Muscle Cramps During Exercise
Many people suffer from muscular cramps during exercise which may hamper their performance and result in poor technique, inefficient energy production, race incompletion, frustration and possible a risk of injury. [...]
Impact of Ageing on Endurance Athletes: Training, Performance & Recovery
Endurance is a component of physical fitness and is a measure of how much the body can exert itself during physical exercise over a prolonged period of time. Within fitness, [...]
The Importance of a Professional Bike Fit
Following the success of the London Olympics last year, the UK has seen a huge growth within the sport of cycling. Throughout the UK, many people are seen on a [...]
Heat Exhaustion In Exercise
Heat exhaustion is common whilst playing sports or taking part in various leisure activities within hot climates and extreme temperatures in both the UK and around the globe. As an [...]
Exercise Dehydration
Water is the most important substance that the body requires in order to survive. Water makes up approximately two-thirds of the human body and has a number of functions that [...]
Pre-10K Race Running Tips & Advice
As your 10K race is approaching, it is imperative that you aim to prepare both your body and mind to the level of maximum capability to allow performance to excel [...]
Which Running Shoes Should I Buy?
Buying the correct running shoe is essential to help maximise your running performance, fitness level and keep injury free. The correct advice and recommendations by a skilled clinician will allow [...]
Exercise-Related Stitch
An exercise-related stitch is common amongst runners or during other sports participation where a sharp, stabbing and cramping pain is experienced in the lateral aspect of the lower part of [...]
Slow-Twitch & Fast-Twitch Muscle Fibres
Skeletal muscle groups of the body are made up of many individual muscle fibres. Each muscle fibre is further broken down into myofibrils which contain both actin and myosin myofilaments. [...]
Post-Marathon Tips & Advice
Firstly, congratulations on completing your recent marathon. Finishing the marathon and being rewarded with the finishing medal is a great achievement which you can treasure for the rest of your [...]
Pre-Marathon Tips & Advice
As your marathon race is approaching, it is imperative that you aim to prepare both your body and mind to the level of maximum capability to allow performance to excel [...]
Carbohydrate Loading
The term ‘Carbo-loading’ is referred to as the increased food consumption of carbohydrates in preparation to endurance races, events or training sessions. The theory behind carbo-loading is to maximise the [...]
Components of Physical Fitness
There are four main components within the scope of physical fitness with each having their own individual physical attributes and qualities. When questioning whether somebody is ‘fit’ or not, this [...]
Second Wind Phenomena During Running
The term ‘Second Wind’ is used to describe the phenomena of magically gaining significant energy and strength during distance running at a stage when the runner feels out of breath [...]
DOMS Delayed Onset of Muscle Soreness
Delayed Onset of Muscle Soreness (DOMS) is a condition that causes muscular pain, soreness and stiffness following certain exercise. The condition is normally associated with the commencement of a new [...]