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含羞草研究社檚 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 含羞草研究社渁ncient Hindu warriors.含羞草研究社�
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According to Viala, the draw of his personal training business is in its uniqueness and accessibility.
含羞草研究社淚t含羞草研究社檚 not just cut and dry. You can always change it; you can always evolve it. Every session I have one-on-one with someone含羞草研究社攚e can be doing the same fundamental movements, but it含羞草研究社檚 totally different every single session. (It含羞草研究社檚 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.含羞草研究社�
Having done 含羞草研究社渆verything under the sun training-wise含羞草研究社� 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含羞草研究社攁nd the home of his business.
含羞草研究社淭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,含羞草研究社� 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 含羞草研究社渧ery, very well含羞草研究社� for both parties.
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