We all suffer a sport/activity injury every once in a while, be it a bump, bruise or sprain, and when it happens we often resort to compression as a solution. And why not? It offers reduced pain, reduced swelling and reduced recovery time. Add to this a period of cold therapy; say the application of […]
@OsianG has a bash at these healthy home made RAW Snickers, credit to the original recipe posted by Healthy Fitness Meals on Instagram. Ingredients Base 1 cup almonds 2 tbsp coconut oil 2 tbsp agave 1/2 tbsp vanilla extract Caramel Centre 25 Medjool dates 2 tbsp coconut oil 1 tbsp almond butter 1 tbsp almond milk
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It’s said that to become an expert at anything, you’ll need to practice for 10,000 hours, hence the name – 10k Hours. However, about the only thing that stuck in my head from teacher training was the quote from my tutor that some people have 20 years’ experience, while other have one year’s experience 20
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Maybe you recall our review of the first incarnation of BattleOats, found here. Although impressed by the credentials and stats the one thing that left it a little lacking was the taste. Which let’s face it is quite essential in the overall scheme of things! So when BattleOats came back in contact with us to
The conventional wisdom is that the best way to get fit for walking the hills, is by walking the hills. However, there are some positive steps we can take during the week without resorting to the gym (unless you insist!) as well as while we’re on the walk in order to make those hard earned
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@GethinEvans takes time out of his training regime to introduces us to Olympic Weightlifting. Enjoy . . . Weightlifting isn’t just going to the gym and performing some curls, bench press, or even dead-lifting. Weightlifting in the purest form is an Olympic sport consisting of 2 movements; the snatch and the clean & jerk. From when I
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SIS REGO is a recovery drink for use after intensive exercise such as a particularly tough run, or if you’re doing a particularly challenging walk over a number of days. What it’s good for? We’ve used it on heavy training days, perhaps when doing both a hill walk and a run, or just after a
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Gethin Evans takes us through the pain of Calluses! “Calluses are a perfectly natural thickening of the skin that forms in response to repeated friction or pressure. Movements such as pull-ups, toes to bar and any barbell movements (squat, deadlift, press, clean etc) cause enough repeated pressure for calluses to form” Doing a lot
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While walking is a low-impact form of exercise that can work wonders for your fitness levels, as well as providing other health benefits such as burning off those pesky calories and keeping your joints flexible; it can still put you at risk of strains and other injuries. Even without getting injured, hill walks and other
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Like traffic wardens and taxes, treadmill training is just one of those necessary evils we all have to put up with at some point in our lives. While pounding away on the mill like a giant hamster can be boring and uninspiring, it doesn’t have to be that way. Here are five top tips to make treadmill
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I had my game plan in place, but did it work? Weeks 1 – 5 I maintained a daily deficit for the first four weeks, but the final week became more of a struggle! I realised that I wasn’t actually eating enough for the activity I was undertaking. Week 5 was totally off plan, but I decided to
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I decided this year that I’d be fitter than ever, especially when I realised how much ascent the Wales Trail Marathon entails. There’s just no way I was going to complete that without getting down to a healthy weight. So I set myself a goal of losing 10 Kg in the first 2 months followed
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You’ve got your shiny new turbo trainer set up, or you want to get cracking on the exercise bike, but five minutes in and you’re bored. Here are a few ideas that might make it all a bit more tolerable and make motivating yourself a bit easier. 1 – Get a Heart Rate Monitor – as
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While the long winter nights may be coming to an end, I’d found myself doing a few hours a week on an old exercise bike that I found propping up a load of clothing in the spare room. While getting out into the fresh air is always the best option, I’m no road cyclist, and the local cycle tracks
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It’s always easy enough to throw money at a problem, providing you’ve got the money, rather than really getting to the root of the problem. This is partially why I think we strive to cut the weight of our kit, either spending hours producing kit that’s 5g lighter than what we’ve already got or £600
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While I drink a lot of water during the day usually, for some reason I find it difficult to drink sufficient amounts while out walking. Either the water has warmed up or needed sterilizing and so tastes rather chemically. On day walks, I can get around this with a bottle of pure juice diluted with
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When we reviewed the mountain fuel a few weeks ago we were convinced that our hydration problem on long trips was over, when these popped through the letterbox. I’ll cut straight to the chase. One 80g tube of tablets makes up to 20x750ml bottles of hydration drink. This is ideal if you’ve got one of
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If you want to start getting fit, perhaps lose some weight that you’ve put on due to the usual post Easter chocolate clearance, then getting walking is an ideal way to do that. Should i go walking, running or cycling? If you’re reading this article, then it can be assumed that you’re already able to
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