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Strength in sport: Fundamental lifts vs sport specific

Words from Balance Performance Strength and Conditioning Coach Sabina Skala: Funny that just after a chat with my friend Paul Garvie aka “The Powerhouse” about how the best results in the training comes from the fundamental movements this old article flashed on my screen. Jim Wendler is one of the great strength and conditioning coaches in […]

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Movement, awareness, Kenyan runners

Watch more videos on Flotrack “I think Kenyans are very much in tune with their bodies, they’re in tune with movement, in tune with the ground. Some of them become very very sensitive and know the limits of their body, they know it instinctively.” Brother Colm O’Connell – running coach. At Balance we’ve long been […]

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Combat Athletics: a FREE CPD lecture for physiotherapists, coaches and all health fitness professionals

A free CPD lecture and demonstrations on Combat Athletics: fighters shoulder injuries, rehab, movement, strength and conditioning and elements of a fighters training. This lecture was held in partnership between Balance Performance and the ACPSM – Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sports Medicine – on evening of Wednesday 30th October 2013 at 113 Gauden Road, […]

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Combat Athletics: a FREE CPD lecture for physiotherapists, coaches and all health fitness professionals

A free CPD lecture and demonstrations on Combat Athletics: fighters shoulder injuries, rehab, movement, strength and conditioning and elements of a fighters training. This lecture was held in partnership between Balance Performance and the ACPSM – Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sports Medicine – on evening of Wednesday 30th October 2013 at 113 Gauden Road, […]

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Why did Bradley Wiggins Win?

  Many people have marveled at Bradleys achievement. We all at Balance Performance Physiotherapy congratulate him on a wonderful success. WOW! I was asked why did someone his bodyshape win the Tour de France and why cant Chris Hoy,or any other well trained cyclist for example do so. Does Bradley Wiggins have something special about […]

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CrossCore180 goes so far beyond suspension training

CrossCore180 goes so far beyond suspension training, CrossCore is about movement, fluid rotational movement. TRX, Jungle Gym, AST and other strap systems are excellent at providing instability through suspension, CrossCore180 provides movement, rotation through a full range, and the ability to transform it into a functional training resistance machine not dissimilar from a cable machine. […]

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How an endurance athlete prepares for extreme assault course race Tough Mudder: CrossCore180

Balance Performance has worked with the people of Clapham, Stockwell, Brixton, Balham and Tooting for over a decade now. We have developed an affinity with the endurance athlete community based on our expertise dealing with their avoidable overuse injuries and also with combat athletes, dancers and other performance artists based on our awareness and teaching […]

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