Strength Training is Medicine

Strength Training is Medicine

The forgotten medicine.   Over the years we have all come to rely on the great NHS and the service it provides.   One of the forgotten medicines we can take is exercise, in particular strength training. More studies are showing the many positive effects that...
How to deal with the ‘what ifs’

How to deal with the ‘what ifs’

  Training for an endurance event is a challenging endeavor. It demands time, determination, and sometimes a bit of selfishness to navigate those 16-odd weeks leading up to a marathon or another long-distance race. But here’s the deal – no matter how...

Seven Tips to Survive Winter Marathon Training

Seven Tips to Survive Winter Marathon Training Because, like many of you reading this, I am a little unhinged and have decided to run a marathon in the spring, I have also decided to run through the worst months of the year. There’s no getting round it: it’s dark,...

How to build muscle

What is muscle hypertrophy?   Hypertrophy is an increase in the size of tissue or organ due to growth of individuals cells, without an increase in the number of cells (Kent, 2006). The following are different forms of hypertrophy:  First of all you will have...