How effective is your gym programme?
My last post about planning for the season ahead (One Season Ends, Another Begins…) led to quite a few people getting in touch to ask me about what sort of things to include in their winter training plans – most specifically to do with time spent in the gym, a favourite for the cold winter … Continue reading
Mix it up!
After my last post about specificity (Specificity is Queen), i had a few people asking me questions about the detail of how to keep things specific but also keep the body adapting, so i thought i’d write a little more about it in this post. Sport specific workouts are great, they get the body used … Continue reading
So how do i look?
So, how do I look?… A question most of us are more familiar with hearing from a changing room in the shops, or 5 minutes before we head out the door for a night out, but it’s a question that’s just as relevant, if not even more so, in sport. Anyone who has ever had … Continue reading
Racing weight
Lots of athletes take great care to achieve their ‘racing’ weight, which more often than not means losing weight in the run up to a season or big race, but what kind of weight are we losing in order to achieve that ideal number? When someone says they want to lose weight, the general assumption … Continue reading
Strength training
Through a mutual friend i recently had the opportunity to speak with David Joyce, the Injury and Performance Consultant at Galatasaray Football Club, based in Turkey. I always love talking to other coaches and trainers as they are often the most valuable sources of current information and discussing different opinions on things can open the … Continue reading
Positive Kinetics 