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Sports-Specific Performance
Boost Your On-Field Agility with These Proven Training Drills

Boost Your On-Field Agility with These Proven Training Drills

Discover practical tips to enhance on-field agility without the flash. The blog recommends a reaction drill for improved lateral movement and decision-making. Unilateral movements, like weighted Bulgarian split squats, focus on individual limb responsiveness, enhancing force production and reaction time. By incorporating these proven drills, athletes can gain a competitive edge with increased agility.

Sports-Specific Performance
Speed and Agility

Speed and Agility

Speed and agility training is often under-utilised in Rugby League/Union training, in turn having a negative impact on a player’s on-field performance.

Mobility
All About Mobility

All About Mobility

What mobility is, why it’s so important, and how to get better at it! Let's clear up some misconceptions about mobility and check out some simple exercises to help you master it.

Group Training
Why Group Training

Why Group Training

Most people only spend an hour or so in the gym which is about 4% of their day so having that "buddy" to keep you in check for the rest of the day is priceless.

Mindset
3 Actions to Help Bulletproof Your Mindset

3 Actions to Help Bulletproof Your Mindset

On this blog post, I'll detail three ways to bulletproof your mindset so that you can get through whatever comes along without any lasting damage. If you are looking for a way to feel better about yourself, you will hopefully find a good starting point by reading this blog post

Training Tips
How To Brace Your Core For Strong Lifts & Longevity

How To Brace Your Core For Strong Lifts & Longevity

Coach Troy breaks down how to "turn your core on" or brace to maximise exercise performance and stay injury free

Strength Training
Strength Periodisation Rundown

Strength Periodisation Rundown

Learn how strength programming and periodisation can help you build muscle, get strong and powerful.

Sports-Specific Performance
Increase your Vertical Jump

Increase your Vertical Jump

Increase strength and power to your Vertical jump.

Nutrition
Nutrition 101 with Mez

Nutrition 101 with Mez

Discover why counting calories isn't for everyone... Why "the worlds fittest man" Matt Fraser drinks Coke and eats Snickers bars & learn the finer points of protein supplementation when Josh & Troy chat with expert sports dietician Marianne

Nutrition
Master Your Nutrition

Master Your Nutrition

Why keeping nutrition simple, identifying "red flags" and taking action is the most effective way to master your eating habits

Community
Our Community Work

Our Community Work

With members from all walks of life, we are all on a similar mission. To improve ourselves but also help those less fortunate. This is how.

Group Training
Men And Women Training The Same

Men And Women Training The Same

Can men and women adopt the same strength training programs? Despite some key differences between both, we're more alike than we realise.

Mobility
Importance of Ankle Mobility in Performance

Importance of Ankle Mobility in Performance

Athletes often focus on certain areas of their body to get stronger, fitter and more mobile, but forget about areas such as the ankle that can optimise their overall performance.

Training Tips
Relieve lower back pain with 3 simple stretches

Relieve lower back pain with 3 simple stretches

Try these three simple stretches to relieve lower back pain by targeting your adductors, glutes and hip flexors.

Strength Training
Deload: Why have a deload week?

Deload: Why have a deload week?

There's a few reasons why deloading is a critical part of your workout. Learn about why it's so important and how to get it right.