I listened to a great podcast by Robbie Bourke ‘All Things Strength and Wellness‘ (highly recommend any S&C enthusiasts to follow it) about sleep. In it, the interviewee Nick Littlehales talked about polyphasic sleep wake cycles. The episode was over an hour long so this post is simply to give you some insight into the …
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You can’t really tell accurately what’s going on underneath the surface based on how you feel. Your pain experience may make you feel a lot weaker or injured than your body actually is. Pain science is the subject of understanding that the amount of tissue damage alone does not correlate strongly with the amount of …
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Most people don’t want to spend 4-5 days per week in the gym going through a wide variety of different exercises. This means I’ve to design plans that prioritise the most important movements I think a person should have. These are my top 5 for an adult looking for general fitness that will translate into …
Because I grew up with sport being not only a huge source of enjoyment but also a major factor in my personal growth and development, I think it’s a bit of a travesty when parents don’t encourage their own young children to try out a wide variety of sports and activities (and then allow them …
Most people understand that in order to recover from an injury well, they need to train their muscles to get strong. They understand that adding resistance to their movements, such as by carrying a dummbell while performing the movement, will increase the level of difficulty and cause the muscle to undergo a series of reactions* …
Check out my tips in Part 1 and Part 2 as well! I’ve been absorbing as much information as possible while here at MBSC and taking notes along the way. I thought I’d share some of the best quick tips I have for your rehab and fitness goals that I’ve either learnt over here or had re-inforced as valuable …
For those of you who missed my first 5 tips, check them out here. My tips are an unpredictable mix concerning strength training, strength coaching, rehab and injury prevention so hopefully you’ll find at least one thing of interest that you can apply to your strength journey! 6. As I mentioned in my previous post, I …
Well it has been over a month now and I’ve learned a tonne of information since arriving at world renowned Mike Boyle Strength and Conditioning (MBSC) facilities here in Woburn, a suburb just outside of Boston, Massachusetts. I’ve had the pleasure of working with high school and college athletes, shadowing sessions with personal training clients …
In one of the professional Facebook groups I’m part of questions about clients looking to lose weight very often come up. And always a slurry of responses come in that say ‘the client is under-reporting because you cannot beat thermodynamics – calories in must be less than calories out to lose weight’. Where to start… …
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