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Multi planar movements
Get off that machine
As beginners we are often taught to isolate movements down to their simplest form.
In gyms this is done as single joint resistance training exercises or stretches.
Read MoreIn pursuit of excellence: level 3 strength and conditioning course
“Perfection is unobtainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence”
Vince Lombardi
This was the underlying theme of the first weekend of the Level 3 strength and conditioning course .
Juking the stats 3- recovery
Not all that can be measured is important, and not all that is important can be measured.
Getting started in strength and conditioning
“There is more to circuit training than just getting tired”
was something I kept explaining to coaches on the recent level 1 coaching strength and conditioning for sport course.
Read MoreWinning with your B game.
Can you win with your B game?
If everything goes well in your training, you get a good night’s sleep, you arrive on time, you warm up well, you feel good and you win. Well done. But how often does this happen.
More important is winning with your B game.
Read MoreDo we need sleep?
There is still no real explanation of why we need sleep.
As you arrive at work on Monday morning tired, are you thinking I didn’t get enough sleep this weekend?
Read MoreSleep deprivation
Does one bad night’s sleep affect performance?
If you are worried about poor performance after having a bad night’s sleep, that is normal behaviour. The good news is that losing one night’s sleep is unlikely to affect you physically.
Instead it affects your mood and your motivation to train.
Read MoreSleep Deprivation and Insulin Sensitivity
Average sleep levels have dropped
Average sleep in the USA has dropped from 9 hours a night to less than 7 hours per night over the last 100 years: so much for having more leisure time!
This could have an impact on health in the long term as recent research has shown that short term sleep deprivation leads to an inability to regulate insulin as well as people who have a good night’s sleep.
Read MoreSleep- How much should I be getting?
In almost every training book, manual or Coaching handout, sleep is covered as a topic very briefly: “the athlete should get 7-9 hours sleep a night” is about the norm, then the author moves on.
Should I take Creatine? – A summary of recent research
Creatine supplementation for athletes.
Creatine supplementation became popular with athletes following the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, when gold medal winners Linford Christie and Sally Gunnell revealed that creatine was a factor in their success.