In this post we discuss why you’re not getting stronger in the gym and share some ideas to help you move past a training plateau. If you’ve been resistance training for a while, you may have noticed your progress has stalled. Gone are the days when you seemed to be adding weight with every session. […]
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Stronger and faster at 50: Dominique’s secret to peak performance
In this post we explore how to get stronger and faster at 50, through an insightful case study of a master’s biathlete. Dominique (pictured above) has featured on this blog before, winning age group medals in international biathlon events. She’s just done something more extraordinary however. In a recent biathlon event in Norway she went […]
How your internal narrative shapes pain and recovery
In this post we discuss how your internal narrative shapes pain and recovery and what you can do to change it. The story we tell ourselves about our lives is very powerful. This is particularly true if you are trying to recover from ongoing pain and injury. In these situations your internal narrative may be […]
Why AI won’t help you in the gym. Yet
In this post we discuss why AI won’t help you in the gym just yet and what might be coming that will. Take a read of this excerpt from a social media post. ‘Wearables track every heartbeat; AI personalises workouts, recovery lounges rival spas, functional training complement machines, and virtual coaching makes geography irrelevant. The […]
6 reasons why you should start resistance training if you’re over 40
In this post we discuss 6 reasons why you should start resistance training if you’re over 40. Before we begin here’s a quote from Peter Attia MD which nicely sums up the challenge: ‘Never in the history of human civilisation has a 90-year-old said, I wish I had less muscle.’ Resistance training is one of […]