Dan Cohen

How to stay BODYCOMBAT and CXWORX fit!!

2012-01-23T23:52:00.000+13:00

3 very quick work outs that are super intense but as always please modify them so you can complete.

1) I call this one the " shadow"

X1min full range pushups
X1min fast mountain climbers
X1min clean and press ( any weight)
Repeat this 3 set back to back
Total is a 9 min work out! Good luck

2) I call this the "peace make!"

X20 sec high tuck jumps
X20 sec high knee sprint
X20 burpees
Repeat this 6 sets back to back
Total is only a 6 min work out!

3) I call this the " finisher"
U need to be in the gym for this one.

X12 bicep pull ups in 20 seconds
X10 clean and press in 30 seconds
10 sec gap
X12 high pulls 32kg kettle or less in 20 seconds
X10 dead lifts in 30 seconds
10 sec gap
Repeat 4 sets back to back
Total is only 8 mins but omg this works a treat!
U have a choice to go heavy or not!

There you have it gang ..
Good luck and push your self

Naturally you will struggle 1st time so try these 3 inside one week at least for 3 weeks.

However I'd love your initial feed back

Dan

New year challenge

2012-01-07T09:26:00.001+13:00

Dans workout challenge to you all for the start of the new year.
The challenge is to complete this workout.

X 50 pushup burpees
X 70 jump switch plyo lunge
X 90 clean and press 15kg each side for men and: 8 and half kg each side for the girls.
X 50 standard push ups
X 5 min hover
X 100 dead lifts same weight as clean and press
X 250 body weight full range squats
X 50 hand stand push ups( I do them in sets of 10)
Rules;
1: good form
2; you must to the correct numbers
3: push your self

Good luck warriors lets do this ..

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BODYCOMBAT

2011-12-24T17:45:00.001+13:00

Merry Xmas , happy holidays, happy new year EVERYONE !!

Thank you to each and everyone of you that has commented, followed, subscribed to the blog!..
To any that are newly trained in either CXWORX or BODYCOMBAT ...
Congratulations to you.
For those that have been teaching for 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 and one taught bc for 11 years?? Any of you learnt one release 1? And are still teaching the program? If so amazing!!

To my awesome family's, friends, new Samoan family, and all of my amazing uk instructors you are my motivations

To all my American, Spanish, Portuguese , Japanese , all south American, Canadian, French, all south east Asian, Australian, new Zealand, Nordic, European and many more ,... Friends , instructors, club owners, trainers,

I love you and thank you for being apart of an industry that really is making this planet a better place.

Bring on 2012 the year of change!.
Dan Cohen
The VAUXHALL brother xxx

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BODYCOMBAT and MMA

2011-12-18T13:21:00.001+13:00

MMA in side the world of BODYCOMBAT

MMA (mixed martial arts) inside BODYCOMBAT consist of exactly that! A huge blend of martial arts.
Many of these different martial arts have been modified for the group fitness market, resulting in a down grade from being a purist style of movement and it's teaching to what we call an "inspired by a certain martial art" movement.

In a way this is a pretty cool thing to do as it allows us to not only blend martial arts, but draw some of the very best fitness moves from them.

Now this is we're this blog gets interesting. I'm much better at talking to get my views across rather than writing so please forgive me if you get confused.

The world of purist martial arts is
( i believe) - changing !
Why?
The days of having a single style mastered is becoming the thing of the past!
The endless hours of bowing before and after entering the dojo, the hours of performing kata, the years of gradings.

MMA or more known of its famous very up and coming fashionable style of today's warrior the UFC has less purist entering and more all round athletes.

Let me explain myself

I'm not saying for one moment that this is a negative

However I'm saying this...

competitive MMA was designed so that different martial arts styles could compete against each other.
A kung fu practitioners against a boxer
Or a TKD fighter against a wrestler.
The exciting thing about that was, you could see how each style was very unique and very different from the other.
To become a mixed martial artist you had to train in several different styles. Giving you during the fight the knowledge and the experience to take the fight to a place were you could still perform with confidence.

All great things.

In today's world if you walked into a gym and said I want to learn MMA you could!.
You would be taught three areas of fighting.
1) striking - standup , boxing, muaythai,kickboxing,
2) submission-ground fighting- BJJ , grappling
3) taking the fight from the standing to the ground and back up, - judo, wrestling

These are you 3 basics you must train in to be in TODAY'S MMA .

In essence holding countless titles from the ring, or having succeeded in many competitions on the Matt, or performing katas- some how doesn't seem as cool as having an MMA fight in the cage!.

I think there is still a place for the MARTIAL ARTIST and the fighter to exists together.

However today's MMA fighter may not understand what wearing a gi and bowing to your master is about, they may not understand how to perform a karate punch or block?

BODYCOMBAT is a small journey in trying to keep purist style or inspired by purist style alive.

The future is MMA it's fashionable it's a fantastic way to keep super fit an lean.

real MMA in TODAY'S training is a blend of the 3 styles of fighting
Stand
Ground
In between

BODYCOMBAT could have a blend?
How well because it's prechoregraphed the challenge would be to find the right
1) music
2) safe moves
3) reps
And so many more factors.

Feel free to comment

Dan.

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BODYCOMBAT 50

2011-12-11T18:49:00.001+13:00

Hi everybody please remember to fill out your blah feedback. If you are an instructor use /BLAH and if you are a member in class please give us your feed back under /after class survey.

This is for feed back on BODYCOMBAT 50 and if you partake or instructor CXWORX that would be great if you could feed back to.

www.lesmills.com

Have a fantastic week warriors and Lmi tribe.

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DONT EAT THIS FOOD IF YOU WANT TO LOSE WEIGHT.

2011-12-01T15:30:00.001+13:00

guys and girls would you like to know how many work outs you would have to do if you put this rubbish in you mouth?

Mc Donald's burger = at least x1 RPM class and a CXWORX class

Sub way = at least x1 BODYATTACK class

KFC = at least x1 BODYPUMP class and a CXWORX class

Pizza Hut = at least x1 BODYCOMBAT class and a x3 CXWORX class

Taco = at least x1 BODYSTEP class and CXWORX class

Star buck & donut's combo = at least X1 BODYPUMP class and a RPM class

Dans workout challenge #2

2011-11-30T10:08:00.001+13:00

Hi warriors try this work out
For time:
100 burpeees
100 thrusters- 30kg men
17kg women
100 plyo squat jump
3 mile fast pace run
Only x1 set

Try it and then post your time.

Good luck.

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Quote

2011-11-29T13:42:00.001+13:00

"The only people who never fail are those who never try." - Ilka Chase

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Quote

2011-11-28T23:17:00.001+13:00

"Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love." - Lao Tzu

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BODYCOMBAT music

2011-11-28T16:27:00.000+13:00

Pop star Rihanna has topped both the album and singles chart in the UK.Rihanna reigns over UK pop charts

Rihanna has now had three UK number one albumsTalk That Talk, her sixth album, took the top spot in one of the busiest weeks for new releases this year.

Meanwhile, her single We Found Love racked up six weeks at number one, fighting off competition from X Factor stars Olly Murs and Kelly Rowland.

Rihanna scored a further three singles in the top 40, with new album tracks securing chart places alongside her duet with R&B star Drake, Take Care.

The 23-year-old also looks set to have the number one album in the US this week.Her success cements her position as one of the top female artists in the recording industry, having sold more than 20 million albums in total.

This comes despite - or perhaps because of - her tendency towards lewd lyrics and provocative videos, which have often landed her in trouble with censors.

Born in Barbados in 1988, the singer has rarely been out of the charts since her debut single Pon De Replay in 2005.

She won her first Brit award, for best international female, this year and is currently in the middle of a 10-night run at London's O2 arena.

Elsewhere in the album charts, boy band One Direction scored a new entry at number two with their debut album Up All Night.

Westlife's swansong greatest hits album entered the charts at four, just ahead of Kate Bush's newest record, 50 Words For Snow.

Adele's 21, which is the year's biggest-seller, dropped one place to number nine, raising the prospect that it could fall out of the top 10 for the first time since its release in January.

However, Christmas sales are likely to reverse its chart decline over the next few weeks.X Factor flush

R&B group En Vogue made a belated return to the chart thanks to the X Factor

On the singles countdown, 1990s harmony group En Vogue made their first appearance in 11 years, after their song Don't Let Go (Love) was performed on last week's X Factor.

Other new entries were supplied by Xtra Factor presenter Olly Murs at number two and X Factor judge Kelly Rowland at six.

Meanwhile, Rebecca Ferguson, a contestant on last year's show, made her solo chart debut at number 10 with the soul ballad Nothing's Real But Love.

The only new entry not by Rihanna or an X Factor act was from dance producer Avicii, whose single Levels landed at number four.

Next week's chart also looks set to be dominated by the X Factor, which releases its annual charity single on Sunday.

A cover version of Rose Royce's 1978 hit Wishing On A Star by this year's contestants, the single will benefit young people's charities ACT and Children's Hospices UK.

this is an article from the BBC website

Dan cohens work out challenge #1

2011-11-25T22:41:00.001+13:00

Dans workout challenge to you all for this weekend.#1
Record and post your time and let me now about the intensity and how you got on. Let's have a winning female time and a winning male time!.

X20 pushup burpees
X20 tuck jumps
X40 clean and press 15kg each side for men and: 8 and half kg each side for the girls.
X30 pushup burpees
X30 tuck jumps
X40 dead lifts same weight as clean and press
X 100 body weight full range squats
X 100 alternating plyo lunges
Repeat only 2 sets.
This routine I've designed is speed and endurance
Rules;
1: good form
2; you must to the correct numbers
3: push your self

Good luck warriors lets do this ..

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BODYCOMBAT 50 Rach video blog update

2011-11-20T09:15:00.001+13:00

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BODYCOMBAT Rach video blog

2011-11-19T10:23:00.001+13:00

Hi warriors update from Rach

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Rach in south east Asia

2011-11-17T11:29:00.001+13:00

Have fun Rach say hi to all the amazing CXWORX and BODYCOMBAT warriors!

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Wow like this?

2011-11-16T22:18:00.001+13:00

This one-off Maybach Exelero is now for sale for a cool $8 Million after rapper Birdman (who famously claimed on twitter he had purchased it) failed to pay for it. Birdman currently owns a Maybach Landaulet valued at around $1.5 million, as well as a Bugatti Veyron that cost $2 million. The Exelero is a one-off Maybach concept car that was commissioned by tire manufacturer Fulda back in 2005 for testing of its high-speed tires.

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Telegraph article interesting

2011-11-16T19:01:00.001+13:00

Universal buys EMI for £1.2bn

Universal, the world's largest recorded music company, is to buy the recorded-music assets of EMI from Citigroup in a deal valued at £1.2bn ($1.9bn).

EMI's recorded arm is home to artists including Katy Perry Photo: AP

1:58PM GMT 11 Nov 2011

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France's Vivendi, the parent company of Universal, said on Friday that it had agreed to purchase EMI's recorded music division, which is home to artists including Katy Perry, The Beatles and Coldplay.

It has been reported that Citigroup is also nearing a deal to sell EMI's music-publishing assets to a consortium led by Sony, with the unit expected to fetch around $2bn.

A split sale to Vivendi and Sony will bring to a close the struggle over the future of the 114-year-old record company, whose artists include The Beatles, Coldplay and Katy Perry. Citigroup seized EMI in February after investor Guy Hands and his private equity firm Terra Firma Capital Partners failed to meet loan covenants.

Stephen Volk, chairman of EMI and vice-chairman of Citigroup, said: "We believe that this transaction accomplishes Citi's objective of maximizing the value of EMI, giving EMI Music a partner in Universal Music that appreciates EMI`s rich cultural legacy, its incredible stable of musical talent, and its employees who work so hard to deliver successful outcomes for the artists they represent."

Jean-Bernard Lévy, chied executive of Vivendi, said: "We plan to acquire EMI`s recorded music division on attractive terms, adhering to our principle of total financial discipline. We are confident that we will be able to create additional value for our shareholders thanks to our knowledge of the industry and our proven track record of successful integration."

BODYCOMBAT will it have more kung fu?

2011-11-16T16:28:00.001+13:00

Hi warriors below is something i have been planning for awhile now.

However as always time is the biggest challenge im thinking about a month?

Training Plan

The following is a rough guide for shaolin kung fu training. Each student will learn kung fu at a different rate depending on his/her initial skill level and dedication.The training plan of other Chinese martial arts ,such as wing chun ,Tai chi,Mantis,Bagua,xingyi,etc, is similar to shaolin’s training plan.

●Short term study
　　 (1 week -3 months)Learn shaolin kung fu history and theory, basic punching and kicking with flexibilty training and an introduction to Chi kung and Tai Ji. 1-6 Shaolin fist forms, application, Chinese kick boxing with two person sparring and 1 or 2 basic weapons such as the staff, whip, sword or broadsword as well as basic Chinese conversation, Mandarin, Taoism, Buddhism, Calligraphy, acupuncture and massage. All students have the option to learn hard Chi kung which involves conditioning areas of your body for fighting such as your hands and students who study for 1-3 months and cultivate Chi kung will be able to break a house brick in two with their bare hands.

Part of the rules in the academy.

1. Students must respect the masters, translators and each other. You should live together peacefully and friendly, not fight or cause any bad atmosphere in the school.
2. If a student is struggling with his or her training, you should help them, but you should not laugh at or joke about students who are having difficulty.
3. Respect individual’s belief. No gossiping on other’s personal religion or faith.
4. No drugs, tobacco, cigarettes, alcohol or gambling in the academy.
5. Before you leave the school, you have to let your master know where you are going and get his permission to leave.

The Academy fosters a peaceful and friendly training and living environment for all students and masters alike. Cultivating the value of respect is an important aspect of the Academy.

Daily Schedule

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
5:50	Arise	Arise	Arise	Arise	Arise
6:00—7:00	ChikungTaichi	ChikungTaichi	ChikungTaichi	Chikung Taichi	Chikung Taichi
7:10	Breakfast	Breakfast	Breakfast	Breakfast	Breakfast
8:30—10:00	Morning training	Morning training	Morning training	Morning training	Morning training
10:30—11:30	Morning training	Morning training	Morning training	Acupuncture massage	Morning training
12:00	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch
14:30—16:00	Afternoon training	Afternoon training	Afternoon training	Afternoon training	Afternoon training
16:30—17:30	Chikung &Xingyi	Chikung &Xingyi	Chikung &Xingyi	Chikung &Xingyi	Calligraphy&Taoism
18:00	Dinner	Dinner	Dinner	Dinner	Dinner
19:00—19:40	Mandarin	Mandarin	Mandarin	Acupuncture Massage	Buddhism Theory
21:30	Bedtime	Bedtime	Bedtime	Bedtime	Bedtime

*The schedule times may vary depending on season.

School Address This is the map of China and it shows the location of the academy in China.

*Here is the specific address to the academy in English. 　

Kunyu Mountain Shaolin Martial Arts Academy
Muping District, Yantai City, Shandong Province, China.
Postal Code: 264100

*Chinese address:
昆嵛山少林武术学院
中国山东省烟台市牟平区
邮编：264100
Telephone: 0086-535-4693197
　　　　　　0086-535-4693144
Fax: 　　　 0086-535-4693598

*For more information, feel free to call the academy between Monday to Friday to talk to one of our staff.

Local Time

E_mail: Academy@chinashaolins.com
(use this website to get the correct dialing code from your country)

·Thanks for visiting the website(this was taken directly from the info i have collected i did not write this)

Phillip Mills: shows leadership in the greening of New Zealand

2011-11-15T14:33:00.000+13:00

Phillip Mills: Show leadership in the greening of New Zealand

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By Phillip Mills

5:30 AM Tuesday Nov 15, 2011

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The long-term damage to New Zealand's brand may come from a failure to shift to low-carbon industries. Photo / Thinkstock

Invest in emerging low-carbon industry to secure our livelihood, says Phillip Mills, trustee of Pure Advantage.

We've seen during the past two months what this country is capable of when we all pull together. In this election, we should demand of our politicians that the same level of strategy, planning and commitment be given to our economic future.

New Zealand's environmental reputation continues to be tested with our response to the Rena saga, followed by a second fossil fuel-related blow with the Vector natural gas pipe rupture. There is growing public unease about how prepared we are to manage New Zealand's green brand.

A 2008 study showed that a 5 per cent reputational loss in primary products and international tourism will cost the New Zealand economy more than 22,000 jobs, annual direct losses of $455 million in primary product sales and $155 million in international tourism sales.

However, the long-term damage to New Zealand's brand will not come from Rena, or even the risks of a tanker accident or deep-water drilling disaster should we decide to go down that track, but from a failure to take up the opportunities we have to shift more of our resources and talent pool into the low-carbon industries that will drive the future global economy.

Rather than risking our environment and reputation by opening marginally accessible petroleum reserves to foreign oil corporations, the emphasis should be on investing in those industries that can provide us with an advantage in rapidly emerging markets such as renewable energy and the businesses that spin off that, from electric vehicles to cloud computing.

This is an important time to protect our global reputation as responsible stewards for one of the world's best-kept environments, and the value that reputation adds to our primary products and tourism. A recent Business Council for Sustainable Development poll underscored its importance to exporters, with 86 per cent saying our 100 per cent Pure image was important to help ensure market access and give New Zealand a marketing edge. The poll also showed that only 2 per cent of New Zealanders believe the country lives up to its 100 per cent Pure image.

It is also a time for exploiting our comparative advantages in global "sunrise" industries.

We can capitalise on world-leading expertise in geothermal power and the microbial conversion of pollution from industrial plants to fuel. There are also research, trials and early commercial production in progress around conversion of forestry and dairy waste into products such as transport biofuels. Sixty per cent of our energy comes from fossil fuels with an annual import cost of $6 billion a year. Developing alternatives will ultimately create exports, make us energy independent and prevent thousands of tonnes of carbon from being released into the environment.

We also have expertise in areas such as water management, forestry, low-energy farming and sustainable fisheries that are becoming more important in a world of 7 billion people.

Our leaders need listen to the results of the 3 News Reid Research poll that rated the environment as the number one issue among voters and to become far more aspirational.

There are few countries on Earth that have the opportunities and advantages that we do. We need to diversify from our commodity export-based economic strategy.

There is little doubt that our farmers will benefit from increasing global demand for protein during global up-cycles, but relying too heavily on this leaves us vulnerable to the ever-present threat of lower cost competition, and the swings and roundabouts of a global economy likely to become increasingly volatile.

There is overwhelming evidence that economies that actively align governance, policies and funding to secure environmental performance targets enjoy significant economic benefits as a result.

New Zealand's environmental credentials and economic prosperity can be simultaneously improved through a strategy whereby government commits to R&D, investment incentives and the development of a workforce skilled in the jobs required for low-carbon industry.

The Pure Advantage Trust has recently commissioned a group of world-leading economists to review New Zealand's green growth opportunities and make recommendations as to how we can build a greener, wealthier nation. We plan to release the group's findings early next year.

With a level of resolve and commitment similar to that shown by this country around the Rugby World Cup, New Zealand can create an economic future in which we are a leading exporter of high-value produce, renewable energy-based products and services and other environmentally conscious goods, with a top-tier in-bound tourism industry and a pristine environment that sits comfortably alongside growth and our national cultural values.

The time for change is now and we call on New Zealand's politicians to show bold leadership.

Phillip Mills is a trustee of Pure Advantage, a group of business leaders promoting green growth strategies for New Zealand. Other trustees include Rob Morrison, Lloyd Morrison, Sir Stephen Tindall, Joan Withers, Prof Sir Paul Callaghan, Jeremy Moon, Rob Fyfe, Chris Liddell, Sir George Fistonich, Geoff Ross and Justine Smyth.

By Phillip Mills

Afraid of snakes?

2011-11-14T23:45:00.001+13:00

There are some scary creatures out there
Personally I'm not afraid of snakes.
However, if I saw these ones I'd probably not go up to them and say hello!!

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CXWORX gets mention in OK! Australia

2011-11-14T12:36:00.000+13:00

CXWORX

2011-11-09T16:20:00.001+13:00

CXWORX really is changing the world one core at a time.

After recent studies lead by Bryce Hastings here in New Zealand
We found CXWORX really is doing some amazing things.
Tell me about your experiences with CXWORX ?
1) how long have you been teaching?
2) which move have you adapted to the most?
3) is there a move that fatigues you very quickly and you coach the less intense option each time you teach that track?
4) are there any specifics themes coming thru from your members? Example we want more crunches or tubing really challenges me?
Dan
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Smoking joe frazer

2011-11-07T23:39:00.001+13:00

HIS EMACIATED body ravaged by liver cancer, former heavyweight champion Joe Frazier literally is in the fight of his life.

What has yet to be determined is whether the possible final round of that fight for Frazier, 67, will be waged here, in his adopted hometown of Philadelphia, or in a hospital in Russia.

Members of Frazier's family, who have not always seen eye-to-eye with Smokin' Joe's business manager, Les Wolff, professed to be unaware last night of Wolff's possible decision to send the extremely ill Frazier to Russia for experimental cancer treatments not available in the United States.

"In a few hours I'll be calling Moscow," Wolff told the Daily News. "Some physicists here in the U.S. say there are a number of treatments in Russia that might be helpful.

"We didn't find out Joe had this until about 4 weeks ago. He had, in my opinion, a number of misdiagnoses. Things that should have been done years ago - decades ago - were not done until recently. But I can't look at the past. I have to look at what we can do now. We need to make him as comfortable as possible and, hopefully, find a miracle."

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BODYCOMBAT 51

2011-11-06T16:09:00.001+13:00

Earlier in the day b4 filming

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Paste this link

2011-11-05T20:28:00.001+13:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjGYSGbAEUM&feature=youtube_gdata_player

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BODYCOMBAT 51

2011-11-05T20:18:00.001+13:00

Pre filming BODYCOMBAT 51

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