17
Apr, 2021
3
Nov, 2020
Why does your leg hurt again?
There are hundreds and thousands of therapists and trainers, that, when confronted with your hurting hamstring or your terrorised tendon will simply dive in and rub that bit! Maybe they will give you a specific stretch and maybe a reassuring “There there, therapist kiss it better”
The reality is that your body is a global system and highly interrelated. Leg issues can be caused by core issues, how you chew your food can screw your knee!
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26
Sep, 2020
DWF: 3 day metabolic conditioning cycle, fixing pain, weight loss stuff!
The DWF, or daily workout and food is aimed at giving you some basic conditioning ideas. For some it’s the only thing they do, for many it’s just part of your training day.
Most days you also need to work on skill ( I often focus on gymnastics), Strength and therapy drills: I need always focus on my vulnerability to Plantar fasciitis, Patello-femoral and back pain. By having a sensible self applied therapy regime, you can stop the problems before they start.
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9
Sep, 2020
Breathing and peak flow
Before anyone starts criticising your breathing and setting you weird breathing exercises, make sure they have at the least taken a peak flow reading. This is where you puff down a tube and compare the reading with your height, so you can monitor your lung function. There are too many trainers hanging around who attended an online course and are now taping peoples mouths up while exercising with very little assessment of the science behind it.
Make sure they do some basic assessments first. The peak flow meter is one of those basic tests! You may need breathing drills.
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6
Sep, 2020
Do healthy athletes need breathing drills?
I now publish regular breathing drills and give the occassional zoom seminar . However, breathing has been one of those ongoing issues where people have been able to misrepresent, twist and ignore the science.
This goes for exercise professionals, miracle healers and straight up loonies.
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3
Sep, 2020
DWF: swing, burpee, run, 90/90 breathing, and weigh yourself!
The workout: 13 minutes of 20 kettlebell swings, 10 burpees , shuttle run, check out the video!
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2
Sep, 2020
DWF: Rest day and some breathing
As it’s rest day, there should be lots of opportunity to meditate and relax, reflect and stretch.
Why not do some quad flexibility work
Click here for instructions
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1
Sep, 2020
DWF: breathing tools, Thrusters in the car park and the truth about Keto
If you are going to go on a Keto diet, and then bang on about how great it is, and how you are in ketosis, the very least you can do is to buy some Ketostix, wee on them, and show us that you are “burning fat”.
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31
Aug, 2020
DWF: Snatches and box jumps, Belly breathing and a food diary nag.
For todays workout you have a video to watch. Allegedly it’s easier to watch a video than read. For those of you who still prefer the written word, it’s a ladder of dumbbell snatches 2,4,6,8 to 20 with 10 box jumps between each level. You can step up if you don’t like jumping.
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30
Aug, 2020
DWF: A bank holiday Sunday workout, hum and a push up challenge
A bank holiday Sunday morning WORKOUT
Set out a run between 2 points 10m apart.Make sure you have a stop watch or the ability to time. So, with a constantly running clock, its 3 rounds of
as many shuttle runs in 1 minute
as many squats in 1 minute
as many burpees in 1 minute
as many walking lunges in 1 minute
as much rest as you can get in 1 minute