What are sports drinks and which one do you need? There is an abundance of sports drinks on the market today and all of them claim to boost your performance and give you the edge. There are so many different brands and different types, some quite...
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Sleep And Recovery For Athletes When we refer to sleep we normally associate it with tiredness or feeling lethargic. However, this article is going to dive a little deeper in to the hormonal responses to sleep or lack of, how much sleep we should be aiming...
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Why the base of support is important for athletic performance. The base of support is a position you see high level athletes get into instinctively. This is a position which, gives the athlete the best possible chance to make an efficient next move for example, making...
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3 Things You Need To Know About Change Of Direction For Athletes The rugby world cup is coming soon and you will be sure to witness some of the most agile athletes on the planet battle against each other. Many sports require you to run, sprint...
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Lactate Threshold Training Explained And How To Improve It Recently, we have spoken about improving your aerobic capacity. This is an intensity utilising predominantly the aerobic system which, you can sustain for a prolonged period of time. An increased VO2 Max will allow for a higher...
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Flexibility vs Mobility And How To Improve Both It is believed that flexibility and mobility are interchangeable or in fact the same thing. They are not! In this article, we will talk about flexibility vs mobility as well as explain their differences and ways to improve...
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How to Implement Clusters Sets for Strength and Power ‘Traditional’ sets are performed normally as a certain number of repetitions completed back to back in a set followed by a prescribed rest and then, repeating, depending on the number of sets allocated i.e. 3 sets of...
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Safe, practical methods to help with your jump progression. Jumping and landing are everywhere, out on the sports field, in the school sports hall, commercial gyms, private facilities, Crossfit boxes and so on. It is fantastic that such a powerful training tool is being utilised by...
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Understanding the ATP-PC System and the Importance of Aerobic Training Aerobic fitness is embedded into who we are. Back in our hunter gatherer days, we used to chase down our prey. We would not be quicker than them but we would outlast them running until they...
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Alternative methods to Olympic lifting to produce maximum power. It is well known within strength and conditioning that Olympic lifting is an effective way to improve muscular power but for most athletes starting out, performing a snatch or clean and jerk can be completely useless. Olympic...
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