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Review: High5 protein recovery

By Annie Rice on in Health

This recovery drink declares itself as the ultimate post exercise shake. It offers 2 ½ parts carbohydrate to 1 part whey protein isolate. Designed to immediately replenish your glycogen stores, it offers 40.6 grams of carbohydrate per serving. Then a decent 19.5 grams of protein to further support your muscle ... 

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Nutrition clinic: nitrates - the new performance booster?

By Dr James Morton on in Health

Welcome to our nutrition blog by Dr James Morton, Senior Sports Nutritionist for Science in Sport (SiS), where he will be giving advice on nutrition, dispelling fuelling myths and offering his tips every month. If you have a sports nutrition question or area you'd like to see covered in the ... 

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Physio Clinic: Marathon taper

By Scott Mitchell on
11 April 2013 in Health
With just over a week until VLM, our resident physiotherapist Scott Mitchell shares some marathon taper tricks.

Just as it should have been warming up for the longer runs, it got colder than ever. Now all the hard work is done but you have the delicate job of getting the taper right. Thanks to the unusual conditions everything may not be straight forward, so here are my ... 

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Nutrition Clinic: How to fuel a marathon

By Dr James Morton on in Health
In the lead up to the Virgin London Marathon, marathon nutrition is the theme for our brand-new nutrition blog.

Welcome to our brand-new nutrition blog, where Dr James Morton, Senior Sports Nutritionist for Science in Sport (SiS), will be giving advice on nutrition, dispelling fuelling myths and offering his tips every month. If you have a sports nutrition question or area you'd like to see covered in the blog, ... 

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Preventing injury with Bikram yoga

By Olga Allon on in Health

One of the things I enjoy most about running Hot Bikram Yoga studios is the feedback. Work’s such a pleasure when, almost on a daily basis, I receive an email or have a conversation with someone telling me how much Bikram’s helped them. Foundation building Bikram is the perfect foundation for any ... 

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Yoga for Runners: The Breathing Benefits of Bikram

By Olga Allon on in Health
Use the techniques from our Yoga for Runners blog series to 'get in the zone' when running

As both a long-time runner and practitioner of Bikram yoga, I know first-hand how much Bikram feeds into and supports my running. Running and yoga have an amazing synergy. There are the physical benefits that any runner will experience – loosening up your hamstrings is an obvious example – but ... 

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Yoga for Runners: Position 25 - Kapalbhati Breathing

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We deliver this final blog post to you in a sombre tone, with slightly reddened eyes and a wobbly lower lip, as it’s our final blog in the Bikram series. We hope you’ve enjoyed reading about Bikram yoga, and have been inspired to try it as a beneficial cross-training activity ... 

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Yoga for Runners: Position 24 – Paschimotthanasana

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Cast your mind back if you will, dear reader, to blog position 23, Janushirasana. This posture actually comes with a second part, a sequel almost, but like Batman movies, we like to move things around a little, just for the fun of it. Between Janushirasana (head to knee pose) and ...  ... 

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Yoga for Runners: Position 25 – Ardha-Matsyendrasana

By Kerry McCarthy on in Health

This is one of the better-known stretches in the Bikram sequence, being a popular addendum to gym classes up and down the country. For my part, I’ve been doing this one since my Saturday league football playing days. Mind you, as a moody teenager obsessed with appearing hard and not-to-be-messed-with, I ... 

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Yoga for Runners: Position 23 - Janushirasana

By Alexandra Rees on in Health

On the home straight of the Bikram yoga series of postures, Janushirasana (head to knee pose) allows for a final spine and hamstring stretch, allowing you to maximise all the losening up work done in the previous 90 minutes of the class.  Janushirasana: Step by Step 1. Sit down with your legs ... 

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