John Davies
Founder, Renegade Training International
The industry vanguard,
John Davies is the founder and creator of the Renegade concept
of fitness, sport and life
force coaching based upon his incredibly diverse background in
business consulting, athletic coaching and artistic endeavors
in various mediums. He is a well-known advocate of ethical practices
in sport and lives a voracious life surfing, skateboarding and
snowboarding around the world, defying age against those half
his age. Additionally he has served as consultant behind-the-scenes
in every level of sport from professional teams, to over 50 top
NCAA institutions and hundreds of high school programs not only
across the country but worldwide. Throughout the country’s
Football community, the Renegade system is seen as and is the
most influential training methodology as it is continues to produce
unstoppable forces.
Mr. Davies is in the author
of four highly regarded books ("Renegade
Training for Football," "Xtreme Sports Training ~ Renegade
Style," "R Factor for Golf" and "The Mark
of R; Part II - The Rebirth of Honor") and over 600 articles
ranging in varied topics such sport training, his love of skate
and surf culture, dark noir, inspirational choices in life, dwindling
corporate ethics, the slide of the health system in America and
fund management. Many of his more thought provoking artistic
voyages appear exclusively at renegadestyle.com, which is scheduled
to gallery his artistic collection in 2006-2007.
The winter of 2005 will
see the release of his next book, tentatively titled "She," an in-depth look at the destruction of
body image, pornification and the abandonment of respect towards
women in our culture. The following year, the anxiously awaited "Destined
- The Renegade Chronicles" is planned to be released. Additionally
he has appeared in nationally syndicated radio shows, over twenty
major DVD productions and is the most sought after writer and
spokesperson in the health and fitness industry. In the winter
of 2004, the re-tooled R-Style apparel of young women's and men's
clothing line emerged under his design eye and quickly became
an underground success.
In the fall of 2004, he
launch the Renegade Certification Program for fitness, health
and business professionals
to teach the "R" philosophies,
and to use one of the company’s mottos "make a difference." Quickly
this program has grown by leaps and bounds and like all Renegade
systems is a defiant success. This summer/fall of 2005 he has
turned his attention to developing the first dedicated Renegade
personal and executive training services located in New York.
These services will provide individual and customized training
and coaching services for discretionary business leaders with
focus on personal health, team management, motivation, diet management,
and a wellness regime that will not only fuel continued career
success but life enrichment.
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5:30 A.M.
5:30 right,
yeah, see ya then…
5:30 a.m. comes along, still dark, grab my board, head to the spot,
meet-up with D, pick up a couple of seriously immense coffees, one black,
one with cream just as I see D. We sit, amp up on coffee, grab a refill
and head down to our favorite break. Lay down some more wax, throw on
a somewhat dry definitely aromatic rashguard, crush the last of the second
cup and paddle-out into a mellow break for an early morning session.
Hang out on our boards, watching, waiting, fight a nasty current every
minute pushing us into the pier, talk about serious matters, life, politics,
fajitas and notice a new companion who has joined us as the sun rises.
Early morning drifts on, waves are nothing to brag about but still we're
out here not there, we head in to start the days work and training and
we notice our new friend seems to miss us and waves goodbye with its
ominous dorsal fin as we stretch down on shore. Make our way out, debate
about still more coffee but settle on some breakfast. Head off down to
the Etnies bowl just a little before the opening bell, meet up with some
of the normal skate crew, work the old lines, find some tasty new ones,
tearing-it-up just a bit more then it tears us up in the hot, hot sun
and after an hour and change, grab some more cold water and head deeper
into the hills during this freakish heat wave to train.
The spring/summer had been a rough period where
I had publicly concealed a somewhat litany of injuries from a few too
many free-falls from 10
feet. The shoulder capsule had been devastated but my recovery had been
well ahead of schedule if not somewhat miraculous. But that's rehab work
and while pushing the boundaries, still not bringing it. Reaching into
my bag-of-tricks, I knew I had to roll the clock back just one more time
to get where I wanted to be for my upcoming book shoot "The Mark
of R." My shoots are never a poser session, chuck the makeup and
precious lighting aside and to hell if I wasn't going to go out with
six guns blazing. So the natural selection was to call upon one of my
not-so-old 'ballers to join me in training. And so with little fanfare
the 5:30 a.m. sessions got rolling as we turned it up to the infamous
eleven.
D had joined me what three or is it four years
ago - damn, not that long ago. A sewer rat amongst the Bergdorf set
but endeared himself 'cause
the SOB outworked, outlasted every damn pretty boy. In time his commitment
shined through, his dedication just outlasted others and he's now passing
it on to a line of young bucks. So here we are training outside in the
blazing heat with nothing being held back. The work is advanced, brutally
nasty with plenty of unique never-before-seen med ball work, explosive
lifts, bodyweight movements and well…even a bit of bare-knuckle
sparring. In fact, a bit reminiscent of what is now 20 years past, pure
archaic training, the type of real smack found in the upcoming "Mark
of R" and so the clock gets rolled-back one more time. In the next
few weeks, he'll be joining my in NYC for the inaugural R Certification
as we lay down some footage for a new DVD but until then…
gotta run, 5:30 comes early.
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