Monthly Archives: June 2017

Coach Jake Shannon – Unstable Surface Training

Bosu balls have their place in a rehab setting and in some cases with the elderly. So if you’ve had a knee replacement or major surgery recently they have a place in your rehab plan. They have a place! That’s it; they can’t be the staple of your rehab and they most certainly shouldn’t be […]

Coach Shannon- Youth V Pro

Youth athletes are not professional athletes; hence they shouldn’t be training like professional athletes. At Bodyfit I train several youth athletes and also several children. For the record a 9 year old girl I currently train has the best squat mechanics of anyone I train. Here is a super article from the guys at Cressey […]

Coach Jake Shannon – The Basics

Often people ask me how much goes into training athletes and if I follow online methods such as P90x or Instagram famous* “Fitness Professionals” who have never actually trained or coached anyone and have no recognised qualifications whatsoever. They look good in a bikini or with some baby oil smooshed all over their big muscles […]

Coach Jake Shannon – Squatting & Your Knees

Let me put a persistent strength training myth to bed for you all. It revolves around squatting and knee placement… When you squat, your knees can and should travel past your toes!! Shock horror I can almost guarantee at one point in your life (assuming you have been in a gym before,) you’ve heard someone […]