4 Reasons You Should Use a GRID Instead of a Foam Roller – and How to Win One!

Get rid of your sore and tight spots once and for all

There are certain topics I could talk for days about. This is one of them Ever since this website started 18 months ago, I’ve constantly talked about the importance of looking after your body through stretching, self-massage and self-myofascial release (SMR for short) in order to maximise your recovery and your body’s ability to deal with your [...]

4 Things You Need to Know about Trigger Points

Use a pool noodle in place of a foam roller

I get asked questions about a lot of topics. When I sat down & tried to work out which was the most common topic, I was surprised to find it was about triggers points & ability of tools like foam rollers & pool noodles to treat them. I am not sure why I was surprised. [...]

The 3 Worst Mistakes Runners Make – Mistake #1

Chrissie Wellington tweet from 16 Feb 2011

You could say that my Achilles has not been my achilles heel (touch wood). However I have managed to injure just about every other lower leg muscle (& some more than once) since I started running. So this is a topic close to my heart. Running is something humans have evolved to do over thousands [...]

Roll Julia Gillard

Sparta_PT tweet

And no, I’m not talking about the Labour Party offering up yet another leader as a sacrificial lamb. This post could be subtitled “use a foam roller otherwise you will move like Julia”. I have to admit that I am “a postural pervert”. I watch people. I am fascinated by the way people move (or, [...]

The 2 most important things to do after your goal race

How do I recover from a race

Do you want to get injured early next season? No, I didn’t think so. So it’s 2 days after Ironman Australia & the 70.3 race here in beautiful Port Macquarie. Having a beer, spending time with your (neglected) family & friends, enjoying a few desserts, sleeping-in & reflecting on how the big day unfolded are [...]