How to be a Telemark hero: fitness for Telemark skiing.

Telemark skiing is a particularly physically demanding sport, especially on the quadriceps, hamstrings and gluteal muscles. If you’ve never heard of it, here’s a video clip of me in action or a brief introduction courtesy of the Telegraph. Not surprisingly, an internet search pulls up various recommendations of barbell squats and lunges as ways of recreating [...]

Your bottom – not just for sitting on!

One thing that’s struck me over the past few months, is how many people suffer from chronic pain caused by neglecting their gluteals and external hip rotator muscles. This can be as diverse as lower back pain, particularly around the sacro-iliac joint at the base of the spine, anterior (front of) knee pain and sciatic [...]

Recover properly, don’t save your injuries for later.

Last week I was in Manchester where I have a group of extremely active clients in their 60s and 70s. Amongst them are golfers, skiers, walkers and swimmers; all have been extremely good athletes in the past, participating competitively to a high level. They are fit, but after a lifetime of sporting endeavour they’ve naturally [...]