Our Members Creed is a simple text which outlines the core values we hold for our members development. It’s broken down into three key statements: Develop Your Physicality Nourish Yourself Be Part Of Something Bigger Each statement contains its own set of declarations. The declarations are simple, yet when combined and expressed on a consistent […]
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You don’t have to train 5 days per week to get great results in the gym Often times, the people who you see training up a storm on their instagram and making all the rapid gains are the same ones who fall off the wagon six months down the track… The thing we see here […]
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I own a gym, so of course I am going to write a blog peddling the importance of food and training, right? Maybe. I’m actually not interested in talking about why each of those individually is so important – you already know that. I want to talk about the combination of these two things. I […]
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It’s surprising how hard getting it can be, getting back into training after a layoff… A couple weeks holidays… Got crook last week… Routine change with the kids… A global pandemic – take your pick I have this conversation often. I even have this conversation with myself at times – you’d think as a gym […]
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Training online has been a bit of a shift for all of us lately… Of course the social interaction is not quite what it used to be in the gym… However a lot of people are finding that online training actually allows for your coach to do their job very effectively. The one hurdle to your […]
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Finding the right balance between training Jiu Jitsu and your strength training can be hard… Any die-hard BJJ player will tell you that their goal is train more BJJ – which generally means that weights / mobility / conditioning work gets pushed to the side… If you’re nineteen, and a genetic savage, this may be possible. But […]
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Once December rolls around, most people basically sign off for the year… It’s the lead up to Christmas and NY, the weather ie beachy, and social life kicks into a higher gear. This carries through to the new year, and for many people, they do’t start getting their life back in order until sometime in […]
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What is Optimal Nutrition? In simple terms, it’s eating in a way that is inline with our goals… Those goals may be: greater muscle mass… More energy to perform better… Weight loss… Health and longevity… Supporting the planet… Or many other things The thing to realise is that how YOU eat should line up with […]
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Guest post by our in-house ART Practitioner – Jarrod Thatcher Hi all, Jarrod here I thought it would be a good idea to write a blog to give everyone a bit more clarity around what I actually do, and how it could help you… The modality I practice is called active release technique or ART […]
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I want to introduce you to a guy called Rob Rob has trained at jungle Brothers for almost 4 years now. Yes, he is one of our OG members. When he started training with us he was working a busy job and he and his wife were raising three kids. He makes it to the […]
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There’s a real tendency for us humans to want things to happen immediately… I’m often made aware of how this desire for ‘fast-gains’ can screw good things up for people… Take someone who’s just started coming our weightlifting class – It’s their first time holding a barbell. They see everyone in the class lifting heavy […]
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Below is a transcript of JB Joeys ‘Member of The Year’ speech from the 2018 Tribe Christmas Party. We hope you enjoy —– “Now we’ve come to the most hallowed of the tribe awards… The award that for years we had wished we could give, but could not… As we were too fucking busy preparing […]
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This ain’t a gym. It’s called a gym, so you know what goes down there. Right? Weights, sweat, people getting strong, working hard, all that stuff. You know what happens in gyms, you’ve even been to one before so it’s more or less just like that Right? Wrong… We don’t blame you though. We thought […]
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One of the most essential things to learn in life is not taught in schools – that’s why I have a job… How to take care of your body and mind is clearly not an easy task; The numbers for obesity and mental health conditions to name two, are high. I’d like to encourage you […]
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*taken from a popular Facebook post we made last month That frustrating training drop-off that happens around 30 (Or 26, or 32, or somewhere around then…) Training 4 days a week was a no-brainer. Motivation was on tap… Getting up early was easy, so was staying up late… It was the gains gold rush! Then […]
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When you own a gym you obviously become really comfortable in it… It’s your home, and the people in it are your family I often fail to recognise just how imposing it can be for newbies walking into the place for their first couple of weeks We’re playing our own music… The place is […]
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THE GARDENS OF JB 8 months ago, Jungle Brothers moved to a new location. Much larger than our previous residence, we had to work tirelessly on making this space as accommodating as we could for our members whilst on a tight budget. Our gym is now operating well and even though the space will never […]
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Now We Need To Cook This Shit Cooking wise I like to make it as easy as possible on myself. I also like slow cooked, tender meats because they’re delicious and nutrient dense There’s two weapons i use most in the kitchen – my slow cooker and my pressure cooker The pressure cooker i’ve […]
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I speak to my members about this a lot, particularly those who do our Performance Nutriton Program, so I decided to just pump out a big ass blog detailing the steps i use to eat clean, healthy, delicious meals without breaking my own balls each week! This post will have two parts First thing to […]
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Facing the fact that you’re not very good at something is tough Pretty much every new member at our gym goes through this at some point… Whether it’s feeling completely out of their depth at the bodyweight strength work and locomotion in a Jungle-Nastics class…. Or being uncoordinated with the finer technicalities in our Lift […]
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