If you are an athlete your goal is to train, recover, adapt and perform to your potential. And by ‘athlete’ I mean anyone from a...

“If a supplement works, it is probably banned. If a supplement is not banned, it probably doesn’t work. There are some exceptions.” (Doug...

A diet is just what you eat. But of course, when we talk about being ‘on a diet’ we are usually saying we are in a ‘calorie deficit’ i.e....

Gut health. There is a good reason this is a nutrition ‘hot topic’. It really does have an important role in health and performance! What...

Whether you are an elite athlete or just someone who enjoys moving each day, injuries are a pain in the butt (maybe literally!). Many...

We are quite literally what we eat. Every part of our body, from the muscles powering our barbell lifts to our littlest toenail, is...

Priority (noun.): a thing that is regarded as more important than others. By definition only a limited number of things in life can be a...

The Gamechanger Movie. Cited as proof that plant based diets are superior for athletic performance and health. Before I get into the...

Okay, so the title is somewhat misleading. Because if you are focussing on your nutrition, i.e. knowing what you are putting in your...

This blog is a bit of a deviation from my norm, but it is important. If you are working with me it is because you want to make a change...

Continuing with factors that can impact an individual’s nutrition requirements: Gender. I will say upfront that this is not an article...

Inflammation = pain = take ibuprofen = reduced inflammation = reduced pain = yay! Right?! Given that you are about to read an article on...

The CrossFit Open just 3 weeks away marks the start of a new competition season for many within CrossFit and Functional Fitness more...

Nature versus Nurture. Are we determined by our genes or our environment? Of course the answer is both: it is nature and nurture, not...

You are unique! No one else has quite the same combination of age, gender, body composition, genetics, sport, training schedule, training...

The fire that ignites in your muscles as you smash your legs in an all-out sprint, fight for just one more rep in that AMRAP, or plough...

Vitamin D is produced in the skin in response to sunlight, and can also be obtained in smaller quantities from the diet. Vitamin D has...

Given the sheer volume of (at face value) conflicting nutrition information out there, in this blog post I thought I would take the...

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) can damage the cells in our body, disrupting function. Exercise increases the production of ROS. So …...

In 2018 the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) removed cannabidiol (CBD) from its list of banned substances and since then there has been an...