A guide to returning to post coronavirus sport (or any extended lay off)
As you have probably noticed, there is currently a lot of (dis)information on social media surrounding training during this extended period away from the gym. With many a bold claim thrown around such as “get faster in 6 weeks” or my favourite so far, “the 2 week shred”… Whilst this, or to anyone with any […]
Simple nutrition 3 – Meal planning
Blog 3: Meal planning To start this 3rd instalment in our simple nutrition blog series, I’d like you to look at the lead image showing the companies that own all the world’s ‘food brands’ (a larger version is available here) and try to find which of these provide high nutrition. Any luck? I didn’t think so. How […]
Simple nutrition 2 – The Macros
Nutrition blog 2 – The Macros “Everything should be made as simple as possible. But not simpler.” – Albert Einstein. In the first of our 3-part series, we discussed the importance of shopping locally for high quality ingredients and how each of us is unique therefore, we had to learn to listen to our bodies […]
A simple nutrition guide
I’ll start this blog with a confession, I am not a nutritionist therefore I am not claiming to be an expert on the subject. That said, I have read enough science around this area to be able to come up with a balanced, well informed opinion. Thus, through a series of easy to read, simple blogs, I’m […]
Learning the Basics in Strength and Conditioning
Before goals can be reached, personal bests achieved or medals won, there has to be foundations set, based around hard work and a consistency of training. However, does high quality training have to be complex? Or is it simply a meticulous effort to master fundamental human movement and apply progressive principles within strength and conditioning? […]
Athlete monitoring & Long term development
At the Advance Performance Lab we follow a simple, yet comprehensive, long-term athletic development model (LTAD), built around three phases; Prepare, Progress and Perform (see figure 1). This simple model helps to create an athlete-centred approach, empowering the athlete, the coach, sports coaches and parents. Figure 1. Long term atghletic development through our three phase model. […]
