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Your chance to run faster
25th March 2025
The father of a 9-year-old boy asked me if I could coach his son 1-1 with his running technique. I said, ‘No.’ Boys that age should be playing outside with their friends, not stuck in an awkward situation with an experienced coach and an expectant father watching on. Unfortunately, the boy attends a private school […]
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Circuit Design

Starting off with circuits is quite easy. Do an exercise for about 10 repetitions, then move on to the next one. Beginners can rest between each exercise and then each set.
To make the circuit harder, do more sets round or reduce the amount of rest between sets and then exercises.
Harder still is to do all the reps of an exercise before moving to the next. So instead of doing 5 sets of 10, do 1 set of 50. Good fun until you get to the burpees, tuck jumps and pull ups.
This reduces the overall time of your workout, so what can take some people 20 minutes, you can get done in 7-8 minutes.

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Louise Helyer – Modern Pentathlete, Commonwealth Games Silver Medallist Epee
I have been working with James since September 2009, with a history of becoming injured in winter months our main goal was to over come this and help my core/hip area to become more stable thus enabling me to run at my full potential. Not only have I made it through the winter months without gaining the usual knee injuries I have also improved my performance to currently become one of the top ranked athletes.
 
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