Rugby is a collision sport played by junior and senior competitors at various levels leading to the professional game. A typical senior rugby match is 80 minutes in duration with frequent intense bouts of running and tackling, spread with short spells of rest periods. This...
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When you are accountable for your own actions, your progress is a result of your own training programme and your own self-discipline. This could be a flip of a coin weather you meet your goals or fail at the first hurdle. In the gym, if...
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Are you an athlete, coach or exercise professional with little to moderate experience of Olympic lifting? This workshop involves an introduction into Olympic weightlifting, specifically the Snatch and Clean & Jerk movements and their derivatives. Within this one day workshop you will learn in stages the progressions...
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It’s no accident that the best athletes in the world also have some of the best bodies in the world… If you struggle with keeping motivation with your training and your diet, or you aren’t happy with the progress you've made when you look in the...
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Compression Garments have become a massive trend in recent years. These compression garments help with temperature control and can be seen as an abstinent from grazes and burns associated with field sports. These compression garments can prove to be very costly and hopefully from this...
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The festive season is well and truly upon us and for many it is a time of food, drink and partying when training takes a back seat. Unfortunately, this time of year is also right in the middle of the season or pre-season for a...
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Have you ever been in the gym and felt that you are no longer progressing or you have hit a plateau and you feel you aren’t getting any fitter or stronger? A potential reason for this could be the program you are on or perhaps...
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For a lot of people the first exercise that comes to mind when they think of training their core is abdominal crunches. While it is true that crunches are excellent at training the rectus abdominis to help sculpt the aesthetic look that a lot of...
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The purpose of a warm up and muscle activation and mobility work are as the terms suggest to get the body warm and mobile before starting a workout. However, what is the most effective way of doing this? Often, you will see individuals come into...
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A few years ago I was in the gym doing some snatches when a guy came up to me during my rest period and asked: “what muscles does that work, mate?” After explaining that it trained explosive power and involved more muscles than I cared...
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