Training

Whether you’re on a bike tour or riding a stage race, there’s no greater adventure than riding your bike on repeated days. You get to go deeper both mentally and physically and in doing so push your boundaries. Now of course if you keep pushing…

We’ve all experienced it, the visit to the health care professional which seemed to solve everything. The massage that hit the spot, the adjustment that had you walking out of the clinic without pain, or the stretch that released all the tightness. I’ve been on…

David had been suffering from worsening hip pain for 4 or 5 years despite seeing various osteopaths and physiotherapists. A former elite level swimmer, he was frustrated that even walking was now causing him issues. I remember our first conversation well and this quote in…

Here’s an interesting statistic for you, if you play golf there’s a 1 in 3 chance you will suffer with back pain as a result. Many of the golfers I speak to seem to accept that back pain is just part of the game. If…

We often think the solution to a problem is to do more of something. Rehab is no different, especially when things aren’t going to plan. You’ve probably had the experience of leaving a rehab appointment with a bunch of exercises. None of which you’re convinced…

What thoughts enter your mind when you see the words pain and weight training? A bad training experience perhaps. An injury, or a session that was too difficult for you at that particular time. Maybe though the two are synonymous. It’s not a single experience…

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…