In a recent trip to the States I was amazed at the amount of people consuming coconut water and the cost of it per can! It also seems this coconut craze is slowly diffusing over to New Zealand with it become more widely available and consumed. But what it is, and why are people drinking it? For those who have not heard of coconut water, what we are talking about is the fluid that comes out from the centre of the coconut when it is broken open, opposed to the milk which is obt

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Now I will be the first to admit that I am not a sport psychologist. It was however a topic that I was very interested in during my time at university but I found the lectures so dry and unpractical that I quickly lost interest. Fast forward 7 years and all the time I have spent working with different athletes from beginner to elite, the psychological aspect of performance is the one thing I keep coming back to and the one that continually intrigues me. It does not matter how

A recent study investigating the training related risk factors of overuse injuries in 446 of Finland's top male and female endurance athletes (swimmers, cross-country skiers and long distance runners) found some interesting results. It was been found that athletes who had less than two recovery days per week were 5 times more likely to get an overuse injury compared to those who had more recovery. In the same study it was also found that those athletes who trained for more t

The human body is a complex biological organism made up of various multifaceted systems. While at first this can make the task of training a bit mind boggling and confusing. It also opens up a number of loop holes that we can tap into and get rapid improvements in different aspects of our performance. When looking at an athlete's performance it is smart to first look at the smallest possible change that can be made, that will result in the biggest performance improvement. Whi