De-loading is a training principle that has been used for decades, but is highly under utilised in today’s fitness industry. De-loading is a recovery principle to overcome training plateaus whereby you reduce training volume, or intensity, in order to bounce back stronger. This is a particularly useful tool if you are injured, stressed, or noticing that you are not progressing towards your desired results. Work + rest = success Exercise is catabolic, meaning it breaks down th

This Blog was written as an Ambassador PTA Global - See the original here In the fitness industry many people think that the more you train, the better. We are conditioned to obsess over how to get more out of each workout. Fitness culture is plagued by motivational messages telling us to set aside pain and excuses in pursuit of fitness. While some of these approaches may be applicable to elite athletes, they are rarely a sustainable option for the general population, who lik

Some people are born lucky, they have the ability to sleep through anything! These annoying people fall asleep watching TV, or reading a book, and can take a cheeky power nap without getting anxious that they don’t have enough time to fall asleep. If this sounds like you, then you probably don’t need to read any further! On the other side of the coin, are people who struggle to get enough quality sleep. Ever since I can remember, I have had trouble sleeping. As a child I saw

If you have been unfortunate enough to experience an acute injury, then there is no doubt you are familiar with the traditional RICE approach to injury management. Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation. And when there is pain, we are conditioned to ‘kill’ the pain with pain killers or anti inflammatory drugs. What you may not realise, is that some of these treatment therapies are outdated, and can actually slow down your healing process. Because the RICE approach has been around