In this post, we discuss whether you should train through pain and what markers to look out for to make the best decision. Think back to a time when you’ve exercised really hard. Perhaps it was on a run, or in the gym during a particularly difficult exercise class. You were no doubt breathing heavily […]
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Exercise: the cure and the cause of pain
In this post, we use two real-world examples to discuss how exercise can be both the cure and the cause of pain. Exercise is universally promoted as medicine — but the same prescription that heals can also cause issues. The difference doesn’t always reside in the exercise itself. Two recent real-world examples illustrate how dose […]
Same exercise, different result: Why intention matters when recovering from injury
In this post, we discuss why the same exercise can produce a different result when the intention is clear. People that work with me sometimes remark that the exercises we use aren’t too different from the ones they’ve tried in the past with little success. Two exercises can look remarkably similar from the outside, yet […]
Why you can’t improve your hip flexibility (it’s not what you think)
In this post, we discuss why you can’t improve your hip flexibility, and why it might have more to do with your parents than your muscles. If you’ve ever sat in a yoga class and looked around wondering why others seem to effortlessly achieve positions that you find impossible, the answer might not be more […]
We’re living longer but we’re in worse health: why resistance training can reverse this trend
In this post, we discuss why we’re living longer but in worse health, and why resistance training can help to reverse this worrying trend. Did you ever see WALL-E? The film about a litter-picking robot trying to save the planet? In the film, humans have evolved to sit, shop, and look at screens. Travelling around […]