by Dan Williams | Mar 20, 2016 | Biomechanics, Blogs, CrossFit, Exercise, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation
Movement provides a window into the body. Assessing movement is like detective work. Observing movement and assessing faults gives us clues to identify underlying dysfunction. There are few better diagnostic tools than the squat. The number of directions in which...
by Dan Williams | Mar 20, 2016 | Blogs, CrossFit, Improving Athletic Performance, Psychology
The voice in our head has a major impact on our performance. This internal dialogue is called ‘self-talk’. Self-talk is one of the techniques we will cover in our upcoming workshop, The Psychological Game: Mental Skills Training (get tickets here). If our...
by Dan Williams | Mar 16, 2016 | Blogs, CrossFit, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Psychology
Buy tickets. Learn to maximise your performance by maximising your mental skills. Do you get stressed or anxious about training, competing or life in general? Do you suffer from low self-confidence in your abilities? Do you sometimes approach exercise or health...
by Dan Williams | Mar 12, 2016 | Blogs, CrossFit, Exercise, Exercise Philosophies, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Psychology
Let me preface this article. In CrossFit, for everyone but the 99th percentile, health > performance. This is never, and should never be, in doubt (read: How CrossFit Helps Combat the 19 Major Causes of Premature Death and Disability). So as you’re reading...
by Dan Williams | Mar 6, 2016 | Blogs, Chronic Conditions, Health, Weight Loss
Knowing our body composition gives us a valuable window into our health. It tells us what’s in there – the ratios of muscle, bone, fat. Knowing these things tells us a lot about our health – the medical conditions we’re predisposed to and the...