlon · ultradistance · weight loss · winter sports · workshops

Running Clinic page now up on Main Site

March 17th, 2010 · No Comments

Balance Performance #Running Clinic info: http://bit.ly/cp1Oe5 our expertise goes beyond high quality rehab and the Alter-G, we do PBs too! We have long catered for runners – from novice marathoners to elite and professional runners – but we have refocussed some of our existing services and changed the structure some to better cater for a [...]

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Tags: Alter-G · anaerobic · Balance · bodyweight · elite performance · extreme · fitness · general information · injury prevention · interval training · marathon · orthotics · pain free marathon training · Paula Radcliffe · performance · Physiotherapy · pilates · podiatry · power · preparation · recovery · recreational athlete · rehabilitation · running performance · speed · sports injury · triathlon · ultradistance · Uncategorized

Gyms and Personal Training in London – what we are and we are not!

January 11th, 2010 · No Comments

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 [...]

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Tags: advice · back pain · beginners · bodyweight · fitness · general information · home training · injury prevention · joint health · kettlebells · marathon · personal training · pilates · preparation · recreational athlete · rehabilitation · retail · strength and conditioning · technique · weight loss · workshops

Changes made to Pilates Sanctuary info

October 14th, 2009 · No Comments

We needed to change a few things  on the main website Pilates Sanctuary page (Pilates Sanctuary our Balance’s resident Pilates studio and company) so take a look to check timings and costings for the studio and mat classes – including the Post Natal with Baby class on a Tuesday. If you would like to be [...]

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