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Peak Performance Launches Olympics 2008 Blog
Telling Non-Olympians how to do it too!
Squash, Badminton, and Tennis players: Improve your power!
Big hitting for racquet sports players – prepare yourself!
Skills Based Training: Female Games Players
Skills Based Training as an Alternative to Traditional Strength Training
Perceptual training: how to sense what is happening a split second before others and steal a march on your opponents
Orthotics - Therapy for the Prevention and Treatment of Sports Injuries
Faulty Biomechanics lead to Overuse Injuries
Sports science: What have the sport scientists done for us? Craig Sharp on the interface between knowledge and performance
Sports vision - How enhancing your vision can give you that extra edge in competition
Fat is on the lips of more and more athletes these days - in both the verbal and gastronomic sense
Cure For Tennis Elbow: Follow these rules if you want to avoid - and treat - the dreaded tennis elbow
Eating Before Competition: Can you give your performance an edge by fuelling up before exercise? Well, sometimes yes, sometimes no, and sometimes it can even have a negative effect. Here are the guidelines.
Dehydration And Performance: We've said it before and we'll say it again: even on cool days, dehydration can seriously damage your performance. Here's a guide to avoiding it
Fitness program - How to design a sports-specific fitness program
In the weeks building to an important tournament, a squash player needs a workout that can deal with both fitness and skills in a time-efficient way. A "pressure session" can handle both these demands in just 40 minutes and is also extremely specific to the demands of squash.
Personal experience: longevity
" I am now running, at 59, the sort of times I was running as a 19-year-old National Serviceman" .
Sports Supplements: Here's a survey of what the nutrition experts take
Squash, Age, Fitness And Risk: New research conducted by T. Reilly and D. Halsall at the Centre for Sport and Exercise at Liverpool John Moore University has shown that regular competitive squash has considerable health benefits but that older recreational players should approach the game with due care.
Building Bone-mass: Hoping to build bone mass? Try squash and weight lifting!
Mental Fatigue: When your brain tells you to stop going, here's how to tell it to shut up.
Squash: The ball-boy servants who watched, waited - and conquered
Synergy: How diet and exercise interact to prevent disease - a research summary.
Training Techniques: Speed Work
Training Techniques: Speed Work
Sports Injury Avoidance: Like most athletes, you undoubtedly want to lower your chances of incurring an injury while participating in your favourite sport. Injuries decrease the amount of time you can spend in leisure activities, lower your fitness, downgrade competitive performances, and can lead to long-term health problems such as arthritis and/or joint stiffness.
Cross Training Workouts
Achilles Heel Injury Prevention: These exercises can turn your Achilles heel into a rock of Gibraltar
What time is it inside your body? The answer may determine the effectiveness of your training - and your performance
Muscle soreness is the bane of all athletes because it's connected with low muscular power outputs and an inability to carry out high-quality workouts and competitions.
bilateral co-ordination | training
Bilateral Co-ordination: Why dexterity alone just will not do: some lessons from a young piano player
How to design a sports-specific fitness programme
Muscle Soreness: Try this eccentric method of getting rid of muscle soreness.
The basis of a healthy body is a strong skeleton. Here's how to look after it.
Sports Vision: In most sports, you'll never achieve your true potential if your eyes aren't up to it. Here's a special report on how they can be trained.
Sports Knee Braces: Does wearing a knee brace improve or hamper your ability to perform?
Glucose: You can lead a muscle to glucose, but can you make it drink?
Pressure Training Sessions: How to keep your skills even when all about you are losing theirs.
Tennis Elbow | Lateral Epicondylitis
Tennis Elbow or Lateral Epicondylitis
Sport By Sport Diet Guide: Whatever your sport, nutrition should be an integral part of your training and competition strategy. Although the emphasis will vary according to the activity you're involved in, there is a consensus among sports scientists on guidelines that athletes should be aiming for.
Tapering 2: What form of tapering works best in which sports? Here's a critical review of the research
Vision In Sport: A guide to improving performance by training the eyes.
Choline: Supplements of this essential compound have helped swimmers, basketball players and distance runners
Hyperbaric Therapy: If you're an injured runner, should you breathe in pure oxygen to hasten the healing process? That's what some sports scientists are recommending, as the inhalation of oxygen under high pressure (also called hyperbaric oxygen therapy) becomes an increasingly popular form of treatment for hurting athletes.
Track And Field Workouts: Phasing the year properly means allowing your athletes a chance to be serviced, oiled and refitted.
Creatine works for competitive squash players...
Diet And Performance: One big advantage of being a runner is that you can eat a lot without putting on weight. The more you run, the more you can eat.
stress inoculation training | sports psychology
Learn how to 'inoculate' your stress, and take mental charge of your performances
Tendinitis (inflammation of a muscle tendon) is without doubt the most common cause of lower-leg pain.
You may have iron in your soul, but have you enough in your body?
prehabilitation exercises | strength exercises | conditioning exercises
Prehabilitation exercises: these prehabilitation exercises will help reduce injury risk
Questions
Any athlete here has experience with Astaxanthin?
It seems this "new" carotenoid (astaxanthin) is the best for enhancing health and performance with basis on its unique properties, I need to confirm with experiences before I order some product. Tks
There's a lack of answers on these forums. Could the community please get involved...
can you define functional training & why is it important?
i wanted to gather all possible in formation about functional training(i.e. benefits, goal of training, factors affecting it, etc..)
I have a coach that I don't like (can't stand) to be around, how can learn to tolerate him?
How do I make lower stomach fat into abs?
I can define and shape my upper abs but anything I do doesn't define or shape my lower abs. What can I do?
How can I improve my breathing for swimming?
I'm joining swimming and it gets hard for me to breathe during flip turns. What exercises should I try?
Who or what are elite athletes ??
I am interested in strength and conditioning and may get accredited while at university.
Lack of questions on this page...
Why is nobody asking any more questions ?? Nobody knows everything, so get on here and learn from others. Okay I will start the ball rolling...
Toxic benzene in drinks/gels/bars !!??
Hey, remember read the labels in all what you eat and drink: Ascorbic acid + Benzoate = benzene (toxic).
I am 47 years old, & have recently started to train again, for weight loss & general good health. I am interested in an easy Circuit that I can do at home.
I want to strengthen my legs but I have no equipment, any suggestions?
What do you think of the Peak Performance Premium area? (!)
As the main provider of information in this area, I'd like to find out what you think about the videos and the articles in particular.
What does "Whey Protein" do for you?
I know people who out it in fruit smoothies or energy drinks, but wat is it and what does it do?
Effect of gender stereotypes on sporting goals/achievements?
any thoughts towards this topic? do you know of any articles i can read up on? thanks so much for your time
As a teenager would they affect your hormones?
How do I improve my fitness fast?
I need to improve my fitness asap......
I have dificulty shaping the lower part of my stomach. What exercise can I do to reach that area.
What can you do in an overtrained state to remedy the position?!
I am 27 and compete in many sports and train with weights additonally and have done from a young age. I do have an addictive requirement to exercise hard and compete, often 'pushing through'.
How do you tell if you have shin splints. I have a pain in my left leg above my ankle, but I don't know what it is.
Please can you help me with specific weight training to assist in movement and conditioning
Are the eas myplex drinks good?
is eas myoplex good for your body does it have any side effects any one tried it yet?
If i Drink Skimmed milk every day for a month and not drink anything else or eat anything else cept from veg and fruit.. will that be a healthy lifestyle?
What is the best diet for training at mostly high intensity?
I train regularly for squash and parkour, both skill and in a gym for areas of fitness.
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Blogs
Money In Sport Is Out Of Control!
This week saw the beginning of an ugly new chapter in the financing of sport.
For those of you who emailed in do not fear I have not forgotten about the sporting returns!
There is no doubt that sporting comebacks provide some of the most exhilarating moments in sporting history.
Sporting rivalries can often be as absorbing to watch as the sports themselves and usually occur as a result of two teams or individuals competing to be the ultimate champion.
There are occasions in sport when those taking part wish the ground would open up and swallow them whole.
Pressure plays a huge role for any sportsman when competing but those who make it to a professional level have the added stress of expectation brought around by the media, coaches and spectators wh
The 5 Grisliest Sporting Injuries!
As a sportsman one thing you can always guarantee experiencing throughout your career is injury.
Olympic Chiefs Adopt Drug Retest Policy
Only days after the cycling world was rocked by the news that the 2008 Tour de France had been riddled with dru
I just haven’t had the time to write like before so I wanted to create a solid article which tackles a wide range of issues.
Have shoulder pains? You came to the right place.
I have been doing exercises for my abs but they are just now showing what can I do? I even have little fat.
I started training two months ago and I have really noticed a boost in my fitness,all you need is time and dedication.
“The 7 Deadly Sins of Lifting” this is another installment from A. Jay of a series of motivational articles.
Most people would agree the hardest muscle to get into shape is the one 'between the ears.'
next NLP Sports Practitioner Course that we run here at Mindtree Ltd.
Drug testing what's out there a physiotherapists view point
Testing Athletes for Drug Use Why do some “athletes” try to enhance their performances on the track and field by taking drugs?
Here is the first and not the last instalment of Nick Mitchell’s long awaited All Strength Q&A.
Are you making these mistakes as an Athlete?
Don’t get me wrong nobody’s perfect, especially me, many of these ideas came from my “Stupidity”, a rollercoaster of discovery, injuries and re-injury, does that sound about right?
Sports Medicine Foot and Ankle Rehabilitation
This article was a long time coming. After writing and then scraping and re-writing it is a good way to describe this.
The Insider’s Secrets to a Flat Stomach
Hey regular blog readers myself and Nick sat down and and had a conversation, long story short this article was born.
Rotational Carbohydrates "RO-CHO" ?
Rotational Carbohydrates "RO-CHO" Article by Steve Blades. It is all about carbohydrate rotation for ultimate performance.
Another great read by Steve Blades aka "Marmite". If you are not making gains in the gym or the track this will change everything completely.
You are a Beginner, READ THIS!
A great,long article about everything on general bodybuilding ,training, nutrition and supplementation as a beginner.
A great new update to hit Rawgrip.com, a great article for all of the new found health freaks this year.
Squat Rx Video Creator Interview
If you are a serious lifter you must have heard of the “Squat Rx” video series all over the net. The Videos are available on YouTube.
How Focused Are You at the Gym?
Sean discusses The Top 10 Reasons why you are slacking in the Gym and How to prevent this. He exposes some great Tips how to make your training sessions more productive for better end results.
Finally an article created for all you serious weight shifters. C Pikey discuses the truth about A massive Bench Press and gives some tips How To Improve your Weak Bench.
Glycemic Index in Athletes and Weight management
An article about the glycemic index of carbohydrates pertains directly to athletes and their performance.
A new article by Michael Nystrom discussing the protein intake amounts in athletes. Athlete Protein intake article
Introduction to Tai Chi Training
This article is merely a brief and light hearted introduction to Tai Chi. My next article will focus upon how the key principles of Tai Chi can be used to develop optimum sports performance.
America's growing health crisis.
A good article about fish oils and the recommended intake in an athlete, a great read. Fish oil article Or
I finally finished a nutrition article which will help any athlete to peak performance. It covers everything from protein intake for an athlete and how to loose some extra pounds.
Training Methods for the Development of Power
The other day I came across a presentation a friend and I did at university. Thought I'd share it with you all.
It's a very exciting day for us today, because we've had our first major relaunch in 7 years.
When we set up the new PP Online site, one of our biggest aims was to create a place where anyone with a passion for sport could share their opinions and experiences.
Who drinks red bull or other caffeine beverages before they compete?
Steroids are banned, dangerous drugs. DON’T TAKE THEM.
