Injuries happen but how do you get back into training following an injury? It's important not to jump straight back in and to understand...

Powerlifting in the Royal Navy has grown through perseverance, grassroots events, and community support. Get involved and join the journey!

Common myths seen in injury rehab & what makes a good injury rehab program.   Introduction “Cure back pain with this one exercise,”...

In the world of competitive sports, understanding which substances are prohibited is crucial for athletes. We discuss DMAA this month.

As a sports performance nutritionist, I understand the intricate relationship between nutrition and peak performance, especially for...

Surround yourself with negativity, lack of knowledge and a below-average standard of effort and strength and this will likely form part...

SLEEP CONSIDERATIONS FOR ATHLETES From the perspective of a strength athlete, acute performance is particularly relevant when we look at...

In this blog, we'll cover the scientific principles of pain and explore how understanding pain can reshape powerlifting programming.

We delve into the intricate relationship between sleep and athletic performance, offering insights and practical tips for optimizing sleep.

What are drop sets? Drop sets involve performing a set of an exercise to failure or near failure, then reducing the weight and continuing...

We’ve outlined a sequence for analyzing training footage, listed as a series of steps.

Aside from the obvious effects of alcohol on our performance, there are a few other factors to consider when weighing up the cost vs....

Here are 5 bits of advice we would have liked to have had before our first powerlifting meet, there’s a lot we could say here but we...

What do we need to look at? - What the mechanical differences are between sumo and conventional - What muscles are preferentially used? -...

RPE stands for the Rate of Perceived Exertion - how hard an exercise feels at the time of doing it. It's a subjective measure/rating of...

So we've discussed injury prevention, overtraining, and adaptability in this series. One variable that repeatedly comes up when...

Adaptability is the ability to adjust to new conditions. In a sport built around repeating the same movements over and over to improve,...

OVERTRAINING VS OVERREACHING Functional overreaching is a common concept in many training programs. A short term decrease in fatigue and...

This athlete longevity series aims to cover topics I think should be involved in the discussion of athlete longevity – topics that I...