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4 Landmine Exercises To Build Strength
Utilising a landmine in your strength training is a great way to bring in variation to your workouts. It encourages you to work with different planes of movement, helps you work on your coordination and breaks up some of the...
6 Christmas Gift Ideas For Athletes
6 Christmas Gift Ideas For Athletes When buying Christmas gifts, people tend to fall into two categories - they either love it and get nearly everything done well in advance or put it off as long as possible. Whichever camp...
Lowering Weights Is Most Important For Muscle Gains, New Research Shows
We’d all like to get more efficient with our training, ensuring we get maximum returns on the time we put in.One factor many athletes may be neglecting is the importance of eccentric muscle contractions (involving a lengthening of the muscle)...
We use grip strength all the time, not just in the gym but in nearly every activity we do. A lot of us ignore working on it but the potential benefits are huge. The muscles that control your grip are...
5 Activation Exercises For Better Lower-Body Workouts
Activation exercises are one of the best ways to warm up for a workout. You can develop a highly effective routine of movements before each session if you know which exercises to pick from. By activating the leg muscles, particularly...
Tia-Clair Toomey’s Pre-Workout Stretch Routine For Mobility
In a recent YouTube video, Tia-Clair Toomey says she does these stretches at the start of each day before she starts her workouts so that she feels more mobile and can move more freely. Moving more fluidly can help us...
4 Things You Can Do To Improve Your Marathon Training
Marathons are no longer as rare as they once were, with lots of people taking on the 26.2-mile distance. But not everyone knows how to train thoroughly for the event. If you don’t prepare right, you're going to be in...
5 Exercises Athletes Can Use To Build Big Arms
A lot of athletes would like to have better arms for differing reasons, whether they be performance related or for aesthetics. There are some tried and tested exercises that anyone can use to build size in the biceps and triceps. ...
Frequency Not Volume Is The Answer For Building Muscle Strength, Research Shows
The dilemma of whether you should programme lots of small workouts or do less frequent, higher volume sessions is one that many athletes consider. Different coaches have different approaches, and it’s hard to know if one is actually better than...