by Dan Williams | Nov 2, 2018 | Blogs, Chronic Conditions, CrossFit, Exercise, Exercise Philosophies, Flexibility, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation, Nutrition, Programming, Psychology, Weight Loss
The Range of Motion Model of Health sets down the principles for everything we do at Range of Motion. The model resembles a ‘wagon wheel’ with individual spokes. Each spoke is required to keep the wheel circular. Should one spoke fail (even thought the...
by Dan Williams | Oct 15, 2018 | Blogs, CrossFit, Exercise, Flexibility, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation, Older Persons, Programming
Older adults and masters athletes face a raft of challenges when it comes to exercise. Here, we discuss our tips for overcoming some of these obstacles: Injuries: Injuries are a part of the game, and while we try to minimise them, they happen. Of course, there’s...
by Dan Williams | Oct 11, 2018 | Blogs, CrossFit, Exercise, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Programming
Fly in / fly out workers face numerous challenges in trying to maintain a consistent and regular exercise program. Inconsistency is the common theme, with hours, locations, roles, nutrition, swings and sleep patterns all variable. The two biggest challenges on site...
by admin | Aug 17, 2018 | Blogs, Improving Athletic Performance, Nutrition, Psychology, Weight Loss
Recording, measuring and tracking your exercise and health behaviours all exist to assist you in creating a long term, sustainable behaviour change. This allows you to build long term, healthy habits. We can follow a specific process to create these long term...
by Dan Williams | Aug 16, 2018 | Biomechanics, Blogs, CrossFit, Exercise, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation
There’s no denying the squat is an absolutely foundational movement, whether we’re chasing health or performance. But the range of exercises that fall under the category of this movement is huge. Subtle variations in technique and execution lead to subtle...
by Dan Williams | Aug 5, 2018 | Blogs, CrossFit, Exercise, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Nutrition, Psychology
Ever get a dry mouth before a big event? Maybe it’s a job interview. Maybe it’s the CrossFit Open. Maybe you’re about to ask someone out on a date. Why do we get a dry mouth? And what can we learn from this experience to improve our performance?...
by Dan Williams | Jul 27, 2018 | Blogs, Improving Athletic Performance, Q&A ROMcast Transcriptions
“If you have an obvious limiting factor in a workout, is it best to work hard on the other movements to make up for it, or go easy on those movements to stay fresh for you weakness?” This all comes down to protecting against the limiting factor. This is...
by Dan Williams | Jul 27, 2018 | Blogs, Improving Athletic Performance, Programming, Q&A ROMcast Transcriptions
“Is it more beneficial to a CrossFit athlete to have a high one rep max, or to be able to do multiple reps close to their max?” All right, I’m going to give you a short answer here and then we’ll delve into the science behind this a little bit...
by Dan Williams | Jul 27, 2018 | Blogs, CrossFit, Exercise, Improving Athletic Performance, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation, Q&A ROMcast Transcriptions
“Is the prowler a useful tool to improve top-end leg strength, or is it only useful for conditioning?” Really good question. Using the prowler, and to understand our use of the prowler we need to understand a little bit about the mechanics of muscle...
by Dan Williams | Jul 27, 2018 | Blogs, CrossFit, Improving Athletic Performance, Programming, Q&A ROMcast Transcriptions
“Should I wear a lifting belt? Is it better to squat heavier with a belt, or lighter with no belt?” All right. So, let me answer this in two ways. The first answer I’m going to give is based on faulty assumptions. I’m going to give this answer...
