To CrossFit or not To CrossFit… – Revolution Personal Training

CrossFit, when mentioned in the fitness industry gets a lot of mixed responses. ‘Ooooh, it’s dangerous’ and ‘isn’t that just circuit training?’ are the most common I get, I guess it’s kind of like judging a book by its cover, and I s’pose that when all you have ever seen of CrossFit is from YouTube [...]

  Whenever you watch sport on TV you will see at least a hand full of athletes getting injured ranging from a sprained ankle, corked thigh, hamstring strain and the list goes on! These are known as soft tissue injuries which can be mostly prevented. Soft tissue injuries involve sprains (over stretching of ligaments), strains [...]

Nutrition for Recovery: Pre-Exercise Last week we spoke about different recovery strategies to use after hard training sessions. The next couple of weeks will focus on nutritional strategies for pre and post exercise. This week we will focus on what to eat prior to exercise. Your last big meal should be consumed around 3-4 hours [...]

Recovery techniques have become increasingly popular over the years. The AIS spent millions of dollars on their recovery centre which opened in 2005. The centre contains plunge pools, hot spas, showers, whirl pools and the list goes on. So what things can you do without having access to these world class facilities? Here are some strategies you can do at home:

I’m sure many of you are reading this thinking “What the hell! I would never run in bare feet. That’s impossible!”
Well, do you think they ran before there were shoes? Or did we wait until they were invented?
Ok, now that we have cleared that up, let’s get to it.