Category | Sports Performance

Heart Rate Training

Posted on 25 January 2012

Like many things ‘fitness’, heart rate training is one of those methods that some people get obsessed with and others don’t see the point.
There always tends to be an over-reaction in the short-term when something is discovered and an under-reaction in the long-term.
In other words, those who are just into fitness for entertainment and something [...]

Strength Exercises For Skiing

Posted on 07 November 2011

It’s that time of year again!
The slopes are building a nice layer for the guys and girls harbouring dreams of finally nailing that Black Run.
The first day is a BLAST with everyone feeling fresh, shaking off the rusty technique that’s accumulated over summer until dusk when they can sit back and chill with a nice [...]

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Five Supplements Explained – Who Needs Them & How Much

Posted on 03 October 2011

Supplements! Everyone wants to supplement with everything and most of the time they don’t even know the reason why. In this article, SNI Interviews Our Resident HMB Expert, Jacob Wilson PhD, Dr. Wilson explains 5 training supplements, their benefits, and who needs them.
Read on!
SNI Interviews Our Resident HMB Expert, Jacob Wilson PhD
SNI: Below are listed [...]

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Sports Performance, Female Athletes & Monthly Cycles

Posted on 03 October 2011

There’s been a long held belief that women lose strength and endurance during difference phases of their menstrual cycle due to varying estrogen levels in their bodies. In some cases, this belief has led to coaches instructing their athletes to alter their training or go off the pill in order to somehow compensate for these changes. Rubbish…

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Logical Ways To Lose Fat Fast

Posted on 23 September 2011

Before you read this. Understand one thing for me….
This has been DIRECTLY used by me over the last 5 weeks. IT WORKS.

That’s me a stone heavier – it took some serious mindset shifts for the ’skinny guy’
There’s an age-old saying that goes “You can’t out train a bad diet”.
So true – no amount of [...]

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Not Progressing? Here’s Why

Posted on 19 September 2011

We talk a lot about commitment, consistency, determination…all vital ingredients when training and working towards a specific goal. Now you’re there, day in and day out but still not seeing the results you desire. Why not? Because there’s more to the equation.

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Training Fundamentals

Posted on 19 September 2011

What’s safe, what’s best, what’s effective…there are arguments for and against almost any training principle out there. Read on to get down to the fundamentals…

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Practicing Fitness – Handstands

Posted on 06 April 2011

I’m really starting to embark on a journey of ‘fitness discovery’ with the objective being to train in as many different modalities with as many different people as possible to find out what works best, why certain people train in a certain way and also what nutrition principles they use to support their hardwork.
When I [...]

Accelerating Your Results

Posted on 28 February 2011

We’re all about the quick fix these days.
Everybody wants to know THE exercise that will blowtorch body fat off their abs.
Every guy wants THAT meal plan that magically adds 5kg of muscle in a month.
Everybody wants the ‘big one’ whatever that might be.
We buy magazines every month to find it, we stare at the guy [...]

Training Supplementation For Awesome Intensity

Posted on 01 August 2010

We’ve all had those training sessions when you feel invincible.
Everything in your mind and body seems to come together in one ass-kicking hour of pleasure and pain when you feel you can lift anything, don’t need any rest and you’re almost disappointed that you have to put the weights down and toddle off to work.
You [...]

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