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Post workout Nutrition

Post workout Nutrition

| January 16, 2015 | 0 comments
  We’ve had a couple of questions recently about post-workout nutrition. But before answering what’s best for you, we need to know who “you” are. Post-workout nutrition very much depends on the goal of the athlete, be it; for strength and performance gains; or for weightloss and health, in the form of minimising inflammation and
Athletes, bishops stortford, Competition, Crossfit, Fitness, Hertfordshire, high performance programming, HPP, Injury active clinic, Programming, Training
Nutritional Basics

Nutritional Basics

| December 15, 2014 | 0 comments
  Understanding the value of food is essential to making the correct choices when it comes to a healthy diet or optimal recovery, many people believe they are keeping a healthy diet due to “low fat options” or not eating sweets and chocolates, this does leave the whole of the rest of our diet almost
Fitness, Hertfordshire, Liftoff Crossfit, Training
Sleep and Recovery – Optimising your performance.

Sleep and Recovery – Optimising your performance.

| December 3, 2014 | 0 comments
  Millions if not billions of pounds every year goes to either the research or purchase of sports supplementation, all with the promise of greater improvements. Except for the stimulant camp,  all supplements promise this improvement essentially though faster/more total RECOVERY.   Whilst some of these supplements are highly useful to fine tune your performance,
Aerobic Power, Athletes, bishops stortford, Crossfit, Liftoff Crossfit, Training
Injury Active Clinic welcomes new Sports Therapist at LiftOff CrossFit

Injury Active Clinic welcomes new Sports Therapist at LiftOff CrossFit

| November 10, 2014 | 0 comments
As some of you may be aware Coach Craig runs Injury Active Clinic when he isn’t at LiftOff coaching and he has expanded his clinic to open up above the gym at LiftOff CrossFit. He has hired Jessica Woodhouse, a graduate Sports Therapist to run the clinic full time. At LiftOff we are very excited
Injury active clinic, sports injury
LiftOff CrossFit – Programming Insights

LiftOff CrossFit – Programming Insights

| November 7, 2014 | 0 comments
  Programming insights: Here is my second article with an insight into the programming I’m doing for you guys and why I’m doing it…..there is method to the madness! Today I will talk about last wednesday’s session: Wednesday 29th October Warm up + Deadlift practice* We do dynamic range of motion stuff to warm up
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The Deadlift

The Deadlift Athletes, bishops stortford, Competition, Crossfit, Fitness, high performance programming, HPP, Injury active clinic, Liftoff Crossfit, Programming, Back pain, sports injury, Training, Deadlift, Deadlifting, James Wilkinson

| October 29, 2014 | 0 comments
Its primal, its big and its sexy, the Deadlift is the big daddy of all your barbell movements and if you’re a balanced lifter you should be able to move the most weight in this movement. It improves posture, helps positioning in the 1st and 2nd pull of your Olympic lifts and greatly increases raw
Athletes, bishops stortford, Crossfit, Liftoff Crossfit, lower back pain
Ankle mobility – Injury active’s tips

Ankle mobility – Injury active’s tips

| October 2, 2014 | 0 comments
A blog post from Injury Active Clinic. Ankle mobility is my number one for limiting the position of the squat. In my personal anecdotal experience, I find variances in the squat pattern are due to either having short calf musculature (deep posterior tibial tissue) or stiffness through dorsiflexion (think foot coming towards your face). Whilst
Ankle mobility, Injury active clinic
LiftOff CrossFit – Programming Insights Part 1

LiftOff CrossFit – Programming Insights Part 1

| October 1, 2014 | 0 comments
    Programming insights: I’m going to start posting small insights into how and why I programme the way I do for the gym. Today I will talk about Monday’s session: Monday 29th September Warm up + Med ball Clean Practice* We do dynamic range of motion stuff to warm up every day here at
Aerobic Power, bishops stortford, Cardio, Crossfit, Fitness, Programming, Training
Pullups – Kipping or Strict?

Pullups – Kipping or Strict?

| September 8, 2014 | 0 comments
      When discussing kipping, its best first to address the various posts, comments and general discussion there are across the Internet on “is kipping a good idea?”. This question has got people heated on both sides, general fitness culture and bodybuilding consider kipping to be a “cheat”, some other fitness professionals and therapists
Athletes, bishops stortford, Competition, Crossfit, Fitness, high performance programming, HPP, Injury active clinic, Liftoff Crossfit, Programming, Shoulder pain, sports injury, Training
Foot Positioning in the Squat

Foot Positioning in the Squat

| September 5, 2014 | 0 comments
The Kelly Starrett hype on movement/mobility has led to large discussions on the foot position during squatting. As a result, much like sports medicine, there are arguments/evidence for and against certain modalities for treatment. Individuality is key here in my opinion and plays a part in most of my clinic reasoning for treatment of injuries/movement
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