Flop of the Week!
What is the ‘Flop of the Weak’? It all started with an innocent football. Someone brought one in and left it around, so every now and then a game of catch (aka see if you can take off someones head) breaks out. Seb, standing at 9 foot tall, misalculated a throw and managed to take […]
READ MOREFriday night at the Bar
I had an interesting conversation with a member the other week. A work colleague of his was baffled that he could train almost every day, and enjoyed it. He tried to explain that it wasn’t just the training, it was the community… but it still wasn’t hitting the mark. After going in circles a little […]
READ MORETraining Partners: Why you need them!
Want to take your lifting to another level? Find some awesome training partners. Good training partners are invaluable for a number of reasons. They will keep you accountable, hey man where you at we started squatting at 6pm. They will push you when you are being a wuss, cmon mate get those last few reps […]
READ MOREI’ll start when…
I hear from a lot of our members that they have a friend, let’s call them Rob for our purposes today. Rob would love to train at Black Flag, but he wants to get a little stronger first… Rob has a bit of a problem, because the best way to achieve this is to train […]
READ MOREMarch 31st Open Night
It’s been a while! The blog has been a little neglected, but that changes today. Black Flag Barbell Club has been humming along, we held our second powerlifting competition on the 5th of March and it was a great day out. 28 lifters put their best effort forward, and a great crowd supported them doing […]
READ MOREFive reasons you should be lifting weights
No matter who you are, you should be lifting weights. Obviously coming from a gym whose equipment list solely consists of weight to lift, this might sound a little bit biased. So here are five reasons why: 1. There is no such thing as ‘toning up’ I’m not sure where it came from, but the […]
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