Olympian Christine Ohuruogu chooses The Foundry as her strength & conditioning gym

December 29, 2012 By

Olympic Gym East London

 29 December 2012

Foundry:east, located in the Olympic borough of Newham, is chosen as the new training facility for GB Athlete Christine Ohuruogu

Foundry Studios is delighted to announce that Great British Athlete Christine Ohuruogu, 400m Gold and Silver medallist at the Beijing and London Olympics respectively, has chosen Foundry:east, an independent high performance and group training facility, as her new training centre.

Based in her home borough of Newham in east London, Christine will be using the high performance strength and conditioning gym twice a week as part of her professional athletic training.

Graeme Marsh, Director of Foundry Studios said:

We are incredibly excited and privileged to be able to support Christine in her continued development as a successful international athlete. 

At Foundry:east, our ambition was to bring high quality training to international athletes and the general population alike and support the Olympic legacy within the borough of Newham. Today’s announcement is a great step in confirming our success in achieving this.

Christine Ohuruogu said:

Foundry:east fulfils all my strength and conditioning training requirements as an international professional athlete. I could not believe a performance facility of such high quality was right on my doorstep.

Following a short break after the London Olympics, I am incredibly excited about starting my training at this new facility and to support this local business based in my home borough of Newham.

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For more information please contact:

 

Foundry Studios

Helen Thomas 

020 3417 0469
07973 511 942

NOTES TO EDITORS

FOUNDRY:EAST

Foundry:east is a group training and sports performance training facility located between Canary Wharf and the Olympic Park in West Ham, offering fitness classes, courses, athletic training, personal training and seminars.

With its 1500 sq ft weightlifting gym, 3G replica grass astro pitch, 100 seater seminar/studio, access to 15 hectares of green parkland and a large car park, Foundry:east helps its members to improve all areas of fitness through top quality tuition and challenging routines where performance is the ultimate goal.

For more information about Foundry Studios and Foundry:east, please go to www.foundryfit.co.uk and www.foundryfit.co.uk/foundry-east

 

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King of the Coaches

February 6, 2012 By

The Foundry Personal TrainingEvery once in a while there is an opportunity to learn from one of the industry’s genuine innovators. With so much recycled content and marketing efforts aimed at new trainers, it can be hard to discern the real deal from another industry trend or gimmick.

As physical preparation coach, Ian King is the real deal and his  innovations have had a massive impact on the industry. Many of Ian’s influences are present in modern training programme design, although due to his reluctance to heavily market to the fitness industry this has often been understated, unreferenced or credited to others, particularly in the UK.  Ian’s work includes ‘How to Write Strength Training Programmes’ (1998), the ‘Get Buffed’ series, and the Mens Health ‘Book of Muscle’ (2003) along with many DVD’s and books on physical preparation for the athlete.

Arnie Guns

It's Gunday

In anticipation of his first ever presentation in London on Wednesday 29th February, we wanted to offer a flavour of the kind of training programmes Ian likes writing, so here is the ‘Great Guns’ training plan that he put together over ten years ago for T-Nation.

Part 1 is linked below, and we will be highlighting Part 2 next week. You’ll see some of Ian’s favourite training tools used here, which you’ll be able to find out more about at our seminar on Feb 29th.

If you want to find out more from the man himself, Ian will be hosting a day seminar on Programme Design for Athletic Development, covering a wide range of topics including the concept of balance/imbalance, lines of movement, speed of movement, loading, intensity, volume, flexibility, aerobic training and, critically, recovery. All the material is drawn from Ian’s extensive experience and publishings over the past 30 years working with high level athletes. This knowledge will leave you with a far better understanding of the considerations involved in programme design and how to apply them for the best results.

The investment for this day is only £117 so it represents incredible value for money. The seminar will start at 8.30am and finish at 4.00pm. All we ask is that they attend with an open mind, prepared to have some of the current dogma and trends challenged.

Places are strictly limited and we expect a full house so book early to avoid disappointment.

No prerequisite to attend; we welcome fitness professionals and those with a serious interest in strength training and programme development to join us on this course.

Date: Wednesday 29th February 2012

Location: Birkbeck, University Of London – Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX

Time: 0830-1600

Cost: £117

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Meet Sarah Lindsay, newest member of The Foundry team with enough bling to make P. Diddy jealous

August 23, 2011 By

Now it’s not often you come across a three time Olympian, never mind a nine time British Champion. Now one of the leading personal trainers in London, Sarah not only knows her stuff, but she has performed at the highest level of her professional sport for a decade.

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With enough bling to make the likes of P. Diddy jealous, Sarah has won medals for speed skating on the World and European stages as well as holding the British record for the 500m sprint for eight years.

Now not every performer can become a successful teacher; however Sarah has shown that she can translate her experiences to train and advise our City clients as well as athletes. Not only did she write and coach the strength and conditioning programme for the Elite Figure Skating team, two of whom competed in the 2010 Winter Olympics, but is known for her no nonsense work outs and tough but effective nutritional advice. Sarah is in such high demand as a trainer that she was fully booked with clients within her first month of working at The Foundry.

Sarah is a PICP Level 1 Strength Coach and BioSignature Modulation practitioner. She is also the most likely member of The Foundry to be found building a fort out of cardboard boxes.

If you would like to find out more about training with Sarah, please contact us at info@foundryfit.com

 

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