by Dan Williams | Mar 12, 2011 | Blogs, CrossFit, Exercise, Exercise Philosophies, Improving Athletic Performance
The Crossfit Open. Unknown? Unknowable? Maybe not. For the uninitiated… “The CrossFit Games Open Qualifiers is a six week, worldwide competition in the sport of fitness. The Open is the first step in the CrossFit Games season and takes place from March 15...
by Dan Williams | Dec 29, 2010 | Blogs, Exercise, Exercise Philosophies, Health, Improving Athletic Performance
Research (Gill et. al. 2007) reveals that reported measures of exercise intensity “…show the median level of vigorous-activity is consistently ZERO minutes.” Read that again… zero minutes. That doesn’t even take into account high-intensity activity, which...
by Dan Williams | Dec 29, 2010 | Blogs, Exercise, Exercise Philosophies, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation
Ok, so this might sound like the next Terminator Movie – but the truth is, exercise machines could do a lot more damage than Arnie with a grenade launcher. People know how good exercise is. A lot of people exercise. But few exercise smart. It’s time to...
by Dan Williams | Dec 23, 2010 | Blogs, Chronic Conditions, Exercise, Health, Weight Loss
We know our health is in crisis when words like globesity are being used to describe the extent of world weight problems. When chronic life-threatening conditions are combining their effects, like the recently coined ‘diabesity’. Not just diabetes. Not just obesity....
by Dan Williams | Dec 21, 2010 | Blogs, Exercise, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation
The body should be trained as it is to be used. If the role of a muscle is to create movement, then completing that movement will in turn train the muscle. The hip extensors should be trained by extending the hip, the elbow flexors by flexing the elbow, the knee...
by Dan Williams | Dec 20, 2010 | Blogs, Chronic Conditions, Exercise, Improving Athletic Performance, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation
For too long, mainstream exercise has been characterised by low variation. Similar or identical exercises are completed multiple times a week, if not every day. Not only does this create an overly narrow physical response (an adaptation to the familiar requires an...
by Dan Williams | Dec 7, 2010 | Blogs, Exercise, Health, Psychology
Gyms worldwide are characterised by huge floor to ceiling mirrors, framing lycra clad step aerobics devotees. Seems though, that these mirrors actually make it harder to gain the benefits of exercise – harder to lose weight. The theory behind this is the fact that...
by Dan Williams | Dec 6, 2010 | Blogs, Exercise, Health, Psychology
Self help books preach the power of positive thinking and optimism. Sounds good – but science tells us that this isn’t actually the best way to motivate yourself to exercise. Surprisingly, research tells us that the best way to motivate yourself to exercise is not to...
by Dan Williams | Nov 26, 2010 | Blogs, Exercise, Health, Nutrition
Sorry, not that kind of spooning… This is a great way to make a change to your environment once and reap the benefits forever. The size of the utensils we use to eat plays a major role in how much we eat. Research has shown that we eat less if we are eating from...
by Dan Williams | Oct 28, 2010 | Blogs, Exercise, Improving Athletic Performance, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation
Ok, maybe not bad, but definitely not as good as the full thing. Half squats are a lot better than no squats, but with a small change they can be a lot better. In the majority of cases, if Doctors and Health Professionals tell their patients not to squat, one of two...
