Low Carb High Fat (LCHF) It is the New Year and I am sure you had a very festive time over December holidays. If you managed to keep your weight down, then I applaud you for a near impossible feat. For the rest of you who went for second helpings, forgot to train

Ref: www.evernewrecipes.com December is a joyous month for most people. It’s a time to reflect on the year, rest if you are lucky, and start planning for 2014. Have you noticed that no matter in which direction you turn, there always seems to be a function, a birthday party, a work-end-of-year party, a friend’s dinner

Ref: mg.co.za This week has been a very sad week for South Africans on the passing of Nelson Mandela. An extraordinary man who knew the power that sport possessed to change mindsets and unite people from all cultural backgrounds no matter what their political differences. Mandela used the 1995 world cup as a platform to

Ref: www.callawaygolf.com/thomas-bjorn It has really been a tough few days for me at the office. I wake up in the morning and head down for breakfast, read my favourite paper whilst enjoying a good strong cup of coffee. My day then comprises of stepping onto one of the most beautiful and well groomed courses in

Dwight Howard Frustrated – image ref: sportscipher.com I have the privilege of being the strength and conditioning coach for a National Basketball League (NBL) team, just one of several teams to whom we offer high performance coaching. Being so close to the players on the physical and emotional level, I can see the amount of

ASP-Superfoods… Myth or Truth When you walk into a greengrocer, do you believe that all foods are equal in nutrition? Do you believe some have mystical natural healing powers, or is all this talk of superfoods nothing more than some high grade marketing ploy to sell more products? It’s hard to believe anything nowadays because

Sleep single-handedly might be the cause as to why you are not performing in your sport. Sure, you are putting in the hours of hard work, you are eating correctly and you are analysing your performances on a weekly basis. Most days you feel like you are just chasing your tail. The answer may lie

  ASP- The Decline Of Ten Pin Bowling As A Sport Can you consider rolling a particular heavy ball down a 105 cm wide and 18m deep lane to try and displace 10 ‘jelly baby’ looking pins, a sport?  Is it a business or just something kids do on weekends at birthday parties? In 1930,

You will never lose an encounter again. Last week I shared four principles or formulas as you wish, for success, by the great Alex Ferguson. Professor Anita Elberse and her students at Harvard Business School took on the mammoth task to try and understand what made Sir Alex the best manager in the world. This

  The real truth about pro cycling It has been an exciting week at the 9th annual Discovery Vitality Summit in Sandton. This summit hosts some of the most intellectual, influential and controversial people as well as topics that help shape our thoughts and understandings on health, wellness, performance and longevity as human beings. Over

Could this 1893 mentality still be driving the male dominated sporting industry? Are you the fan to blame why woman in sport are treated as second rate commercials. As a parent, do you fester an upbringing and smother your daughter’s potential for greatness in her sport? Let’s face it, you would rather be watching the

I don’t want to put any pressure on you but there are 28 days left of this month before the 1st of September. Otherwise known as spring day. This day is marked by joy, love and celebrations. This also marks a day of stress shared by millions of South Africans because it ultimately means less

Schumi a Great Champion – image from http://formula1.ferrari.com/ There is just something about the sound of a Formula 1 car that can bring the biggest of grown men to tears. Is it tears of joy, of the sound of raw power or is it tears of knowing that you would probably never own one of

Steven Gerrard PreSeason training – Liverpoolfc.com EVERY South African professional football player’s stress levels rise over the next few days, because next week marks the return to football in pre-season training. For some who have overindulged, over partied and spent too which time vegetating in front of the TV, pre-season can be summed up by

There are literally hundreds of stretching drills, but I bet that you know more static stretches than any other form of stretching. At this point in time, raise your heel to your buttocks, place your hand on your laces and then pull upwards and towards your spine. You have performed this static stretch a million