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Peak Performance Launches Olympics 2008 Blog
Telling Non-Olympians how to do it too!
Increase Vertical Leap and Improve Jumping Ability with Plyometrics
Plyometric Exercises to Make You Jump Higher and Further
Dynamic stretching exercises increase jumping ability
Basketball Warm-ups to Increase Vertical Leap
A simple way to predict ankle risk
Half-time nutrition – what’s best for maximising fulltime performance?
Half-Time Training for Team Sports
Sports News: Aquatic Plyometrics
The Benefits of Aquatic Plyometrics
Periodisation models: sport-specific requirements for skill acquisition and competition readiness
Agility: Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee: sport-specific drills for boosting agility
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
Leg strengthening exercises - These one-leg strengthening exercises spell greater power, but you have to do them fast!
Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury prevention exercises, rehabilitation and training techniques
These four exercises can help prevent your ACLs blowing up - which is especially good news for female athletes.
Vision In Sport: A guide to improving performance by training the eyes.
medicine ball training workouts
Medicine ball training workouts: Does medicine ball training really work?
Strength training exercises for knee injuries
Strength training exercises for knee injuries
osteoporosis | female athletes | distance running injuries
Osteoporosis - female athletes distance running injuries : why distance running can be bad for bones
Strength training program
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.
Conditioning: Next to cross-country skiing, running is the best type of fitness training for all sports.
Fitness program - How to design a sports-specific fitness program
warming up | substitute players
Warming up, substitute players & sitting on the bench
Reading The Game: While lesser mortals grind out victories with their patient shots, eliminating risks and playing the percentages, the truly gifted seem to conjure with time. They bring an unhurried genius to their game that allows them to play shots with an audacity that sometimes surprises even them.
Creatine facts: The latest research results are all good - and don't believe the rumour that it causes cramp.
The Javelin: The throwing Finns: are they made or born?
knee injuries | female athletes
Why do female athletes hurt their knees so often - and how can they protect themselves from knee injuries?
Body Composition - Fat Measurement: How Good is the 'Bod Pod'?
Knee injury: how can they protect against knee injuries?
running foot injuries - plantar fasciitis
Running Foot Injuries - Describing plantar fasciitis is easy: It's simply an inflammation of the fascia on the bottom of the foot. Getting rid of plantar fasciitis is hard
Shin splints: These exercises will help to strengthen your lower legs, and prevent or repair shin splint problems
How to design a sports-specific fitness programme
Lactate Level Readers and Fitness Assessment
Anterior cruciate ligament (acl) injuries, treatment, training and surgery
Complete tears of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) - the key ligament which bonds together the upper and lower parts of the leg at the knee - account for more than two-thirds of all knee injuries in skiers and are fairly common in other sports as well.
Biological clock-watching can give your performance an extra boost.
British sports coaches | Australian sports coaches
Why blinkered British coaches have a lot to learn from Aussie champions
Distance running injuries: Why distance running can be bad for bones
tendons | tendon | strength training
Tendons strength training: Performance benefits of optimising both components of your muscle tendon units
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...
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?
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 need training advice!!! pls help
I just finished my summer job; so I have lots of time and am doing multiple fitness programs now.
What should I do between matches in tournament?
-I'm trying to avoid cramping later in the day. I think I'm hydrating and eat well, so I wonder if my cramping comes from a poor cool-down? -there are about 45 minutes between matches
How can I improve my punching speed for boxing?
I have a powerful righthand but my left arm is by comparison very slow and weak, so I need training to make it faster.There is enough strength in my right arm to plant a knock-out blow.So I just need
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.
I injured my shoulder 10 weeks ago...more than a strain?
I injured my shoulder 10 weeks ago, reaching backward to pull open a stuck door. I didn't go to the doctor right away, because it seemed just sore/strained.
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?
'm 25 yrs woman.. am I too Old to get into training?!
I am 25 yr old woman, have always been into sport since school.., always enjoyed it but being from India, never had very good resources for training(other than cricket of course) plus women and sport
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
I want to make a rep volleyball team! Tryouts are in september and i need some trainig ideas from now to then to help me prepare. Any ideas?
i want to know about mental training in volleyball ?
i want to know about mental training in volleyball
Hwo can I improve the height for a spike at home??
I want to be able to jump higher for my spike. any ideas for drills??
How do you choose between sports??
I love both gymnastics and volleyball. It's hard for me to teach gymnastics when im not learning aswell.
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.
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.
How do I loosen my hamstrings?
I have really tight ham strings and it affects me physically. What is a good stretch or exercise that will help me to loosen them.
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?
Does tilting your upper body forward add to your running speed
I can tilt my upper body forward and stand still or run backward.
Does pushing into the ground harder toss you higher or forward faster?
When I stand still (balanced) and push hard into the ground I jump high not forward. I can't push back at the ground while balanced to start running.
Any Good Proprioceptive exercises?
Hiya. Just wondering if anyone has any good suggestions of proprioception exercises for the lower limb? I feel I sometimes struugle to come up with alot outwith using a wobble board.
I am trying to plan strength programs for a range of ages from about 10 years through to 18-20 for netballers.
A programme for 'jumpers knee'
I'm looking for a good/decent programme to prevent jumper's knee, in addition to this a programme for the athlete once they have been diagnosed with this sympton.
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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?
It's been so long since my knee injury. You'd think I'd have got over it and be back on my bike as it were! . . But alas It's taking me a while to build my fitness up again.
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.
A great plyometric article i have read. The best thing about it is free and it gives no BS information about the subject.
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?
Barry Ross is the Author of “Underground Secrets to Running Faster” a book which has gained a lot of attention in coaching circles over the past few years. http://www.bearpowered.com.
Steroids are banned, dangerous drugs. DON’T TAKE THEM.
Videos
Women's dumbbell military press
The dumbbell military press is a fine exercise for women who desire strong triceps.
