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...

This is going to be the first thousand-mile-high look at what we know and what we can hypothesise about the exercise physiology and...

I am beginning this post with a disclaimer as this topic is vast and there is only so much that can be addressed in a single post (or at...

Food provides the body with the energy to do work and the building blocks for growth and repair of body tissue, principally in the form...

Are you a “can’t-do-anything-until-i-have-had-a-coffee” kind of person? Or a “that-stuff-is-the-devil-and-leaves-me-awake-for-days” kind...

“Eat your fruit and veg” is a phrase you have probably heard repeatedly since you were a kid … from your parents, in school, by your...

You may have heard people say that guys should avoid soy, that it ‘feminises’ men or, more specifically, reduces their fertility. This...

Part 2: Endurance Events In the first part of this series we looked at how to fuel for a multi-event strength and conditioning...

You have your training nutrition down to a fine art. It’s fuelling you to go harder and faster and you have never felt better. You are...

Medium Chain Triglycerides (MCTs) have been promoted to bodybuilders as a supplement to promote weight loss, and to endurance athletes as...

Many a bodybuilder, crossfitter and average gym goer alike have signed up to the gospel of creatine. But what is it, and is it worth the...