Driving back into the city of Sydney after watching a game of rugby league with two good friends of mine and one of their friends whom I just met and seemed to be a really nice quite softly spoken fellow. We enter a surrounding suburb called Surry hills only 5 minutes away from the heart of Sydney, arriving at our destination. We were planning on having a couple of beers, well they were, and then head home. We arrive at the front of the establishment, there is no parking close by. I drive back … [Read more...] about We don’t leave anyone behind- PART 1 – CULTURE By John Rahme
Part 1 of the interview series-by John Rahme
Luke Borreggine History Part 1 of the interview series-by John Rahme Monday night brought upon a restless and sleepless night, pondering about what to ask? How to ask it? And, unsure of the reaction I might get. I drive through morning peak hour Sydney traffic early Tuesday morning nervously hoping I will not be late to a meeting with someone I regard as the greats of sports coaching and in the game of lifting. I arrive with ten minutes to spare, wanting to get comfortable revise my questions … [Read more...] about Part 1 of the interview series-by John Rahme
THE GOOD AND THE GETTING BETTER. Part 3
He stands looking at the loaded bar. His mindset is positive. His belief and confidence in his ability is focused. “I will lift this” A statement using correct language is made. In front of the bar he stands, making his way to the bar, he places both hands wide on the bar. His hands tighten around the bar. A forward step he takes dipping under the bar and jams his traps as hard as he can into the bar. His position is good, standing up, the bar is lifted off the Monolift and now the load is … [Read more...] about THE GOOD AND THE GETTING BETTER. Part 3
OPEN SOMEONE’S DOOR
OPEN SOMEONE’S DOOR By John Rahme 6am. I’m leaving the café. In my hand I have what I call my heart starter for the day. One coffee to go. Walking toward the door, simultaneously a gentleman is exiting. The gentleman is on my right side as we walk to our exit. Myself, I’m eager to get the heart starter to my mouth in order for the caffeine to start doing the job it has being chosen to do, to wake me up. I take notice that the gentleman who was beside me has items in both hands. I reach … [Read more...] about OPEN SOMEONE’S DOOR
RUN AN EFFICIENT BODY/BUSINESS.
RUN AN EFFICIENT BODY/BUSINESS. BY JOHN RAHME The following has evolved from the last three weeks of my life. “You have four bulging discs” Efrem tells me as he looks at the scans of the MRI scan. “The top two discs are not to bad, but the bottom two don’t look good, especially the last one. This disc has protruded a whole heap” After Efrem speaks those words he goes into a whole series of explanations to describe what he sees, I can hear what he is saying but I’m not listening to him.; what … [Read more...] about RUN AN EFFICIENT BODY/BUSINESS.
PROGRAM DESIGNING FOR AN AMATEUR LIKE ME.
PROGRAM DESIGNING FOR AN AMATEUR LIKE ME. BY JOHN RAHME I go back a few years now and I just had moved over from the west’s-magpies premier league rugby league side over to the st. George Illawarra dragons. My specialty was supervising them in the gym whilst they did there weights and then I became the dreaded rehab Nazi. Coming from a boxing and kick boxing background I would box those who could box till they were pucking in every direction, then give them some water and start again. Those who … [Read more...] about PROGRAM DESIGNING FOR AN AMATEUR LIKE ME.
Clean start-Audit time Part 2 By John Rahme
April 26th 2012 I wrote an article I wrote called CLEAN START-AUDIT TIME. The article or short story audited my TRAINING LIFE in a fair and honest way, identified and help bring to light items in which I could improve on and also to identify and praise traits and actions which were helping me excel. At the time, as I wrote in the article, it was a very daunting thing to do. To be totally honest in what one was doing, his beliefs, training principles and treatment of athletes. The difficult … [Read more...] about Clean start-Audit time Part 2 By John Rahme
PLAY TRAIN – By John Rahme Part 1
I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion’- Muhammad Ali. In an open green field he stands quietly, wearing a proud and ancient uniform. The uniform and weapon is his life. It’s an extension of him, his life and journey. A story in itself of history and ancestry. In the distance, mountains surround the horizon, look to be a ladder to the heavens. Around him, in a circle formation, twelve students sit quietly and patiently … [Read more...] about PLAY TRAIN – By John Rahme Part 1
Permission Slip – By John Rahme
“Excuse me mum, but I have a permission slip here for you to sign, it’s for an excursion we are going on with the school” How many permission slips in our lifetime have we had to have our parents or guardians sign for us growing up? All typed up and printed out with a detailed explanation of the day, date, time and to where we were going, what we were going to see and when we would be back. Personally, in my life, it was at least a weekly if not a daily event in my household. … [Read more...] about Permission Slip – By John Rahme