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Chris
Case Study: Calf Cramping
A client presented with painful calf cramps from playing squash. This had been going on for a long time and was not clearing with stretching or manual therapy... Read more
New Year! New You - Picking The Low Hanging Fruit
I hope you are enjoying a fantastic start to the New Year. January is always an exciting time in the Health & Fitness world with so many people looking to turn over a new leaf and make positive changes to their health... Read more
All Aboard The Health Train...
If we want to lose weight, gain weight, perform to our best in our sport or just live a healthy life; we need to put health as a priority and there are a few little tricks we can deploy to help.... Read more
Time for a January Clear Up
Happy New Year everyone... Read more
Insulin... Friend or Foe?
Good morning! Part 3 of this weeks fat loss newsletter is all about insulin... Read more
My Theory Of Relativity And The Biggest Problem In Fitness
I saw a Facebook post today from a friend in the boxing community. He had achieved 2 efforts at the abdominal plank, each lasting 90 seconds. You might know the exercise, if you don't, you perform the plank lying on your front, propped up on your elbows and feet. The challenge is to keep the core muscles engaged, stop the pelvis dropping to the floor - keeping the head, shoulders, pelvis, knees and ankles in line... Read more
It's not what you do it's the way that you do it......
When we lift weights the response from the body is determined by the way in which the lift is performed. This is extremely important to understand because there a variety of different adaptations to resistance training... Read more
Difference between a fast twitch and a slow twitch...
So we need to understand the different kinds of muscle fibres and how we can manipulate them... Read more
The Skinny On Resistance Training and Bodybuilding
This week we will discuss the benefits of lifting weights, the hormonal effects, the mechanical benefits and the differences between men and women when it comes to lifting. Hopefully by the end of the week you will have a little bit more of an understanding of the different ways to lift weights to achieve the outcome we want... Read more
Are you eating enough to lose weight?
This weeks topic is energy balance and the issues that arise from it. In part 1 we discussed Calories In, Calories Out. Today we go hormonal... Read more