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TO NOAKES OR NOT TO NOAKES? By now most of you have heard of or bought Professor Tim Noakes book, The Real Meal Revolution. He has created quite a stir with this and people are going a bit nutty to buy the book and follow the prescribed eating plan. Here’s is some insight from our

Did your grandparents have food allergies? Mine sure didn’t. A stark comparison to the growing epidemic of food allergies, worsening with every generation. So why did your grandparents not have food allergies? It’s really quite simple… 1) They ate seasonal real food. Food came from farms and small markets in the early 1900?s, and because

INTRO There is absolutely no one size fits all squat position. If you don’t believe me, you are in for a treat. This article will help show you why athlete comfort should dictate squat width, why some people’s (not EVERYONE) feet point out (no matter how much “mobility” work they do), why some people have

BY PAVEL TSATSOULINE, CHAIRMAN  Have a strong year, brothers and sisters in strength!  I am not going to patronize you with “Go get, ‘em, tiger!” speeches.  You have your training plans and goals and Jan 1 is just another date on your training schedule.  Another swing day, deadlift day, pullup day.  Business as usual, nothing

by MC SCHRAEFEL We sit to commute. Sit at our computers. Sit at meetings. Relax…by sitting at home. In North America, most adults sit for about 9.3 hours. And that’s bad news for our health. When we sit for long periods, circulation is constricted. Metabolism slows. Muscles shut off; connective tissue tightens. Our brain hungers for

HAVE YOU OFTEN WONDERED HOW TO TRAIN EFFECTIVELY TO INCREASE PERFORMANCE AND MINIMISE INJURY? Please join us for an informative evening talk with Darren Dukes – a sports physiotherapist with a keen interest in running, and Ian Craig – an exercise physiologist, nutritional therapist, NLP practitioner and an endurance coach. Date: Friday 31st January 2014

By Amanda L. Chan 1. It lowers stress — literally. Research published just last month in the journal Health Psychology shows that mindfulness is not only associated with feeling less stressed, it’s also linked with decreased levels of the stress hormone cortisol. 2. It lets us get to know our true selves. Mindfulness can help

Forrest Yoga, invented by Anna Forrest, combines Native American elements that act as a means of therapy by sweating out toxins within the body. The yoga is intense, focusing on abdominal exercises and breathing techniques. The exercises taught in Forrest Yoga have a multitude of physical and emotional benefits, including stress relief, emotional healing, emotional

One of the great things about Strength Flow is the ability to combine movements and training techniques into new exercises and workouts. These movements, commonly referred to as “flows,” attempt to combine exercises in the most fluid way possible, allowing for a smooth transition from one to the next. The movements flows used are from