Although endurance athletes such as runners, cyclists and triathletes do not need to meet certain pre-defined weight categories in order to compete,...
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I had desperately been trying to get faster and stronger on the bike for months. I tried various cycling training plans on...
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To get better at riding hills you need to ride hills – Well yes technically this one is true but you don’t...
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As athletes embark on their training programmes, they’re never guilty of trying to maximise the amount of hard training they want to...
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I know it sounds counter-intuitive at first and I am anticipating some scepticism. When you’re running fast, muscles burning, breathing strenuously and...
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As a Coach and Physio I fully recognise the role of CONSISTENCY in both ill health and fitness alike. There’s a saying...
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Energy Gels are typically designed specifically for long distance sports performance, as you progress into extended periods of training and racing the...
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Time and time again we see athletes in a race getting their nutrition wrong (I have certainly fallen into that camp many...
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Unfortunately injuries often go hand in hand with any sport or physical activity, especially when you're pushing your body to its full...
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Push! - Pull! - Squat! - Hinge! - Brace! By including just one exercise from each of these groups you will exercise all of the major...
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The ability to utilise stored body-fat to produce energy is of utmost importance for the endurance athlete. Triathletes can benefit from both...
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Making the step up to 13.1 miles needn’t get in the way of day-to-day life. Feeling ready to make the step up...
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No adage is more relevant to an age group veteran master to increasing performance than ‘train smarter not harder’. For 99% of...
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As you may have read in my previous blog post I’ve recently started attending cold water immersion sessions and this sparked my...
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Motivation requires both passion and a goal. It doesn't matter if you're coming back from an injury, competing in your first race...
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Deciding to really go for a 10K is a bold choice. Run it flat out from the start and you’ll have legs...
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By Kara Tranter Trying to find time to train around home-life and work can be difficult enough without throwing young children into...
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For years the conventional thinking among fitness experts, and even scientists, has been to demonise lactic acid, or lactate, as the culprit...
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