Food Myths And Popular Health Claims We live in an age where information is more accessible than ever. All you need to do is grab your phone out of your pocket, click a few buttons and hey presto, you have the answer to your questions…yay! Unfortunately,...
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4 Biggest Exercise Myths We always hear statements such as ‘squats are bad for your knees’ or ‘I train hard so I can eat what I want’. Word of mouth has passed this around and it has been made believable. In this article, we are going...
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Top Self Reflection Techniques For Athletes Self reflection is an important psychological process and can be defined as: “Examining one’s own thoughts and feelings and considering what they mean”. In the sporting context, self reflection can be valuable to a team sports competitor as a tool...
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Strategies To Boost Your Recovery In Sports Now, that most sports are in season, training becomes a more difficult task to perfect due to the intensity of the matches that are being played and also, their volume. As a result, this will lead to fatigue which,...
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Fuelling and Refuelling Team sports are predominantly aerobic (using oxygen) affairs characterised by short intense bouts of anaerobic (not using oxygen) activity such as quick sprints to intercept a ball. Due to this regular switching between the two types of metabolism, your body likes to utilise...
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PG Setting An Achievable Training Goal Client Stories: Shaun Shaun, 29 year old working for an educational charity and being desk bound all day, joined Performance Ground and achieved his training goal of building a baseline of general health and fitness while recovering from a severe...
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PG Gaining Lean Muscle Mass Client Stories: Amerdeep Amerdeep, 50 year old cyclist, lost quite a lot of body mass for his latest cycling event and his body fat percentage increased. This negatively affected his confidence and body image. He now, wanted to be a “big,...
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PG Sports Performance Client Stories: Kacper Kacper, 24 year old busy corporate and Jiu Jitsu athlete, is desk bound all day suffering from tight muscles and poor posture. He was overwhelmed by his poor life quality as this was also causing him to underperform in Jiu...
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PG Weight Loss Client Stories: Chris Chris, 39 year old busy corporate, was suffering from a painful knee issue due to the sedentary nature of his desk bound work resulting in weight gain. He wanted to overcome his knee issue, escape from his sedentary desk bound...
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PG Sports Injury Client Stories: Helen Helen, 31 year old Netball player, was mentally drained and disappointed by the large muscle tear injury she got while playing Netball. She wanted to overcome her injury to be able to do the things that she enjoys without pain or...
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