The American College of Sports Medicine has published guidelines on choosing running shoes and recommends runners avoid buying motion control shoes. This is the first time, to my knowledge, that such a large organisation has entered the debate on motion control shoes and taken such a strong stand. We have previously discussed our findings that […]
Blog
Strength training as effective as stretching for improving flexibility.
This is the conclusion of a study published in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. Twenty five untrained adults were randomised into either a resistance training group, a static stretching group, or a control group. Exercises were then performed to either stretch or strengthen muscles involved in knee extension / flexion, hip extension / […]
Muscle pain and the rowing boat analogy.
Imagine an 8 man rowing crew as you would find in a boat race pictured below. Now imagine that half way through the race 4 of the crew decide to stop rowing and sit admiring the view. What happens to the boat? First of all it becomes unstable and more than likely begins to drift […]
Muscle Activation Techniques; What is it? How can it help me?
Peyton Manning of the Denver Broncos credits Muscle Activation Techniques with saving his career. Read this article in Breaking Muscle to see how it could help you.
Run faster and stay injury free with Muscle Activation Techniques.
Great article in the Canadian press on Muscle Activation Techniques and how it can help you run faster and stay injury free. Read more here.