In this blog I wrote about the preparation I was going through for my triathlon and the fact I had hurt my Achilles tendon and had had very limited running training leading up to the event. Well, this race has taken place and I now want to share the experience with you. The race [...]
We often share the great parts of training for a triathlon (or other events), but sometimes, things don’t go as we want them to.Unfortunately, this year's preparation for my triathlons has not gone completely according to plan. I have focused on two half-distance triathlons (1.9km swim, 90km bike, and [...]
In the last few months, the number of runners and triathletes working with me has gone up. They come to me to work on their biomechanics and strength. It is a real joy to see the work we do in the gym have a positive effect on their training to reach [...]
As you may have seen, I was recently training for a hyrox competition. I normally train with a triathlon coach and although I did consider hiring a hyrox coach at first, I decided that going for a first Hyrox race and having only 7 weeks of training probably wasn’t really worth it. So, I [...]
This blog isn’t about my challenge, but that of a new friend Jane. She is a client of a colleague, and we used to just say hi in the gym until a few weeks after lockdown when I got a message from her asking about whether open water swimming was possible because the pools were [...]
A big revelation happened after watching this Ted Talk by Stacy Sims. She explains how research around sports performance is done on men because “women are an anomaly”. This means that the fact that women menstruate has led to us women being ignored by sports research. Luckily she has taken this up and done her own [...]
Recently one of my clients called me Superwoman because of my training schedule and triathlon adventures. Although I don’t think of myself quite like that, I do sometimes think I must be a bit different from others as I train almost everyday and I am driven by my race goals. On the other hand, I [...]
(Please be aware this advice doesn’t replace medical advice) One of the most common reasons people come to see me for biomechanics coaching is because they have lower back pain. After I explain to them I don’t treat pain and they are happy with that, we can start working on improving how they move. In [...]
Last year the BBC did a programme here that effectively dismissed the idea of walking 10,000 steps on the basis that you can get fitter by walking brisker 3 times 10 minutes instead. This is a good way to improve your fitness, but I was disappointed that they totally dismissed walking 10,000 steps out of [...]
(Please note: this article shouldn’t replace advice given by a medical professional) According to Volkgezondheidenzorg.info, 7.5% of men and 13.1% of women between 40 and 44 had been diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis in 2017 and the figures for osteoarthritis (artose in Dutch) are 11.7% of men and 15.6% of women. The NHS website defines arthritis [...]
