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How to use Recovery as the Ultimate Performance Tool – Part A
I am noticing a pattern. At this time of year, following winter in the Southern Hemisphere, people are appearing a little ‘run down’. It was the same last year, and the year before and the year before that and…well, I’m sure you are getting the picture. It is...
5 Fundamental Training Strategies for Junior Surfers
There's something inspiring about junior surfers, the raw talent, the joy of competing with their friends, their pure stoke! It is infectious! As a parent, a coach, a practitioner, you want to help these kids. You want to give them every opportunity you can, so that...
Home is where the Health is. 5 ways ‘housework’ can improve your health
You should see my house. I have a cleaner that helps me once a fortnight. It is still a mess. Why? I am a single parent, running a business, being a mother, a friend, a practitioner, a marketer, a bookkeeper, a networker and God knows what else. In short, I do not...
3 Fundamentals for Strength and Conditioning Training
THE BASICS THAT EVERY TRAINER AND EXERCISE ENTHUSIAST SHOULD KNOW ABOUTI graduated from a Bachelor of Sports and Exercise Science, with Honours, in 2005. Back then, strength and conditioning training was done largely in the gym. Musculoskeletal rehabilitation focused...
Up-righting. Do your body a favour
I wanted to explain the concept of 'up-righting', in greater detail. If you have been a client of mine, you have undoubtedly heard me talk about it. Up-righting is this idea that we are being pulled/distracted upwards, from a point on the top of our heads,...
4 SIMPLE surf training tools to help you manage your body
When you find something you love, you want to hang onto it. You want that special something to be part of your everyday life, for as long as you live. Sounds romantic but ask any surfer and their eyes will begin to twinkle as they talk about their love and passion for...
Number One In Your Training Regime?
This Blog is a follow on from my previous Blog, “Back to Back; how to survive the QS grind”. Recently I screened surfers competing in the Flight Centre Burleigh Pro and Telstra Stores Tweed Coast Pro Qualifying Series (QS) Events. Fatigue was a key issue amongst the...
BACK TO BACK: How to survive the QS Grind
After working back to back competitions, The Flight Centre Burleigh Pro and the Telstra Stores Tweed Coast Pro, it is time to consolidate, rest and re-set. The purpose of working these World Surf League Qualifying Series (QS) events was to screen the surfing athletes....
What do Surfing and Dancing in the Rain have in Common?
Surfing is one of the most dynamic sports I have come across. As an Exercise Physiologist, my role is to assist surfers recover from injuries and best prepare their bodies for surfing. For my competitive surfers, it’s about getting the best out of their bodies and...
New Year Resolutions. Are they really worth the effort?
A good friend of mine told me “I’m not making New Year Resolutions this year”. Said in public, that statement opened-up a whole movement of people who decided 2017 is the year for NOT making resolutions. To be honest, this shocked me a little. However, 30 something...