Something I’ve noticed recently is a move in the fields of exercise and nutrition, is a move towards more and more specialised solutions. Now, whilst I don’t think that’s a bad thing, and we certainly offer a number of services that do just that, from corrective exercise programmes to lab analysis, I don’t think that…
Wednesday 29th February 2012 was unique in a number of ways. As 2012 is a leap year it meant women were ‘allowed’ to propose to their partners. More importantly though it marked the first ever visit to the UK by Ian King for the purpose of educating exercise and fitness professionals. Organised by The Foundry,…
A relatively short blog today, but I wanted to give you something that could be applied straight away. The following are 3 simple things you can do to increase the effectiveness of your workout. Warm Up Properly. Notice the ‘properly’ at the end. Warming up does not include running on a treadmill or in fact…
One question I get asked a lot is, “Is that good”? Normally after a client or athlete has completed an exercise, workout or an assessment. The truth is, that’s a hard question to answer, simply because there are too many variables. Is the person asking a strength athlete, a long distance runner, a housewife or…
Everyone at some stage, if they train long enough, will hear seemingly contradicting advice on the correct technique for an exercise. ‘Keep the knees behind the toes when squatting/lunging”, “Don’t pull/press behind the neck”, etc. Some people will even tell you that technique isn’t that much of a big deal, and that you should just…
Whilst many of the worlds top strength coaches and trainers have different methods for achieving the same goal, most of the principles remain the same. Therefore, for the impatient among you, here are my ten programming essentials, scour the list first then read the notes afterwards if the reasons for the choices aren’t glaringly obvious.…