Author page: Ryan Bourke

write this article in the hope of providing some insight into how and why overtraining can occur, and how to identify this early on to ensure you are not injured for a prolonged period. I will commence this post with 3 questions: Have you had an injury that’s hindered your training/racing? If so, do you know how and why the injury occurred? Thirdly and…

THE IMPORTANCE OF GOOD FATS IN OUR DIET – PARTICULARLY FOR ENDURANCE TRAINING Something that has historically gotten a bad rap in the media is a diet rich in fat. Although this is somewhat true, the important factor is actually the type of fats that are being consumed. Fats play an integral role in everyone’s nutrition, especially those whom are…

When you undertake a reasonably large exercise training load there is a fine line between recovery and overtraining. There are many different strategies that an athlete can adopt in order to promote sufficient recovery including correct recovery nutrition, adequate sleep, sufficient recovery time between hard training and adopting training periodisation principles. One thing athletes often overlook is body maintenance such…