3 H’s of Overtraining: Are you happy, hungry and horny?
Overtraining is real. Progressing boils down to subjecting your mammalian self to enough stress to stimulate gains, but not so much that you destroy yourself. Yet, how do we know…
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Recovering Rapidly for Athletes (100-Point Recovery)
You don’t recover by doing more, you recover by doing less. Recovery is eating like an adult, getting 8 hours of sleep, and having a well-designed training program. 95%…
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How to Eat When Recovering from Injury: 8 Tips to Help
How to eat when recovering from injury is a topic that’s rarely covered. Athletes often slip into an “Ahhhh…Fuck it!” attitude towards nutrition when they get injured. Although easily…
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12 Tips for Your Best Nights Sleep Ever
Sleep is the best supplement athletes can take. Here’s 12 ways to have you best nights sleep ever 1: Avoid Exercise …<2hours before bed. Training stimulates the sympathetic nervous…
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Athletes Sleep: 7 studies that will shock you into sleeping
Athletes – stop bragging about your 4am workouts. Coaches – stop telling athletes “recovery is important” then force them to get up at 5am to train. Sleep is the…
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Do you really need to deload?
Planned deloads should not be necessary in a programme. Why are planned deloads not needed? A well constructed programme operates within an athlete’s recovery ability. Follow the minimal effective…
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Ice Baths Slow Down Muscle and Strength Gains?
Ice-baths for athletes – is it a good idea? Ice-baths are standard post-match practice for many athletes. But is it always a good idea? Cold water immersion can blunt…
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Massage Guns are Overpriced Vibrators: Here’s 4 Recovery Methods that Work
Recovery is mostly FOMO (fear of missing out). The current trending FOMO product is the massage gun. You may get short-term relief (mostly psychological) the day after a leg…
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Hours Slept and Injury Risk: 6 things you can do
Do you sleep less than 7 hours a night?
Look at your risk of injury, scary right. We all know how important it is to sleep 8hours+ a
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Job Advert: Remote Sports Psychologist
Hours: Starting at 2 hours per week, with potential to grow to 10…
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How to Start Sprinting (Without Straining a Hammy)
Sprinting is hands down the most powerful hamstring exercise you can do. It…
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Build a Relentless Engine for Contact Sports
Conditioning is a better predictor of performance than strength. Conditioning is the secret…
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