Tag / Athlete
-
The Best Recovery Method of them all. Sleep!
Sleep is often an underappreciated recovery tool. Athletes constantly look for things which will give the edge in their performance. There are hundreds of recovery tactics such as nutritional supplements, compression garments,…
November 11, 2019 -
Marginal Gains for Amateur Athletes.
The concept of marginal gains has been very popular in recent years with many professional teams citing the concept as their magic bullet. Marginal gains is the theory where the accumulation of…
May 20, 2019 -
Watts Vs. Heart rate.
Any serious endurance athlete will have a training plan. This plan will generally use heart rate or wattage as the variable around which they structure their training sessions. In recent years wattage…
February 7, 2019 -
The 2 building blocks of a successful program
As we enter the summer season many athletes will now also be entering an important training phase. For most team sports we enter the offseason and for other track and field athletes…
June 2, 2016 -
Complexes for fat burning!
There are many solutions for burning fat. The general theory is the energy balance, in the form of calories in, calories out. An energy or calorie deficit will undoubtedly lead to weight…
October 12, 2015 -
Lifestyle for maximum performance.
This article comes by request from some of the athletes we work with. Often athletes are placed under quite stressful environments both physically and emotionally. Training volume, competition stress, exams and possibly…
September 28, 2015 -
Recovery Tools: Active Recovery!
Recovery has become a core factor in every athlete’s training and success. There are many recovery methods which can be employed all targeting different things. Not all methods work well for everyone…
August 28, 2015 -
HIIT, fat loss and muscle!
High intensity interval training (HIIT) is a very popular training method. When used correctly it effectively improves cardiovascular conditioning, burns fat and promotes new muscle growth. In addition a relatively short HIIT…
August 12, 2015 -
Training masks; the science behind them!
People like new toys and gadgets, especially ones which can improve their performance. In recent years breathing masks and gas masks have become popular amongst athletes and fitness enthusiasts. The idea originated…
July 31, 2015 -
Why we like the Clean Pull
Most Strength and conditioning programs will utilize an exercise which develops the triple extension. The triple extension is comprised of the ankle, knee and hip joints extending in unison. This movement is…
July 21, 2015
Categories
- Active Recovery
- Beginner
- Coaching
- Competition
- Cycling
- Endurance training
- Fat loss
- Female training
- General
- Getting fit
- Gym
- Heart rate
- Human performance
- Human physiology
- Hypertrophy
- Injury prevention
- Metabolism
- Nutrition
- Power Training
- Q&A
- Recovery
- Running
- Sleep
- Speed Training
- Strength and conditioning
- Swimming
- Testing
- Training
- Training tools
- Triathlon
- Uncategorized
- What I use
Recent Posts
Archives
- May 2022
- October 2021
- May 2021
- January 2021
- November 2020
- October 2020
- September 2020
- August 2020
- June 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
- November 2019
- September 2019
- August 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- January 2018
- March 2017
- February 2017
- December 2016
- September 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015