Harness the mind to get stronger, better and faster. Motivation is the ability to initiate and persist at a given task. It is the building block of all accomplishments athletic or otherwise. You could have the best equipment, best coaches, best nutrition and the best environment...
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Barbell exercises warm up routine. In this article, we're going to talk about how you can use barbell exercises to warm up. We always advise warming up using the RAMP protocol which, means raise, activate, mobilise and potentiate. You can do various walks, crawls, bridges and dynamic...
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6 Primal movement patterns essential to mastering functional fitness. Primal movements are basic and natural movements that our ancestors have historically used for a very long time. These movements include tasks such as learning how to sit, roll, crawl and stand which, are methods of exploration,...
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NADIA CLIENT OF THE MONTH Nadia started training at Performance Ground in November on a trial and really bought into our way of training. Since then, Nadia has become a full-time member. She always gives 100% in her sessions, even after long weeks in the office....
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4 (INTENSE) Push Pull Training Exercises for Building Strength and Mass Before we dive into this blog article about building size and strength, we first need to understand how size and strength are developed. Hypertrophy, increasing muscle size, can be developed through a variety of different...
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Medicine ball exercises for a power workout. Today, we're going to talk about using medicine ball exercises to develop your explosive power. Power is a combination of speed and force so using the medicine balls we can use a relative load say like 5- 10 kg and...
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Time under tension (TUT) - Myth or fact? Time under tension is a training concept that started getting promoted back in the 90s. Everyone started timing their reps with a stopwatch hoping for strength gains. But what is time under tension and is it a myth...
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Keep it simple stupid to get results. The importance of fundamentals is often overlooked within the new era of strength and conditioning resultant of an ever-growing evidence base for modern training methods which, of course is not a bad thing. Designing a good strength and conditioning...
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Develop a more aggressive rugby tackle with these 3 exercises Collisions and impact make up a big part of a game of rugby and tackling is one of the skills used in such situations. A player can be involved in as little as 10 tackles to...
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Lynn Client of The Month Lynn came to us around 9 months ago after a serious leg injury. This was the third time she had fractured her leg. As an athlete, she was determined to get back to full fitness as quickly as possible. She had...
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