by Dan Williams | Apr 2, 2022 | Blogs, Chronic Conditions, Exercise, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Individuals with a disability, Older Persons, Programming
Olympic Weightlifting. Even the sheer name strikes fear into people who are maybe a little overwhelmed by gyms and exercise. Then they learn a little more about it, and the fear only grows! And we have to admit, it does look pretty scary. Muscly people at the Olympics...
by Dan Williams | Jul 31, 2021 | Chronic Conditions, COVID-19, CrossFit, Exercise, For Fitness Professionals, Health, Improving Athletic Performance
You might think that there are some hidden physical benefits to exercising in a mask. Anything that uncomfortable must be good for you right!? We’ve all experienced the anxiety-inducing claustrophobia that comes from not quite being able to fill your lungs with the...
by Dan Williams | Aug 14, 2020 | Blogs, Chronic Conditions, CrossFit, Exercise, Exercise Philosophies, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation, Older Persons, Programming, Psychology, Weight Loss
Usually reserved for big sweaty dudes with bulging muscles and bushy beards, ‘Strongman’ style training may actually be one of the best things you can do for your health and fitness. ‘Strongman’ training is characterised by heavy weights, odd objects and short,...
by Dan Williams | Jul 31, 2020 | Blogs, Chronic Conditions, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Nutrition, Older Persons
The research in unanimous in preaching the benefits of creatine supplements for athletes. It allows the body to work at a higher intensity, increases muscle performance, increases muscle mass, increases maximal strength, increases power and increases work capacity....
by Dan Williams | Jul 23, 2020 | Blogs, Chronic Conditions, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Psychology
This is part of a series of eight Range of Motion Nutrition Coaching webinars and blogs from Ash Dean, where you will learn how environmental factors and habits form good health and nutrition. Our purpose is to provide you with simple and sustainable behavioural...
by Dan Williams | Jul 3, 2020 | Blogs, Chronic Conditions, Exercise, Health, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation, Older Persons, Programming, Weight Loss
There comes a time in most people’s lives (usually around their mid 30s), when their motivations for living a healthy lifestyle change. It’s a time when the pursuit of physical and mental health becomes the key driver. With a maturing in age comes a maturing of...
by Dan Williams | Jan 11, 2020 | Blogs, Chronic Conditions, Health, Nutrition, Weight Loss
I’ve hesitated for a few months to write this article. For a few reasons. It’s an emotionally charged topic. It often promotes argument rather than discussion. How we choose to eat is intensely personal. People get easily offended, fiercely protective, and respond...
by Dan Williams | Jun 11, 2019 | Blogs, Chronic Conditions, Exercise, Health
There’s a common theme that runs through the top five killers of men… Exercise can play a life-saving role in every single one. In order, the five biggest killers of mean are: Ischaemic Heart Disease. Lung Cancer. Dementia. Stroke. Chronic Lower...
by Dan Williams | Feb 8, 2019 | Blogs, Chronic Conditions, Exercise, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation, Nutrition, Programming, Psychology, Weight Loss
Stress is stress. Sure it takes different forms, but they all go in to the same ‘stress bucket’ – and once that bucket’s full, it starts to overflow. Let’s talk about what this means. When you’ve got a tight work deadline…...
by Dan Williams | Nov 30, 2018 | Blogs, Chronic Conditions, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Weight Loss
Sleep is dangerous. Or at least with a rudimentary understanding of evolution, that’s a conclusion you could semi-logically arrive at. Let’s journey back to our caveman days. Sleep was dangerous. Dangerous for our species. It was more dangerous than hunting woolly...
