“It is the Athletes’ personal duty to ensure that no Prohibited Substance enters their bodies. Athletes are responsible for any Prohibited Substance or its Metabolites or Markers found to be present in their Samples.” – WADA Code. it is estimated that up to 9% of all the positive doping tests nowadays are caused by elite…
Decreased costs of genetic sequencing has resulted in companies selling genetic information direct to customers (DTC) (Harris, Kelly, & Wyatt, 2013). DTC testing markets itself with a variety of services namely, ancestry testing, health testing and carrier testing (Phillips, 2016), in certain cases DTC genetic testing claims to test for the creative, musical, linguistic, and…
This webinar will focus on the ideas and methodology around setting appropriate goals along with how we structure our training around work and home life! This webinar will be delivered by head coach Jamie Blanchfield you can read a little more about Jamie here
Supplements and ergogenic aids are all the rage at present. They represent a multi-billion-dollar industry that sits on a house of cards and is fuelled by one thing; hope. When we reach for a supplement, what we are looking for is a better outcome, an improvement, a shortcut to a desired endpoint, for some, they…
Sports clubs and teams are the focal point of development for both young and old athletes. The difference between good and poor can very often lead to substandard development and retention of athletes, thus inhibiting peak performance and losing life time members who turn away from the sport. Henriksen1 conducted multiple case studies2,3,4 into talent…
A few weeks ago, we discussed the basics of training terminology. But, for the more curious among us, there is a few terms/ metrics that we left off the list – these will be discussed below. As always, we’ll keep it as research backed as possible while also making the information accessible in how these…