For all those outside of the bracket of elite professional athlete, the dormant state of relative physical inactivity in the form of the COVID-19 lockdown in the UK looks …
Mental Health Within Sport and Exercise
The concept of mental health within sport has long been an issue of paramount importance behind the scenes. However, in light of public announcements and addresses from elite athletes and …
Mindfulness and Yoga
With the stressors that can accompany modern life, most notably in more recent times, the prospect of awareness of the self and surroundings can easily be forgotten. Distractions and frustrations …
Nature or Nurture? The development of Sporting prowess
In the modern world of sport, the prospect of someone being labelled as ‘naturally gifted’ is an increasingly prominent notion. Whilst this doesn’t necessarily detract from the hard work and …
The Best Apps to Exercise With From Home
With restrictions placed across the globe throughout the majority of 2020, the way individuals have trained and maintained their fitness journey has been forced to adapt. The closure of gyms …
Posture in Sport – Part 2
The importance of maintaining good posture in relation to sporting performance In the first of this two-part piece on the effects of posture on sporting performance, we outlined the objective …
Posture in Sport Part 1
The importance of maintaining good posture in relation to sporting performance One of the most well-known phrases within sport and maintaining a healthy lifestyle in general is that of posture. …
Best Sports Tracking Apps
When it comes to the prospect of tracking your runs or cycling ventures, it can often be quite a daunting prospect when faced with the plethora of apps claiming to …
The Athlete or Equipment? Part 2 of 2
Incredible feats and the impact of Anthropomorphic advances Following on from our 1st article entitled; The Athlete or Equipment? I, we wanted to take a look at the other side …
The Athlete or The Equipment? Part 1 of 2
Incredible feats and the impact of technological advances When it comes to sporting achievements, the progression amongst athletes over the past century and beyond has been nothing short of remarkable. …