Sandbag Shoulder Press Throw
Sandbags are an effective low cost alternative to medicine ball. This drill is alternative to the conventional shoulder press with a barbell, expect you accelerate through the movement allowing for...
View ArticleVibration Training to Enhance Speed, Power and Flexibility
Increasing Speed with Vibration Training
View ArticleGrappling with success – lessons to be learned from wrestling strength training
Examples of a wrestling periodisation plan and specific exercises
View ArticleMount Everest: training to climb the most dangerous mountain in the world!
Must climbers die on Everest?
View ArticleEndurance training for mountaineering: king of the death zone
King of the eight-thousanders!
View ArticlePeriodization: planning your training for optimal sports performance
Planning your sports training to ensure maximum performance gains
View ArticleCross Training: can boxing training be used for other sports?
Can boxing fitness help non-boxers improve their performance?
View ArticleTraining plan: monitoring your training intensity
Is your training diary a load of nonsense?
View ArticleOlympic gold medallist Jeremy Wariner speaks to Peak Performance
Jeremy Wariner talks about sprinting, BBQ and Michael Johnson
View ArticleSports clothing: how lycra effects performance
Is compression clothing the key to squeezing out a personal best?
View ArticleCore strengthening: resistance training
This video will focus on improving your core strength by using added resistance, with pulley machines and medicine balls and dynamic throwing movements. You can see the exercises being performed, and...
View ArticleUsing vibration training to recover from injury
In this video John Shepherd finds out about the benefits of whole-body vibration training as an intra-workout recovery. Spending 30 seconds on the vibration machine, it is claimed, can clear lactate...
View ArticleSports nutrition: the latest research into low glycogen training
Could training when muscle carbohydrate stores are low be advantageous to athletes?
View ArticleHow to use the beach to maximise training performance
Beach training incorporates shuttle runs, ball games, circuit training and swimming
View ArticleSports Training: the importance of knowing what the purpose of your training...
It's vital you focus on one specific area in any given training session
View ArticleSports psychology: creating the right vibe in your training is vital for...
If you are training where there is a good Vibe your performance will improve!
View ArticleSports Equipment: is GPS the best route to performance analysis?
GPS can provide coaches and athletes with invaluable information, enhancing training programmes and performance
View ArticleInspiratory Muscle Training: Ergogenic Benefits
Inspiratory muscle training as an ergogenic aid: the story so far
View ArticleLadder Drill Hopping Two Forward One Back
This drill is great for developing uni-lateral (one foot) coordination as it challenges the movement skills of athletes. Hopping drills are also great for developing lower leg strength and power.read more
View ArticleSports technology: Vibration training
Vibration training has become increasingly popular with athletes and, much more recently, everyday fitness trainers. John Shepherd was duly despatched to find out how this unique training method...
View ArticleFatmax: fat fact or fat fiction?
The loss of excess fat isn’t just aesthetic – it almost always produces enhanced performance
View ArticleMaximising the Anabolic Response to Training
Nick Tiller presents six evidence-driven but seldom practised methods by which athletes can promote the anabolic process to maximise training adaptation, promote recovery and improve athletic performance.
View ArticleInterval training: good for health as well as performance!
Intervals benefit performance at all levels of sport
View ArticleThe psychology of speed training
Mental preparation to enhance speed training and improve performance
View ArticleResistance training and muscle protein synthesis
Latest research to increase strength and muscle mass
View ArticleServing up an evidence-based training plan for tennis players
Help tennis players cope with the physiological demands
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