Pilates: The Basics & Benefits

Clara John provides an insight into the objectives and benefits of a Pilates workout.

METS

Update to the METS page to include new references and a link to the Compendium of Physical Activities website.

Food for thought

Nutrition is an inherent part of basic recovery but coaches and athletes need to understand the difference between good dietary practices and nutrition to enhance performance - "Food for thought".

Minding your Mental Fitness

David Lowes and Dr Matt Long investigated the mind-set of mature elite athletes and the mind-set of social athletes. Being in the right frame of mind is an essentiality to deliver a performance allied with endless hours of steady running and repetition work on the track for middle distance athletes.

Profile of Mood States Questionnaire Scoring

The "Scoring for POMS" page details how the scores are calculated from the Profile of Mood States (POMS) Questionnaire

Resting Daily Energy Expenditure page update

The update to the RDEE page is the inclusion of the male and female algorithms used in the calculator to determine their resting daily energy expenditure. 

Nutrition page updates

Updates to the Nutrition page include: revised values for daily energy requirements and energy yield per gram for Carbohydrate, Fat & Protein and inclusion of new references.