Take the Big Bag

Mission-driven Personal Training

Heavy Lefting resources

  • Links to download and use each of the tools developed by We Got to Move
    • Strategy chart
    • Organising rap
    • Ladder of engagement
    • RPE for organisers and activists
    • Movement spectrum
  • Video demos of the exercises described
  • Info on training with me 
  • How to support the vision of We Got to Move
  • A YouTube playlist of further material
  • A Spotify playlist of podcasts and music
  • Direct links to all the organisations listed
  • Direct links to food and nutrition resources

Organisations mentioned

Global/US-based

Ayni Institute seasonality resources https://ayni.institute/seasonsofleadership/ 

Body Positive Fitness Alliance https://www.bodypositivefitness.org/ 

Decolonizing Fitness https://decolonizingfitness.com/ 

Fitness 4 All Bodies http://fitnessforallbodies.com/ 

Liberation Martial Arts curriculum from Southpaw (founded by Sam, interviewed in this book) https://www.patreon.com/posts/liberation-arts-72505630 

Rooted Resistance http://www.rootedresistance.net/about/ 

Trauma-Informed Weight Lifting https://www.tiwl.org/

UK-based

Big Bag Training https://takethebigbag.com/ 

Black Girls Hike https://www.bghuk.com/ 

Bristol Co-operative Gym https://bristolcooperativegym.org/ 

Envolve Wellness https://www.facebook.com/envolvewellness/ 

Fuzz Culture Club https://www.fuzzcultureclub.com/ 

J7 Community Health Centre https://j7healthcentre.co.uk/ 

KP Coaching – Deadlifts and Red Lips https://linktr.ee/deadlifts_and_redlips 

Misfits https://notaphase.org/projects/misfits/ 

Missfits Workout https://www.missfitsworkout.co.uk/ 

Muslim Hikers/Cyclists/Runners https://activeinclusionnetwork.com/

NBE Fitness https://www.nbefitness.com/ 

Red Rope https://www.redrope.org.uk/ 

Refugee Run Club https://www.refugeerunclub.com/

SomaSpace https://www.thesoma.space/ 

Steppers UK https://linktr.ee/SteppersUK 

Untitled Fitness https://www.untitledfitness.com/ 

We Go Outside Too https://www.wegooutsidetoo.com/ 

We Got to Move https://www.wgtmove.com/ 

Yoga Teachers Union https://yogateachersunion.co.uk/ 

UK & Ireland red gyms

Reading Red Corner. (2019, February 23). How to get into (or start) your own red gym. Freedom. https://freedomnews.org.uk/2019/02/23/how-to-get-into-or-start-your-own-red-gym/ 

0161 Community Gym (Manchester) https://www.0161gym.com/

Left Hook (Brighton) https://www.facebook.com/LeftHookBrighton/ 

Mutiny (West Yorkshire) https://ko-fi.com/mutinyathletic96158 

Punch Up (Birmingham) https://www.facebook.com/BrumPunchesUp/ 

Red Phoenix Sports Club (Dublin) https://www.facebook.com/redphoenixdublin  

Salford MMA (not so much a red gym but leftist-approved) https://salfordmma.co.uk/ 

Underdog Sports Club Muay Thai (London) https://pelicanhouse.org/event/pelican-fitness-club-muay-thai/ 

Unrivalled MMA (Sheffield) https://www.unrivalledmixedmartialarts.com/ 

Food and eating

Around the table recipe zine https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aXuttf7hnZ1Q7c1eNyY8pKxa1jGn_zwLMLcpTkLfJ9c/edit?tab=t.0 

Beat (eating disorder support) https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/ 

Ellyn Satter Institute eating guides https://www.ellynsatterinstitute.org/how-to-eat/ 

The Satter hierarchy of food needs 

https://www.ellynsatterinstitute.org/family-meals-focus/56-hierarchy-of-food-need/

Lucinda’s UK bang-for-your-buck protein guide https://www.instagram.com/p/C8CoY5RpjMR/?img_index=1 

National Food Service London Community Cooks handbook https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kqGFX0zLUSQYciVizHhswZr9vtTiiMTQ/view 

Yarrow’s World (Marxist writing about eating disorders) https://yarrows.world/ 

https://www.susanraffo.com/blog/listening-three-brains-or-more-instead-of-one