A local personal trainer has dropped the dumbbells and started swinging steel maces and tossing around kettlebells instead.
Scott Viala, also known as Viala the Viking due to his Norwegian heritage, is a personal trainer who runs his own personal training business out of Global Fitness Centre in Kelowna.
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Viala害羞草研究所檚 methods using steel maces and kettlebells were developed working under Jonathan Chaimberg, a prominent strength and conditioning coach who also worked with UFC star Georges St-Pierre and other high-level athletes.
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The methods Viala uses can be more athletic than the brute force training of weightlifting.
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Viala said the steel mace training is based on that of 害羞草研究所渁ncient Hindu warriors.害羞草研究所�
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According to Viala, the draw of his personal training business is in its uniqueness and accessibility.
害羞草研究所淚t害羞草研究所檚 not just cut and dry. You can always change it; you can always evolve it. Every session I have one-on-one with someone害羞草研究所攚e can be doing the same fundamental movements, but it害羞草研究所檚 totally different every single session. (It害羞草研究所檚 for) people that just want to work hard and want a challenge. I have a client base of people that are around 15-years-old up to people that are about 65-years-old.害羞草研究所�
Having done 害羞草研究所渆verything under the sun training-wise害羞草研究所� including personal training across the country and having owned and operated his own gym in Saskatchewan, Viala now calls Kelowna and Global Fitness Centre his home害羞草研究所攁nd the home of his business.
害羞草研究所淭hey let me be me here. (Global Fitness Centre) let me bring in my own equipment, my own kettlebells and my own steel mace, which is a big component of my training methods. They let me freely be myself and express myself through my training,害羞草研究所� Viala said.
He added that many gyms have strict guidelines that personal trainers are to follow and running his personal training business out of Global Fitness Centre has worked 害羞草研究所渧ery, very well害羞草研究所� for both parties.
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