Much research exists on neural performance and fatigue in high intensity and endurance athletes. In a nutshell, the consensus of articles tends to value that the nervous system needs more time to recover from intense exercise than does the muscular and cardiovascular systems. Pushing into fatigue on hard days in a training regimen is beneficial, only if you also have your ‘easier’ or ‘off’ days. This allows all the systems in the body the time to recover and reset before optimal output is once again attempted.

PostedNovember 4, 2018

AuthorPeter Furness

Tagsfatigue, exhaustiona, exercise, athletic fatigue, athletic performance

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Depression has a socio-economic predeliction to it. It is genre specific. Sadly it is also very aggressive. In so many ways it targets groups of people and creates symptoms and conditions that are remarkably similar, almost to the point where you think it is tactical in it's approach. It also occurs in waves and varying degrees and whilst not all forms of depression are clinically determined, sometimes just feeling a bit low or down can be a precursor to a more devious beast that lies within.

PostedJuly 17, 2017

AuthorPeter Furness

Tagsdepression, anxiety, behavioural, exercise, emotions

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If you are like me - as December winds down and you are too busy running around for last minute Christmas shopping, you haven't been as regular with your exercise regime as you may have liked. Then came Christmas. With 4 roasts for lunch - 3 main meals in one day that are enough to feed a small island nation and nothing but couch surfing and beverage imbibing. Come January and actually having time on hand, I feel the compulsion to hit the pavement and get some exercise in. However, with the best of intentions, that workout on the park gym equipment seems to have got me into a spot of bother and is hurting in places where it really shouldn't.

PostedJanuary 2, 2017

AuthorPeter Furness

Tagsnew Years resolutions, training regimes, exercise, Sports Massage, Remedial Massage

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There is a movement of Bio-mechanics which is loosely explained as the ‘physics of movement’. This is looking at the intrinsic value of natural movements and the mechanics of what goes on with our bodies and the amount of movement that we are capable of, the history of movement we are built upon genetically and the science on how the body can move (right down to a cellular and microscopic level). Understanding movement and the possibilities therein has massive effects on how we can function more effectively and efficiently so that our whole system (not just our muscular/connective system) avoids pain.

PostedMay 8, 2016

AuthorPeter Furness

Tagsexercise, sports massage, remedial massage, Functional Fitness, Functional training

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Everyone knows I am a Functional Fitness Fanatic. However, isolation exercises do have their place. And in the spirit of being willing to have my opinions challenged and changed, I am learning to embrace my isolation exercises...

PostedJune 16, 2015

AuthorPeter Furness

Tagsexercise, training, muscle fibres

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A while back I came across a yoga article talking about Yoga not being 'masculine' and that there was an 'anti-alpha-male' attitude to yoga in general. I believe the author hadn't really done their research or been to many yoga studios in the wider geography of the global fitness realm, but it did raise a few interesting points for me as to the usefulness of types of exercise and what we sometimes view as 'not being appropriate' for us.

Neuromuscular Fatigue

Keeping the Blues at Bay

New Years Re-Solutions

Movement vs Exercise

Compound vs Isolated

Challenging Your Comfort Zone

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