We know getting stronger helps reduce injury. While most of our time in the gym is spent learning how to create more force, we also want...

My hope is that this little spiel can spark some discussion and thought. Things are never black and white, and this isn’t a “this or...

Recently I was lucky enough to coach/hand out/wrap/be the warm-up-monolift-bitch etc at WA’s biggest ever Powerlifting competition (120...

Hamstring injuries are one of the most recurring injuries we see in sports and we should be proactive in preventing them. All field sport...

A quick little blog today to highlight a few things about common diet trends and nutritional strategies and why all of them are based on...

Managing injuries is a multifaceted. At times it’s not just a physical hurdle to overcome it’s also a mental barrier which halts our...

Training doesn’t happen in isolation! By that I mean, your performance for a given physical task is highly influenced by a number of...

First up, I have to highlight that I am talking about non-eventful knee pain. This is any nagging knee pain that comes and goes and...

Why Circuits Are Your Best Friend. For some reason when people think of cardio (or conditioning) they always think of running, treadmill,...

“I was sceptical at first but then…..” If you’re a fitness professional you have heard these words before, either online, in an email, an...

High Intensity Interval Training isn’t a new thing, but the term “HIIT” has become a bit of a fitness buzzword, meh, that happens a lot...

In today’s article I’ve highlighted a few weekly training templates and a couple of ideas behind their structure. Whilst training is a...

I’ve just finished writing a program for my brother-in-law to help with his surfing and it got me thinking; From an athletic point of...

Learning to Move Our first step in getting stronger is to develop movement literacy throughout fundamental movement patterns. By that I...

We all know that we are being constantly inundated with all types of tricks, fads, diets, supplements, clothing, workouts and whatever...

One of my mates and old gym members Josh has a notebook, a regular notebook, it’s about 200 pages, A4, double sided, 7mm ruled. So what?!...

Train movements more often Training frequency is a key to mastering a particular movement. If you become more technically proficient you...

As a fitness professional I have seen and heard it all when it comes to weight loss and diets. Just like I like to tell people about my...

**How we get better** For the sake of this article let’s just pretend the task is a Barbell Back Squat, because I love to squat of...

A lot of coaches continually stress that athletes aren't lifters! It is true, most definitely, we aren't trying to turn footy players...