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 | Jun 19, 2020 | Blogs, Exercise, Exercise Philosophies, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation, Programming, Weight Loss
There seems to be a general belief that the HARDER an exercise session is, the more BENEFIT it will give you. That without ending up in a crumpled, sweaty puddle on the floor, the session will be a waste of time. Too often, we tend to think that levels of exertion and...
by Dan Williams | May 3, 2020 | Blogs, Exercise, Exercise Philosophies, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Programming
Specific training to improve power has far-reaching benefits for a broad spectrum of sub-populations. But first, let’s define the term. In physics terms, power = force x distance / time. We can simplify this equation by saying that power is the ability to move a...
by Dan Williams | Apr 16, 2020 | Blogs, COVID-19, Health, Nutrition, Psychology, Weight Loss
You’ve probably heard of a 12 week nutrition challenge. Perhaps you’ve even done one. And it probably went really well. Maybe you weighed and measured what you ate. You dropped a bit of weight and had more energy. And you built some really good nutrition habits… or...
by Dan Williams | Apr 14, 2020 | Blogs, COVID-19, Exercise, Exercise Philosophies, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation
There’s no denying that the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the way the world exercises. We’ve been dealt a whole hand of challenges. And while each of these can be overcome, we have to be smart about how we adapt. Perhaps the biggest change has been to the...
by Dan Williams | Apr 12, 2020 | Blogs, COVID-19, Exercise, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Programming
At the time of writing, and with the world in the grips of COVID-19 social distancing, social media is littered with posts of long, gruelling workouts going down in garages and home gyms around the world. We think this is amazing! To see people sharing their efforts...
by Dan Williams | Apr 8, 2020 | Blogs, COVID-19, Health, Psychology
We are creatures of habit. The vast majority of what we do every day is a result of routine. We go through our days segueing from one task to the next – a repetitive and predictable stream of events. It’s no wonder we find it so difficult to introduce new habits and...
by Dan Williams | Mar 13, 2020 | Blogs, CrossFit, Exercise, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Programming
Unable to access equipment but still want to follow your usual programming? This resource will allow you to modify your training to ensure you’re still benefitting from your normal program as much as possible. Exercises are listed in alphabetical order, with the...
by Dan Williams | Feb 14, 2020 | Blogs, Exercise, Exercise Philosophies, Health, Older Persons, Weight Loss
Are you lifting weights? You should be. Aside from making you stronger, there are some vital health benefits of resistance training that you just can’t get from any other form of exercise. Resistance training (using your muscles to lift heavy weights, either...
