by Dan Williams | Aug 31, 2016 | Blogs, CrossFit, Exercise, Exercise Philosophies, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation
Volume and intensity are undeniably important elements of high level training. More of both is better. To a point. If an athlete is doing nothing (or not enough), any increase in volume or intensity will result in improvement. The problem however, lies in the athlete...
by Dan Williams | Aug 31, 2016 | Blogs, CrossFit, Exercise, Exercise Philosophies, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation
Exercise is a form of stress – it’s actually termed ‘Eustress’. Eustress is positive stress, stress causing some favourable effect to your body. None-the-less, it is stress, and stress has the potential to cause damage and degeneration. The...
by Dan Williams | Aug 31, 2016 | Blogs, CrossFit, Exercise, Exercise Philosophies, Flexibility, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation, Programming, Psychology
In the list of the top ten causes of premature death, cancer appears three times. Top factors causing loss of life years due to premature death (in order): Ischaemic heart disease Stroke and other cerebrovascular disease Trachea, bronchus, lung cancers Alzheimer and...
by Dan Williams | Aug 29, 2016 | Blogs, Chronic Conditions, CrossFit, Exercise, Health, Older Persons
In the list of the top ten causes of premature death, cancer appears three times. Top factors causing loss of life years due to premature death (in order): Ischaemic heart disease Stroke and other cerebrovascular disease Trachea, bronchus, lung cancers Alzheimer and...
by Dan Williams | Aug 23, 2016 | Blogs, CrossFit, Exercise, Exercise Philosophies, Improving Athletic Performance, Programming
CrossFit competitions see a knee-jerk reaction from athletes who had weaknesses exposed. A perceived failure in one movement too often sees a 180 degree about-turn in programming focus to solely target the offending movement. Learning from competition performance is...
