Happy New Year from DoTraining. With the start of a new year and all the new fitness and health goals for many people, its important to start as you mean to go on. DoTraining have worked very hard over the last 12 months to bring you great articles, insite, advice and training. Now as we…
Duncan Ogilvie (MSc, CSCS, ASCC) – Director of DO Training For many strength and conditioning coaches, speed and agility is the missing link to their programs. It is often overlooked by many, or briefly covered with cute little patterns through ladders or over hurdles while the coach shouts faster, faster, faster. With a little bit…
Duncan Ogilvie (MSc, CSCS, ASCC) – Director of DO Training This is the first in a series that we will do about bulletproofing your body and making you more resilient to instances of injury. So in our first installment let’s start from the bottom up and the first major joint, “The Ankle.” The ankle can be…
By Julie Gooderick (MSc, Bsc Hons, ASCC) The process of recovery following training is important in the potential success or failure of the training stimulus. Improvements in fitness- strength, endurance and all other components – occur during the recovery time between workouts, not during the time spent under the bar or pounding the treadmill. So why…
As strength and conditioning coach at Barking Abbey Academy, London, I have the privilege to work with a variety of athlete over a number of sports. The academy has one of the best basketball programmes in the country, with many academy athletes representing national teams from U14 up to senior level. Each year many of…
We may have seemed pretty quiet over the past few weeks at DoTraining but, we have been busy working very hard behind the scenes on a few exciting new projects. We took a little time off to enjoy the spectacle of the Olympic games and give our support to past and present DoTraining clients during their…
By Julie Gooderick (MSc, Bsc Hons, ASCC) In these days of ever evolving science, it’s easy to forget coaching delivery is as equally important as knowing the conclusions of the latest publications in different journals. Yet this aspect is often overlooked by aspiring coaches, thinking getting degrees and qualifications is all they need to become…
The Olympics being in my home town of London is a once in a lifetime event. I am so excited to see some of the athletes I have worked with over the past four years get ready to take the world’s biggest stage as Olympians and put all their hard work to the ultimate test.…
Any athlete or fitness enthusiast that takes their training seriously will be well aware of foam rollers. There are potentially great benefits to rolling, both to your performance and recovery. Foam rollers have become an essential piece of equipment for athletes and fitness enthusiasts alike. For a long time now I have encouraged each and…
Two weeks ago I arrived back from an amazing experience. In October of last year i was asked to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania Africa, by the charity SENSE. Sense is a great cause that helps support people that have a hugely debilitating disability of being both deaf and blind. SENSE makes these unfortunate people…