Try this quick circuit workout to help improve your strength and cardio out on the squash court. Just because the snow has melted doesn’t mean the squash season has ended! Perform 3-4 rounds with as little rest as possible between movements. Burpee with side-to-side shuffle 8 reps Split squat with shoulder press 8 reps Decline … Read more
It was an awesome week of squash at the Royal Glenora and Edmonton Squash Club from April 11-14th. The ESC had a strong contingent participating, including Isaac El Hayek & Amit Joseph in Boys U-17, Hanna Hay and Antonella Rodriguez in Girls U-15, Mohamed Elserafy in Boys U-11 and Romina Rodriguez in Girls U-11. After … Read more
Last week we showed you a video using the slam ball. We asked Mike Fouts from OverHaul Fitness to give us some feedback about the video. Here’s what he suggested: Perform the below series of exercises, one after the other, for 30 seconds each, with a 15 second break in between: Medicine ball wall balls … Read more
Mike from Overhaul Fitness has donated some medicine balls in the exercise room. Here are a few slam ball exercises to try out and get you going, and we’ll try to get Mike to chime in with some feedback next time around. Slam ball exercises are great for whole body conditioning, multi-angle core work, and … Read more
Have you wondered what the white discs with the calm pulsing blue LED lights are in the club? We always like to give a mention to local Edmonton businesses that help us out, and this week we’d like to give a big shout out to Integiot, owned by Ryan Ball. Ryan installed a great upgraded … Read more
Update April 26th The Finals are set! Here are the ESC teams competing for Edmonton division supremacy for the 2018/19 season. Play begins at 10 AM and wraps up around 6 PM with all matches taking place at the ESC. Div 1 Mixed: The Bagel Factory Div 2 Mixed: Squashaholics and Don’t Drink and Drive … Read more
The Canadian Junior Squash Championships are live this weekend at the Royal Glenora Club with spillover play at the Edmonton Squash Club. The ESC has a number of players from our High Performance program taking part: Isaac El Hayek – Boys U17 Amit Joseph – Boys U17 Antonella Rodriguez – Girls U15 Molli Hay – … Read more
Laughs, camaraderie and great team squash! Thirty-six adventurous & fun-loving doubles ladder players descended on the doubles court last Saturday for ESC’s first ever 1-day (free) mini-doubles squash tournament to celebrate the end of the inaugural doubles ladder season. The event was only open to doubles ladder participants and was generously sponsored by Pat Binns … Read more
There were a couple more tournaments these past two weeks in Edmonton, and as always there were some ESC members in the thick of things. University of Alberta Open Top ESC finishes from the 2019 UofA Open included: Men’s Open Runner-Up: Abdel El Nady Men’s Open 4th Place: Clarke Wiebe Men’s A Champion: Brad Salter … Read more
After seeing the barbell Bulgarian split squat video from last week, Mike Fouts, owner of the Edmonton Personal Training Company Overhaul Fitness and lead ESC fitness instructor wrote in with a few comments: “While I think that Squat University is a great channel for content, their material is more appropriate for intermediate lifters. For a … Read more
