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Specialising in athletic development, rehabilitation strategies, fat loss and physique transformation Ian has well over 15,000 hours of helping individuals and teams achieve optimum physical health and performance working in tandem with athletes, nutritionists, physiotherapists and other allied health professionals up to an international level in athletics, rugby union, rugby league and swimming in a range of age groups. Ian has also worked with Matt Roberts Personal Training since 2003 as their Technical Director ... [More]

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  • Mobility Exercises to Optimize Performance
    [Health-and-Fitness:Exercise] Tight muscles can affect your performance in the gym but stretching may not solve the problem. Try these exercises to loosen your limbs and improve mobility before training.


  • Strength Training For Cycling
    [Health-and-Fitness:Build-Muscle] Strength is the most undertrained facet of most endurance athletes. Most cyclists worry about building muscle that will stop them getting up the next long climb! Getting strong though does not necessarily mean growing muscle. No one could consider that any cyclist in the Tour de France is not strong or over muscled.


  • Uni-Lateral Training - A Review
    [Health-and-Fitness:Exercise] Commonly single limb exercises are ignored in exercise program. This review looks at their importance and why they a vital to get optimum results from your training program.


  • Core Stability - Strength and Mobility
    [Health-and-Fitness:Exercise] Overall, all joints need some degree of mobility and stability, though this varies in the planes of movement- the key is to understand in what balance in what planes. For example, the knee generally needs stability in the frontal and transverse plane though restriction of movement in sagital plane (flexion and extension) may compromise movement and increase the risk of injury.


  • What Your Personal Trainer Isn't Telling You About Fat Loss
    [Health-and-Fitness:Exercise] What works? Well taking up your activity burns calories but what gets the best results. What follows is a critique of the traditional forms of exercise.


  • The No-Gym Exercise Programme
    [Health-and-Fitness:Exercise] Do you need a gym to perform a workout? With a few small pieces of equipment you can avoid the treadmill and still burn more fat!





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