Every year around Christmas ‘the World’s Strongest Man’ graces our television sets, as we collectively marvel at the sheer muscle and agility of the phenomenal athletes involved. At six-foot nine and weighing over 400 pounds, the title currently belongs to Iceland’s Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson. Of course, you don’t need to be a bodybuilder to…
In sports coaching, there are ten key physical components of fitness that are important; one of these is stamina. We’ve all heard the term, but how many of us have stopped to think about what it is, or why it’s so important? In elite sport, endurance is everything. It can be the difference between…
In the first of several features on the physical components of fitness, we examine cardiovascular and respiratory endurance. Whether you’re a professional, an amateur or aspiring athlete, one thing that is required above anything else is good fitness. And as sports coaching teaches us, fitness can be improved over time. While there are many…