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Computrainer at Balance Performance

January 9th, 2012 · No Comments

  Balance is delighted to announce that we now have a Computrainer. Bring your bike down to Balance hook it up to the trainer and ride up the Alpe d’Huez! The Ford Ironman World Championships in Hawaii provided fantastic results for CompuTrainer pro riders. For the second year in a row 8 of computrainer trained [...]

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Tags: elite performance · general information · performance · power · preparation · recreational athlete · strength and conditioning · Uncategorized

MOVE>>> Natural Movement London>>>

June 20th, 2011 · 2 Comments

MOVE is the brainchild of some of London’s most dynamic movers and shakers in the field of Natural Movement.  MOVE is a two hour mixed movement session, born from the desire have a regular Natural Movement group in the heart of the city. MOVE will not only push you physically but mentally as the highly fertile minds of [...]

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Tags: adventure · Balance · bodyweight · classes · fitness · freestyle · general information · joint health · joint mobility · performance · personal training · power · preparation · recreational athlete · running performance · strength and conditioning

“War Machine” Pulley Suspension Training workshop

February 25th, 2011 · 1 Comment

Introducing the WarMachine for the ultimate in “3D bodyweight training.” Jonathan Lewis, Cj Swaby and Ricardo Abreu will be sharing their expert knowledge and experience of how to get the most from this exciting piece of kit. They will go through basics of press, pull, legs, trunk and combined, compound movements  before “pulling the pin” and [...]

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Tags: Balance · bodyweight · elite performance · extreme · fitness · freestyle · home training · performance · personal training · Physiotherapy · power · preparation · recreational athlete · rehabilitation · strength and conditioning · swimming · thai boxing · workshops

Pose Running & Barefoot Running Workshop

February 23rd, 2011 · No Comments

Just want to make you all aware of a very exciting course coming up at Balance Performance Physiotherapy and presented by CJS Fitness on Sunday the 13th of March 10am – 5pm. The course will be presented by Naeem Akram the “Running Engineer”, click on the link below to read more and book online. There [...]

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Tags: education · fitness · injury prevention · marathon · pain free marathon training · performance · personal training · Physiotherapy · recreational athlete · rehabilitation · running performance · triathlon · ultradistance · workshops

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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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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Steve Cotter Masterclass at Balance Performance on Friday October 8th

September 18th, 2010 · No Comments

Balance Performance is once again extremely proud that Steve Cotter, world class teacher of kettlebells, athletic movement and all aspects of strength, conditioning, movement and wellbeing, will be teaching a 3 hour Masterclass at our London facility. Friday, October 8th, 6pm – 9.15pm Balance Performance 113 Gauden Road London SW4 6LE call 020-7627-2308 to book [...]

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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

Exclusive distributors of Steve Cotter products in the UK

February 28th, 2010 · No Comments

Jonathan Lewis and Balance have had a long working relationship with Steve Cotter, one of the worlds best teachers of strength and conditioning, health and fitness concepts, an incredible athlete and an internationally recognised authority on kettlebells. We are therefore very proud to have made our ties even stronger and will now be the UKs [...]

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Shoes may have changed how we run – piece from BBC Science journo

February 1st, 2010 · 1 Comment

BBC Science Reporter Victoria Gill’s article is linked to below: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8483401.stm It describes research that came to the obvious conclusion that if you give a human the chance to take the path of least resistance they will take it, even if the consequences are a down turn in long term efficiency. Well thats my interpretation, [...]

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