Using the drop jump to improve sprinting speed by increasing your leg stiffness. If you take a slow motion view at any top-class sprinter whilst in full-flight you’ll see what appears to be minimal knee flexion of the stance leg when its
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The ultimate challenge has been accepted! now you want to compete a Marathon! Well hopefully the below plan can get your started along the way. Marathon Training Plan. How do you know what marathon time you should aim for? “If you have
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If you end your strength training session with a set of high reps so that your muscles produce extra lactic acid, it’s likely to increase your natural testosterone production. This Lactic acid increases testosterone production through the Leydig cells. If when you
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I spent the new year holidays tucked away in the woods and hills in my very own log cabin. with the wonderful use of Sauna and this reminded me of a paper I read a long time ago about HGH and heat
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The question of how to maximise ‘health span’ – the period of life during which we are generally healthy and free from serious disease – is increasingly prevalent both in and out of sport. Global average lifespan doubled during the 20th Century,
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If you are older than forty and train with weights, you will probably have noticed that your body is aging. Your making less progress than when you were younger, and your workouts have a more profound impact on your energy levels, your
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Can Exercising with body weight, improve performance? Circuit Training for the older adult and Master Athlete. As the beginning of Winter Conditioning is here, its time is started doing more Circuit Training in the programme. When I first started athletics, my then
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Training Reversibility An in-depth look at the science that happens of what actually happens when you take your end of season break! Or get Injured and cant train If you want a quick run down of this article take a look at
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This Blog is a summary of part of the new Coaching section and the page covering –Training Reversibility – an in-depth review of the science that happens when we detrain. Will I look like I skip leg day? It’s the end of
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If like me at this time of year you are working hard to get the most out of your body, you’ll likely also have a few niggles are even an injury to deal with! Heck, I’m still working my way back from
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