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Gymchat 193 – Training Athletes II (with Kyle Bohannon)
Written By : Scott Bird

Been looking forward to this one for a while now (a certain storm unfortunately arrived last time) – the second part of the fascinating Training Athletes discussion. Very interesting ideas.
If you’d like to join us for the hangout and ask a question or two, the details are below. And if it’s your first time, welcome aboard. They’re a lot of fun.


Details –
Who Strength & Conditioning Coach Kyle Bohannon and Personal Trainer Kirk Fontaine
Topic : Training Athletes II
When : Wed Nov 28, 9pm EST (here’s how to find out when that is in your timezone) Kirk will post the full details in his Google+ stream (you can follow him here).
How : Google+ Hangout. If you’ve never been to one, here’s how to take part.
See you there.

Last Week : In the first of the ‘Gymchat Bites‘ (Gymchat 192) we discussed Supplementation & Olympic Lifting with Personal Trainer Derek Peruo. Thanks to everyone who was able to watch live, always the best way to keep up with what’s going on.


If you missed the broadcast, the full video is available over on Kirk’s Youtube Channel. That’s also the best place to subscribe to the videos directly, and to see previous discussions.

Over to you. Drop us a line on Twitter ( @scottbird ), or add a comment below.

Cheers.

 

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