The general consensus around NZ is that healthy food shopping is expensive and that is is cheaper to buy “bad” food than it is to buy “good” food. This couldn’t be further from the truth. Learning how to shop for

Broad jumps are an exercise used in many sporting codes to develop or test lower body horizontal explosive power. It is one of the staple movements in my jump progressions for sports that require strong horizontal push offs (e.g. running/sprinting,

Homemade burgers are an essential for your cooking repertoire. They are versatile and can be frozen for future meals. On top of that, you can be super sneaky and use your burger patty to sneak more vegetables into your diet.

Summing up from our last article, performing 1 week of 5 HIT sessions followed by 3 weeks of 1 HIT session a week with a general focus on low intensity training resulted in superior adaptations in VO2max, Wmax (maximal power) and power output at

I have had many challenges while working with the general population ranging from novice clients, to helping with injury rehab and finding different variations of exercises to ensure that clients of different ability can still train toward their own personal

Don’t get squashed by big weights. Use these cues to turn your squashers into squats. “Brace like I’m about to punch you” One of the most common cues used to help people brace their abdominal region. Works well so it

A couple of recent studies have looked into Block Periodization (BP) vs Traditional Periodization (TRAD) when it comes to endurance training in well trained endurance athletes. [1, 2]. The major physiological determinants of endurance performance are work economy, lactate threshold

Rugby league is a collision sport that requires high levels of strength, conditioning and speed. However, a school of thought often promoted is that high levels of strength (or continued training to maintain high strength levels) negatively impact upon aerobic