It’s time to drop the hammer! We’ve arrived in Lucerne, Switzerland for the start of the European portion of our campaign. It’s not quite the summer weather we were hoping for, but it’s no colder than Canberra for sure. Things I like about Switzerland include chocolate, general nordic behaviour,...
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It’s time to drop the hammer! Well, it’s been a little while since my last post. We’ve wrapped up operations in Canberra and most probably won’t be back for some time. Our approaching change of hemisphere couldn’t come at a better time as it is just getting cold enough to be unpleasant. After a couple of hit-outs...
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It’s time to drop the hammer! Feeling a bit pooped. Try a caffeine nap. A little bit counter intuitive, but ingesting caffeine prior to a short nap (15-20 minutes) has been shown in driving simulation studies by Horne and Reyner to be more effective in reducing driving “incidents” and subjective sleepiness...
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It’s time to drop the hammer. There no such thing as ‘Toning’. I understand what people mean when they say they are trying to tone their arms or legs or whatever, but the practice is a myth. Anyone trying to tone is attempting to reduce fat and/or reduce muscle. A muscle can never be toned – it can...
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It’s time to drop the hammer. Part of being an elite athlete involves the occasional drug test. This is a good thing as we should expect our competition is a level playing field. Unfortunately, not all national sporting bodies have as stringent testing protocols as we do in Australia and we have no real way of knowing if...
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It’s time to drop the hammer. All else being equal I value intensity over duration and quality over quantity. There are occasions where, in training, both intensity and duration can co-exist, but usually at some point one must take precedent over the other. For elite athletes periodisation and the demands of a specific...
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It’s time to drop the hammer! You may be uninitiated in the ways of mixed martial arts or, perhaps, your sensibilities may be offended by the very nature of the sport, but this Sunday is a very exciting day on my calendar. UFC 145 will take place in Atlanta, USA (their Saturday night) and the match-up between current UFC...
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