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‘He who has suffered you to impose on him, knows you.’
– William Blake,
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
It is time to dump the bucket. Continue reading
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Goodlife Rapes the Fitness Industry
Posted in Goodlife, Journalism, Observation, Statement of intention with tags accountants, Ardent Leisure, baphomet, Coles, Crossfit, deadlift, Doherty’s Gym, Domino's Pizza, Fitness First, freelance, Golden Glory, Goodlife, Goodlife Armadale, Goodlife Glen Iris, Goodlife Prahran, Hammer Strength, ironedge, Jim Morrson, kettlebells, Kickboxing, Kickstart, Markos Markopoulos, McDonald’s, Mercedes-Benz, occupational heath and safety, Olympia Gym, Performance Training Center, personal trainers, pilates, ronin, Samoan lawyer, sociopath, spills, squat, Street's ice cream, The Corporation, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, weight training, William Blake, Workcover, Worksafe, writer on May 29, 2015 by Jarrod Boyle
The Dark Satanic Mill – Recreation Gym, South Melbourne
Posted in Observation, Statement of intention with tags commercial gyms, consumer culture, Crossfit, Dylan Thomas, fitness, gothic architecture, Recreation South Melbourne, T.S. Eliot, William Blake on October 4, 2012 by Jarrod Boyle
A gym is like a gothic cathedral; everything from the architecture to the fittings to the music should conspire to project your energy upward. Training is a ritual experience. It’s a celebration of values though action. Continue reading
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The Grail
Posted in Fitness, Observation with tags Crossfit, fitness on September 4, 2012 by Jarrod Boyle
I loathe Crossfitters, but I love Crossfit.
Anyone interested in fitness, or being fit, must read this.
http://www.crossfit.com/cf-download/Foundations.pdf
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Steve Moxon – 'The Showdown' on April 28
Posted in Kickboxing with tags Carlos Quadiri, Crossfit, Frank Giorgi, Hewlett Packard, Joe Nader, MC2, Muay Thai, Peter Graham, Powerplay, The Showdown, Wes Capper on April 6, 2012 by Jarrod Boyle
Steve Moxon, K1 specialist, will be going head-to-head against Frank Giorgi, one of Australia’s premier Thai stylists on Joe Nader’s Powerplay show, ‘The Showdown’, at the Moonee Valley Racecourse on April 28. Steve lets me know what it is we – and Frank – should expect. Continue reading
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Full Thai: Tommy Murray
Posted in Journalism, Kickboxing with tags Boonchu Gym, Crossfit, Full Contact Fitness, GV Martial Arts, Hammer's Gym, Invictus, Matt Reid, Sanchai, Ultimate Kickboxing, Warrior's Way on December 14, 2011 by Jarrod BoyleInternational Kickboxer Magazine, November/December 2011
Tommy Murray is that rarity; a Victorian fighter who specialises in Full Thai Rules. He holds a swag of titles, among them a couple of WMC belts. His biggest challenge-to-date will be when he fights Ben Mahoney in front of a home-town crowd in Shepparton, Victoria on September 10. Mahoney will be representing JWP’s Boonchu gym, possibly the most venerated Thaiboxing gym in the nation. Tommy gives JARROD BOYLE the rundown in the last days before the fight of his life. Continue reading
Theme Park at its Darkest 