5 Ways to Enjoy Staminade This Summer
Keeping You Fresh in the Heat Summer in the scorching Aussie sun; it doesn’t take much to bring on the sweaty brow and clammy palms. Strolling on the beach, sitting in the garden, even just hanging out by the side of the pool. It’s all it can take...
10 Weird and Wonderful Sports Played Around the World
The Eccentric Sports! Humans are strange creatures, there’s no denying it, but what’s life without a bit of spice? Perhaps that’s the reason (or should we call it a justification?) that some of the more whacky amongst us have invented such weird and...
Conquering a Full IRONMAN Triathlon
In 2017, we spoke to Ineke Moyle about her triathlons, training and how she wanted to do a full IRONMAN triathlon. Well, Ineke held true to her goals and completed her first full IRONMAN recently. We had a chat to her about 2018 and how she keeps her...
The Benefits of Martial Arts
Why Martial Arts Is So Good Martial arts; one of the oldest types of sports known to man, and it’s no surprise that many different forms are still around today. Judo, Karate, Taekwondo, Jujitsu, Krav Maga, MMA (the list could go on): each form of martial...
What Happens to Your Body During a Triathlon?
Triathlons and Your BodyWhat happens to your body during a triathlon? Well, of course, it depends on the length of the triathlon, doesn’t it? Some sprint distance triathlons (400m swim, 20km bike and a 5km run) can take the fast boys just over an hour or...
5 Reasons Sleep Optimises Performance
Sleep; what a wonderful thing. It’s our decompressor, our rejuvenator, our life-support. It’s a crucial part of every person’s lifestyle, even more so for the physically active amongst us. Roger Federer claims to sleep for almost 12 hours a night! Now,...
4 Ways Electrolytes Optimise Your Performance
What are Electrolytes? Electrolytes; a fancy word that may not mean too much to a lot of us, except from the fact we know they’re important in some way, right? Correct. Electrolytes are indeed extremely important, but what are they exactly? Well,...
Why is Mixed Training So Good?
Humans are interesting creatures; we’ve become the dominant species on our planet, explored all seven continents, and now, turned our endless curiosity to technological developments. Despite all of this impressive exploration, we tend to stick to what we...
Q&A with Anna Booth – Sydney Uni Women’s Cycling Team
Introducing Cyclist Anna Booth Meet Anna Booth, one of the superstars of Sydney Uni - Staminade women’s cycling team. Originally from Hobart, Tasmania, we asked Anna about her love of cycling, cycling goals and she takes us through some of her training and...
Does Music Affect the Way You Train?
For most of us, our first thought in response to this question is an immediate ‘yes’; think of Rocky running through the woods to ‘Eye of the Tiger’ - of course it affects the way you train – music can pump you up so much you can lift bags of rocks, sprint...