Welcome to books and DVDs on Gubernatrix.co.uk

Gubernatrix stocks some really excellent training DVDs and books. These are not the facile instructional products you’ll find in commerical stores but products that require you to input your intelligence, commitment and passion for strength and health. In return you’ll get inspiration, new skills and true knowledge about training.

Read about the people behind these products below.

Bodytribe
Bodytribe Fitness is a unique gym in Sacramento, California and home to a physical subculture which puts strength before aesthetics, movements before muscles and art before flatscreen TVs. Bodytribe’s founder Chip Conrad will show you how to use a variety of tools, from kettlebells to leverage clubs to tires to good old barbells, making you stronger, healthier and more empowered. If you dig a no-nonsense, old school approach; if you’ve been training for a while and want something more involved and challenging, Bodytribe is for you.
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Crossfit London
A Level 2 Crossfit instructor, Andrew Stemler has long been a driving force for functional training in the UK. Not just a gym owner, Andrew spends much of his time teaching workshops and seminars around the country and loves passing on new skills to people who are looking for something more than stale gym routines. This passion comes across in his infamous manuals on all aspects of functional fitness, the latest being the Elite Fitness Manual, available from this website.
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Dan John
To many people across the globe, Dan John is the Yoda of strength training. His articles for T-Nation and other publications over the years have been a source of knowledge and inspiration to many. A successful athlete (in the discus and Highland Games among others), Dan John has spent many years as a Head Strength and Conditioning Coach in Utah. His experience in the trenches of teaching and his own desire always to be learning himself make him one of the most fascinating coaches in strength sports today. He is one of the few who speaks to the home training audience, giving garage gym trainees the tools and techniques to continue developing throughout their lives.
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