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AmphibiFIT is a mix of three strength, conditioning and fitness classes. The classes are based either in the studio, pool or on the open field. The studio class is the simplest form of the three classes but not to be mistaken for the easiest as all three can push you to your limits using variable weighted sandbags. These sandbags are an ultimate resistance training piece of equipment that are designed for functional strength gains and have endless possibilities for different exercises. The studio class is known as SilverBack Training, these Gorilla's are known for there raw lifting strength. The next class is known as Rhino Power Training. This sandbag based class utilises the lifting sandbag but also introduces the DragBag, the DragBag again is full of sand but has connected to it a harness that fits to the participants body, there is now a mix of lifting and power runs/walks, just of course how the Rhino excels. The third class is the true ultimate Amphibian, Gator Fitness, these creatures are known for the ability and strength on both land and water and will test your abilities on both also, lifting the sandbag on the poolside then in for a dip to either kick or swim.
All three of these classes can push anyone to there limit but also aimed for YOU to learn TECHNIQUE and feel COMFORTABLE the whole time your doing the class. If you can't swim don't worry we teach that too, however you do need to be able to swim to an ok level to do Gator Fitness, otherwise he might get you ;)
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facebook.comJust done program for tonight's Gator Fitness class in énergie swords @8.30 and I'm so excited to get you guys burning it up!!!
FREE TRIAL CLASS tomorrow night, SilverBack Sandbag Session in énergie fitness swords at 8.15pm. The class will be a challenge format to see how many sets of a circuit you can do. You will be pushed as hard as you want, feel like giving it ago but not sure what to expect and perhaps a bit nervous? Please don't be, Ben will look after you and guide you through the excercises! Feel like you want to workout till you drop, Ben will also motivate you till you reach your best! Limited space available please message me to save your place.
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Check out the ladies burning up the Sandbag challenge at the énergie fitness challenge morning! Well done ladies
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High rep high intensity class requested by the members of the SilverBack Studio class for this evening. Starts at 8.15pm in énergie fitness swords, Send me message if you want to join. Thanks Phil
A little about me & my AmphibiFIT & FINfitness transformation. My name is Phil Wright and I am a full time swim instructor in Swords. I have been an instructor for over 18 years and still love it just as much as when I started. Over the last few years I have being itching to start up some ideas I have had. One of them was an Aquatic based fitness class, I call it FINfitness, since the classes started 3 years ago it has been a fantastic success, I have seen some amazing results from people loosing weight, toning up, building aerobic fitness and keeping people active who can't do impact exercises. Its even helped athletes who have recovered from knee surgeries and being able to get them strong and back to their sports. I came up with this idea of a class from a few experiences iv had, swimming with Fin's in my youth swim team, also my love for scuba diving and then adding a saying that I always used to joke about "the fittest people in the pool are the people who fight with the water instead of use it". So in FINfitness I use the resistance of the water to make the exercises harder while still keeping the impact to a minimum. AmphibiFIT is my next inspiration. I have always loved all type of sports and fitness, land and water. I competed in swimming and a sport called Canoe polo, I competed in this until I had my first child in 2012, then the timing demands of training and going away to matches just where not possible. Canoe polo is a fantastic strength and fitness sport, surprisingly for your whole body, most would think just the upper body but we use our legs for a lot of bracing and balance. Canoe polo is also surprisingly very similar to swimming in some ways, due to the resistance being from the water which means there is nothing solid to push against, due to your body being above the water and the size of the blades on the paddles its also very similar to land exercises also as the canoe gives more stability to use force. To train for this sport I did a large variety of land and water based training to build muscle but to also keep the training relative for the sport. This is when I discovered the functional strength training sandbags, with all the versatility of the sandbag and the use of water for swimming and kayaking I discovered their really isn't any better form of all round fitness. Their are over 300 different variations of exercises you can do with a sandbag that use functional movements from your core, using these not only builds muscle fast but allows the strength created to be utilised into everyday life or sport, mix these exercises with swim sets and pow you have some serious work load potentials, I came up with the name Amphibious Fitness so then I could use the 3 mascots, The Gorilla (power lifting, The Rhino (speed and power) and the king of Amphibious animals The Alligator. Over the last two years or so I have been struggling with my health, which all came to a head in December 2015, I got septicaemia, pluracy and a blood infection which really took its toll and got me to be in the worst shape and fitness of my life. I am about to post a picture from when I was given the all clear from the hospital, please be nice. This picture helped motivate me to start an employee transformation challenge in my work place, énergie fitness swords. I decided for the 10 week challenge I was only going to use my four classes to try transform, FINfitness, Gator Fitness, SilverBack Fitness and Rhino Fitness. I decided to do this to help promote my classes of course, but also to show that a father of 2, who works 40-50hrs per week, can train 45 minutes (many sessions where only 30) 3-4 times a week and can make a difference in how you feel and look. Due to my health issues I had to be very careful and had to build up slowly and in fact didn't even get to do the Rhino classes as my chest was not able for the January weather. So here goes I'm going to post my before and afters. I'm doing this hoping to inspire you in to getting going on transforming yourselves and your lives, or even make a change to your workouts if your loosing momentum and not seeing a difference in yourself. If you want to try a different form of training & if any of my classes interest you and you would like to try, please drop me a message for your free trial class. With a bit of hard work and a lot of sweat you could be posting your story and transformation results or better still get the energy you need to live the lives you want. Thanks for your time reading this and please share with anyone you think might be inspired by it.
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Before & after photos of my AmphibiFIT & FINfitness transformation.
SilverBack Sandbag Sessions are in full swing and classes are really starting to get busy. Going to add some more times soon, if anyone interested please send me message. 3 more weeks of pay as you go available for €7.50 to try class out, then price has to increase, but don't worry discounts will be in place for when you book 10 sessions to ensure you hold place and reap the benifits of the class. If your doing the SilverBack session and love it, why not try out the Gator session? Sandbag training you know and love plus with swimming sets too!!!
Well done to all the staff that took part in SilverBack Sandbag session yesterday at énergie fitness swords! Your a bunch of hard working mad machines! ;)
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Its leg day with the Silverback shouldering squat challenge in énergie fitness this evening at 7.15pm. The bench mark has been set by two of the fitness trainers, try to beat them or just have a go its your choice the only aim is to get some results!
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Best of luck tonight guys ;)
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