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4 Benefits of Cross Training
Cross training is a part of the regime of every sports professional. From golf players and football players, professional athletes and swimmers, the cross training takes an approach of on working the muscles which are related to the sport in particular. That is why...
When You Shouldn’t Train Through Pain
Training Through Pain. Is it A Good Idea? Training is not something professionals see as an everyday activity. It is a habit and a way of living and breathing. That is why whenever an injury kicks in, most people ignore it and keep training toward their goals. This...
Dare to compare: how does your training stack up against the elite?
You might be clocking up serious Ks pounding the pavement or riding the bitumen, but that training program could be doing you more harm than good. Like most guys, your time bank is probably constantly overdrawn: whether it’s the boss pushing you to work back late or...
How zombies can re-ignite your passion for exercise
It’s pathetically easy to end up in an exercise-less rut, and I’m especially guilty of that. Right now, it’s been more than a week since I’ve even set foot inside the gym, and even longer since I’ve actively gone for more than two days in a row. I’ve got two problems...
If you know nothing about your bits, know these 3 body parts
Don't know your ITB from your rotator cuff and your plantar fascia? Read on and you will…The ITB – not actually in the buttA coach at my running group always talked about how important the ITB is. She was fastidious about making sure it was suitably stretched before...
IT’S TIME TO REPLACE YOUR WORKOUT GEAR WHEN…
A couple of weeks ago I took part in my seventh half marathon. Pre-race I was amped – I’d bought and worn in a new set of rigid, lighter shoes with form-fitting socks and had fantasies of being fleet footed.Who doesn’t love new workout gear? But how do you know when...
Do you know your cardio bunnies from your MAMILs?
Walking (or riding or running) the talk – do you need the lingo to have real fitness cred?I was in a café sitting across from a table crammed with MAMILs on the weekend – middle-aged men in Lycra who were refuelling after an epic ride (although most looked like the...
FREAKY OVER-EXERCISER WITH LYCRA-DEPENDENCY ISSUES – IS THAT YOU?
Look in the mirror, what do you see? A man mountain – a body so taut it looks like a writhing bag of pythons in a shroud of plastic wrap? No, me neither. But I do like my fitness. And in my drawers you will find a fair bit of Lycra, I admit. But I was recently...
IS YOUR FITNESS REGIME KILLING YOUR RELATIONSHIP?
Maybe you’ve met someone new, you like them, but the time they’re wanting to spend with you is seriously impinging on your training routine. There are gym schedules to stick to, meals that have to be eaten at certain points in the day, and the new running program…Or...
CYCLISTS’ TIPS FOR AVOIDING BRUISED TACKLE
A couple of years ago I spent two weeks cycling around China, doing about 75-100km a day, a lot of it on very rough roads – which made me appreciate the padded bike pants and gel seat cover a friend in the know made me buy before I left Australia.But as sore and...