What do you think about when performing exercise? What you’re going to have for dinner? That argument you had with your partner this morning? Or can coffee actually kill you? On that last question, it can but you really have to drink a lot of…

So you’d like to start resistance training because you’ve read about it’s benefits, particularly as you age. Like most people you have some existing physical issues. A knee that feels stiff in the morning perhaps, back pain that comes and goes, or a shoulder that…

In this post we’ll look at why tricep dips are bad for your shoulders and show how they don’t really challenge your triceps either. Following on from my recent post on what must be the worst exercise in the gym, here’s the exercise that came…

The leg press challenges many of the muscles in the lower body including the quadriceps, hamstrings, glutes and calves. It offers a safer alternative to the free weight loaded squat with comparable results. In this post I’ll explain exactly how to set up the leg…

In this post I’ll explain exactly why the face pull is bad exercise and give you a safer, more effective alternative. Perhaps the most significant part of my work as an injury rehab specialist is not the exercises I put in people’s programmes, but rather…

In this post we’ll look at how to make long term improvements in range of motion without the use of passive techniques such as stretching, massage and foam rolling. Firstly, what is range of motion and why is it important? Range of motion is how…

You’re out for a run and feeling good so you decide to lift the pace. After a few minutes your right hamstring tightens up. You stretch it out but now it seems to be a feature of every run. Not only that but this tightness…

We’ve all been there. You’re feeling good, your training is going to plan and you’re looking forward to a good performance in your big event. Then seemingly out of nowhere, another damn injury. You curse your luck and think about what might have been and…

There are few things more frustrating than not being able to do the things you love because of aches, pains and limitations. Even more frustrating however is the feeling that you’re not making progress with your injury rehab. I get it. In this post we…

Let me start with a quote (paraphrased) from world leading tendon rehab expert Dr Peter Malliaras. “When injury rehab isn’t successful, either the patient is not doing the exercise right, doing the wrong exercise, or key progressions in the exercise process are missing. That leads…