During the Merida I received a voucher for a personal training evaluation at Race Elements in Brisbane so I booked myself in.
I went along today and met Greig Smart the Studio Manager and Trainer. To be honest I was a little bit intimidated about going to a personal trainer because I’m not sure if I really wanted to know how unfit I actually was and how much hard work it would take to “fix me”…But I’m serious about getting my fitness back on track so I took a dose of HTFU and went along.
The Race Elements facility is very impressive and Greig couldn’t have been a nicer bloke, (he knew his stuff too). The session started out with a comprehensive questionnaire about my medical history, exercise background and my fitness goals (upcoming MTB events etc). Once that was done it was into the gym for a snappy evaluation. It wasn’t a full-on training session but it was a very good evaluation and I was pretty buggered after it. The session consisted of tests involving, Bench Press, Leg Press, Push Ups, and Seated Rows. I also did this squat test which involved me holding my butt in a suspended seated position above a seat. Greig said the worst he’d seen was about 5 seconds and the best was something like half an hour.. I came in at a couple of minutes which about average.
All in all it was a great session. Greig was a great source of advice and he’s planted the “ride to work” seed.
Race elements offer personalized training programs which you can monitor on-line or in the studio. They also boast a couple of specialist on-line training coaches in Nikolai Razouvayev and Anna Sheldon both very well respected in cycling circles.
As soon as the budget allows I’ll be doing more with Race Elements. For more information visit their website at www.raceelements.com.au.
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