This feature follows the previous article on the importance of flexibility, which highlighted the necessity of maintaining the body’s range of motion, optimal alignment and length tension relationships through stretching.  However, due to the vigour’s of life, be it intense sport or exercise, impact, prolonged and repeated poor posture or faulty movement patterns, our muscles often develop knots and adhesions within the fibers.  Once this has happened the fibers ability to extend and slid...

Coconut oil has been shown to be a superior choice when it comes to cooking oils.  Its medium chain saturated fatty acids are able to be quickly metabolised for energy in the liver.  As a saturated fat it is more heat stable than other oils, when used in cooking it produces far less free radicals, which harm the body.  It has also been shown to boost metabolism. 

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Flexibility is probably the most overlooked and under rated component of fitness.  Without the appropriate levels of flexibility we compromise our movement, making it less efficient and miss out on training vital ranges of motion in our bodies.  Restricted flexibility opens us up to compensatory movement patterns and increased risk of injury.  If we do not train the body to work through full ranges of movement, what happens when life dictates we go there? Reduced performance and injury.

Injuri...

A big well done to the Tough Mudder team who took on the challenge on Sunday!

Everyone completed the grueling 12 mile course and its challenging obstacles and even managed to enjoy it. 

To see more pictures from the day click the link below:

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The good news about your training programme is that it really need not be a lengthy affair that requires large chunks of your day and great patience to remain in the gym for extended periods.

Generally speaking, a more important factor in your training than the overall duration is the intensity at which you train.  Pushing harder and raising the intensity means you can get the job done in a relatively short period of time.

This approach works for a variety of programme designs covering pretty m...

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