Habit…

30/11/201727/11/2017 by Andrew Marshall

Could Measurement of Circulating CF n-DNA be a Sensitive Tool for Monitoring Acute Exercise Effects in the Human Body?

Research Paper Title Repeated bouts of exhaustive exercise increase circulating cell free nuclear and mitochondrial DNA without development of tolerance in healthy men. Objective Acute single strenuous exercise increases circulating cell free DNA (cf DNA). The researchers tested whether three repeated bouts of exhaustive exercise induced the cf DNA response without development of tolerance in… Read More

02/10/201701/10/2017 by Andrew Marshall

Say Again?

Repetition is the mother of skill… Unknown

07/08/201730/07/2017 by Andrew Marshall

Once vs 10,000…

“I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.” Old Shaolin saying

19/06/201717/06/2017 by Andrew Marshall

Training & Response versus Stress & Dumb

“No one becomes smarter under stress,” says Charles Morgan, a forensic psychiatrist at the University of New Haven, Connecticut. “The question really is who gets dumb faster.” The armed forces of countries around the world spend countless hours training their personnel, repeating drills until they become ‘second nature’. Paraphrasing, the military saying is “a soldier will revert… Read More

08/09/201607/09/2016 by Andrew Marshall

An Act versus A Habit…

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence therefore is not an act but a habit.” Aristotle (384-322B.C.) Greek philosopher and tutor of Alexander the Great

13/04/2013 by Andrew Marshall

New: Run! Update

A new section ‘Run! Methodology’ has been added to the blog under the main page heading ‘Run!’. This section has downloadable handouts for: Paarluf training, Tempo training, Pre-fatigues, Interval and Repetition training. It also has a downloadable handout for working out your heart rate.