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How Do Elite Ironman Athletes Train?
Just completing an Ironman requires a level of fitness above that of the average person on the street, but elite or professional athletes are a world apart. That’s because they make incredible sacrifices and are willing to structure their lives...
James Golding: Cancer Survivor To World Record Holder
In 2008, James Golding’s life changed. He was diagnosed with an aggressive cancer that, at its worst, would put him in intensive care and an induced coma. It didn’t look like he would survive. But less than 10 years later...
Civil Servant To Ironman World Champion - Chrissie Wellington Profile
Chrissie Wellington is somewhat of an anomaly in elite sport. Born in Norfolk in 1977, she showed little athletic ability in her younger years, other than some reasonable talent on the local swimming circuit, but nobody would have predicted she’d...
The Titan Games have become an extremely popular TV show on both sides of the Atlantic since its UK release at the beginning of June. It’s an intense sort of entertainment that has got a lot fo people talking on...
7 Things Champions Have In Common
People who reach the top of their profession often have a unique ora about them. They tend to find an individual method that gets refined over years of hard work. But there are certain habits or qualities that they all...
Tom Evans: Army Captain Turned Professional Runner
For most people, becoming a professional athlete marks the fulfillment of a life long dream rather than a high-risk career move after the age of 25. But Tom Evans falls into a unique category of sportspeople, having given up his...
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s Diet & Training Routine
Dwayne Johnson, also known as “The Rock”, is renowned for his mind-blowing physique. It takes a monumental amount of training and a phenomenal amount of calories to maintain Johnson’s huge frame. Here’s a look at how he does it. Dwayne...
The 200-mile-per-week training of Dave Bedford
Dave Bedford is one of the great characters of athletics. He’s famous for having set a 10,000m world record in 1973, loving a beer just as much as he loved to train hard, and in the 21st century for the...