Graeme is a former Royal Marine Physical Training Instructor (PTI) who swapped his White Vest and Green Beret for Fighting Fires and saving lives.  In this post Graeme discusses some of the basic principles he used to help him smash his Fire-Fighting physical tests. (Picture by Gothick Matt)

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For every sport the athlete’s body type and build plays a huge part. Every athlete should at some point consider their body type whether starting out or attempting to take their chosen sport to the next level.
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Plyometrics is a training technique that uses the stored up elastic energy of a muscle to make the contraction more powerful. Using running as an example, the strong muscles in the upper leg are slightly stretched prior to contracting to drive the body forward. As the muscles are slightly stretched, elastic energy is ‘stored’ within them. When the muscles contract, this elastic energy is released, which makes the contraction that much more powerful. Read the full story

If you have a specific training goal; say to lose a certain amount of weight, run the London marathon, or get the “perfect” physique, then “goal setting” could be for you.Goal setting involves not only having a realistic end goal which you want to achieve and use as motivation whenever you feel like quitting, but also setting achievable milestone(s) part way to this goal.

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