Excess body fat is dead weight, it is not self-supporting like muscle tissue, it requires additional resources for blood flow and it is easily traumatised from impacts. These reasons alone should be enough justification for an athlete to stay lean and that’s without mentioning the negative hormonal and metabolic influences excess body fat has […]
Risk verses reward is something that every action sports athlete has to deal with every time they compete or practice. It just comes with the territory and we aren’t talking about “will Billy still be my friend if I talk to Sally” kind of risk verses reward that most people struggle with on a […]
There is a saying ‘failing to plan is planning to fail’ and as cliché as that might sound its true. In the training world we use a term “gen pop” or general population, this is basically your non athlete humans; they might play a bit of sports but have no aspirations of being pro […]
Firstly let’s define what is what because a lot of people get this confused. Practice as I define it with my athletes is just that, practicing your skills in your chosen sport For example with FMX that might be: Time on the ramps working on tricks and doing video reviews of your progress Time […]