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Unlock Your Athletic Potential with Menstrual Cycle Training

Pre menopausal women; trans men; and non binary people with a uterus, have our own seasons of cycling oestrogen and progesterone. We...

10 Daily Movements

Physical activity reduces nociception (or pain perception) in a few ways. One neat way is through altering our immune system response....

Turn Up the Heat on Your Warm Up to Avoid Injury

Aerial training as a hobby is hard. Not only does it hurt, it requires a whole lot of strength and flexibility that the average person...

Exercise for Ages 40 and Beyond: Training Advice from Stacy Sims’ Book: ‘Next Level.’

For eons Earth has tilted as it rotates around the Sun, cycling through restful, preparatory, flourishing and quietening seasons. For...

The Warm Up: it's not just for our muscles

We all know how to warm up right? But, have you ever thought about warming up in a smarter way? In a way that avoids injury and keeps you...

Twelve Dominant movement patterns

I wrote a blog post years ago called a dozen daily movements - it was written on the assumption that these were movements that we should...

Returning to Circus Training: check out these graphs

Below are the images, slides and links from my talk about returning to circus training after a Four. Month. Break. This rest was not a...

Returning to the Gym? Take it Easy

My quarantine body While writing letters and connecting with old friends I feel our bonds strengthen across seas and timezones My limbs...

Motivation is Fickle: Tips on Returning to Exercise After a Break

Oh motivation you fickle little bitch. Motivation is a fairy-tale nymph - she dances in while we’re feeling emotionally vulnerable in...

Let the Seasons Shape your Movement and Nutrition: How to Plan Your Year Like An Athlete.

It’s summer time! Hooray. Longer and warmer days mean people are naturally more active and have more energy to move. This is great and...