by Dan Williams | Oct 29, 2012 | Blogs, Recipes - Main Meals
Submitted by Alison Smith Serves 4. Preparation time 20 mins. Ingredients: CHICKEN 4 chicken breasts 1tsp paprika 1tsp black pepper 1tsp oregano 1tsp thyme 1/2tsp fennel 1 tsp crushed garlic (approx 2 cloves) SALSA 1tbs lime 1tbs chopped mint 1 mango 1 red capsicum...
by Dan Williams | Oct 29, 2012 | Blogs, Recipes - Main Meals
Submitted by Alison Smith. Serves 6. Preparation time 30 mins. Ingredients: SALAD 1/4 red cabbage 1/4 normal cabbage 2 carrots 1 red capsicum 1 red onion or spring onions ~700g rump steak or similar DRESSING / MARINADE 2 limes – juiced 2tbs fresh ginger –...
by Dan Williams | Oct 11, 2012 | Blogs, Exercise, Kids, Psychology
Reinforcement is arguably the most dominant factor influencing and shaping physical activity levels in children. Positive reinforcement and encouragement from peers and authoritative figures teaches kids that physical activity in both a is not only acceptable, but...
by Dan Williams | Sep 27, 2012 | Blogs, CrossFit, Exercise, Exercise Philosophies, Improving Athletic Performance, Programming
Head to our Facebook page and like us to see all our posts in your newsfeed. In early 2010 I wrote an article for The CrossFit Journal, ‘Weakness Bias Training’. In this article, I said: You are only as strong as the weakest link in your exercise chain....
by Dan Williams | Sep 26, 2012 | Blogs, CrossFit, Exercise Philosophies, Improving Athletic Performance, Programming
Summary: Range of Motion athletes completed a highly structured ten week training program. The participants averaged a 28.93% increase in variables measured. Here, we examine the improvement statistics from this sample. Overview: Range of Motion athletes completed a...
by Dan Williams | Sep 17, 2012 | Blogs, CrossFit, Exercise, Improving Athletic Performance, Programming
Agility is a rarely trained, though highly important component of fitness, especially as pertaining to sporting performance. It is the ability to rapidly modify the body’s posititon. Usually we associate this with cutting, weaving and changes of directions in...
by Dan Williams | Aug 17, 2012 | Blogs, Health, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation, Psychology
In a contemporary society where sport plays such a vital role in the human psyche, and athletes are often paid in relation to performance, athletic injury is a major factor not only in sport itself, but in the human society radiating from it. Human nature revolves...
by Dan Williams | Aug 15, 2012 | Blogs, CrossFit, Exercise, Exercise Philosophies, Improving Athletic Performance
The type of learning used for varying situations is reliant on the nature of that skill and the desired outcomes of the learning process. This learning type may vary depending on the skill or situation to be taught and includes both implicit and explicit learning...
by Dan Williams | Aug 14, 2012 | Blogs, CrossFit, Exercise, Improving Athletic Performance, Psychology
From a psychological perspective, everything we do is based on our own intrinsic factors, but to an equal extent, on environmental and group factors. It is these interactions and group variables which bring psychological factors to the fore. Thus, to effectively study...
by Dan Williams | Aug 13, 2012 | Blogs, Chronic Conditions, CrossFit, Exercise, Exercise Philosophies, Health, Improving Athletic Performance, Musculo-skeletal Rehabilitation
Dawn Gregson shares her experiences with overtraining and comes to some valuable conclusions. Learn from her experience. Over the past six months my training regime has been pretty heavy. I have trained five to six times a week with multiple workouts and practice...
