Some exiting news I should have posted earlier:

I had the good fortune of meeting Dan John when he was here in Brisbane AU for a workshop back on the 18th & 19th of May.

My friend Piers Kwan from Queensland Kettlebells (a Strong First gym) sent a message on Saturday inviting me to hang out with Dan over dinner, but as I had been out all weekend I didn’t get the message till I arrived home around 6pm Sunday.

Tired, yes but I got a sudden burst of energy, Dan’s in town!! what an opportunity. I phoned Piers who said they were at Lord Stanley Hotel, East Brisbane, near his gym, and had just ordered dinner, so I had a quick snack and headed up the highway.

It was great to meet Dan and chat with him, Piers and the small group for around an hour.

I also had the opportunity to thank Dan in person for the influence he had had on my approach to training from my collection of Dan’s books and DVDs etc., going back to the Carried Away video purchased from Laree well before Dan’s Q&A started on IOL.

In addition to a conservative training philosophy, seeing Dan dragging a sled around in the snow made me realise that there was training to do outside my home gym, so started making use of my gentle sloping block with sled dragging and hill sprints on the steeper bank down the back.

It would have been great to have known he was coming and attended Dan’s full weekend workshop, but the bonus was that Piers had an autographed copy of Dan’s ‘40 Years with a Whistle’ for me back at the gym which I picked up two weeks later… haven’t finished it yet but it’s a great read.

For me, impressive doesn't half describe the fact that Dan would fly halfway around the planet to Australia to do just one weekend workshop.

Thanks Dan, it was great meeting you.

Here are some links and a pic from QKB Facebook page,

Piers and his wife Rachel are at the left side of the back row:



https://www.qldkettlebells.com.au/
https://www.facebook.com/QldKettlebells/
http://www.lordstanleyhotel.com.au/