by The Fit Lab | Feb 10, 2021 | Physiology
Manual therapy involves all forms of hands on treatment performed by your physiotherapist. This may include soft tissue massage, trigger point therapy, neural tissue mobilisation, joint mobilisations or passive joint range of movement techniques. These techniques are...
by The Fit Lab | Nov 27, 2018 | High Performance Unit, Physiology
Here is Kevin’s story… Part 1 “I guess like any story like mine, I wasn’t always weighing in at 128kg. As a kid up until about the age of 22 or so I was an extremely active fit fella, played huge amounts of our national sport (hurling, Gaelic...
by The Fit Lab | Sep 25, 2018 | Physiology, Weight Lifting
So you want to build some muscle mass? It’s easy right… Sign up to the gym, buy some protein shakes, eat lots of chicken and rice, lift something heavy, read Arnold Schwarzenegger’s encyclopaedia to bodybuilding and all of a sudden you’ve got some extra muscle....
by The Fit Lab | Aug 7, 2018 | Physiology
The notion that if women commit to weights and strength training they will gain vast amounts of muscle and become bulky and manly, is simply not true. Firstly, yes – women can gain lots of muscle and adopt a rather masculine physique. However, this is only the...
by The Fit Lab | Jul 29, 2018 | Nutrition, Physiology
Many who go on diets achieve weight-loss, whether it is 2kg or 20kg. What most people don’t achieve is sustaining their desired weight for the long-term. Diets are designed for rapid results. However they are not designed for sustainable long-term results. What is...
by The Fit Lab | Jul 21, 2018 | Nutrition, Physiology
Most of us have at some point been interested in improving our body shape through a change in diet or exercise behaviours. The modern fitness industry has become noisy and disorienting; spurious social media gurus and aggressive marketing dominate the weight loss...
