As a Sportsman you will know all too well about aches, pains and inflammation of muscles and joints. It is as common to an athlete as water is to a fish. What causes inflammation? Is it necessary, and what can we do to reduce inflammation naturally. Your body is like an engine in a car;

Disabled Sports Needs Fans. This  has been a fun and eventful week.  I found myself dressing up as Batman, Andre Agassi and painting myself yellow as one of the Minions,  to help support local wheelchair tennis at the Acsa South African Tennis tournament,  and purposefully  become one of their super fans. Being involved in the

Theories on Choking The simple definition of choking is an athlete or teams  inability to cope  with a game or tournament when they were strongly favoured to win, and have the capabilities, motivation and incentive to succeed. I know you want me to “say it”,  but there is no point in throwing salt on the

From Snowy Mountains in the Drakensberg to frozen seas in the Western Cape, there is one thing I can tell you about South African’s, we loathe the cold. If a man had a choice between being ice cold or forced to wear a speedo on a sunny beach, he would muster up his strength and

I am sure you know what fitness is. At the beginning of your sporting season, your lungs burn, legs feel like jelly and your heart feels as painful as a breakup. Being fit is one of the best feelings in the world, you have abundance of energy, no adventure is too tough and occasionally you

How to improve your emotional state or Emotional Intelligence in Sport The mention of the word ‘emotional’ can cause a man to flinch as it evokes thoughts of his girlfriend overreacting for coming home late and intoxicated after a rugby match. Every man has experienced the wrath of an emotionally charged woman at some point

I am sitting here beside the pool deck of the Sun City Cabana’s writing my article for the week. I have to admit, it is another tough day in Africa. It also really doesn’t make things any better that it is the Nedbank Million Dollar Golf Challenge as well. Sigh… Seriously, I am blessed to

You just don’t have what it takes. You are too thin, you are too fat. There are a hundred people that I can think of that will put you in the dust on command. You are too short and just too slow. I have seen snails run faster than you. Oh, and while we are

A good carpenter knows that in order to sculpt a beautiful piece of furniture, he needs to have the right tools to do the job. Without these tools, it would be difficult to produce the desired outcome or quite possibly not even get the job done. As a sportsman, your job is to acquire the

Over the few past months, sugar and carbs have been getting the bad wrap with the high rate of youth and adult obesity. Before they are hauled in front of the firing squad, it is important to remember, these tasty treats do not work alone. Salt, otherwise known as Sodium Chloride comes in various refined

Last weekend I had a particularly interesting time being drug- tested. Besides being a sports scientist and a sports columnist, I am also a professional athlete and compete in the Basketball National League- BNL. Full time comes to a close, and we win our match. Next thing I know, I am being told that I

Courtesy of SARU .sarugby.net South Africans by nature love to try solve problems. This can cause lots of tension between stakeholders with different ideological views on how things should be done. It is only through crisis that bullheaded decisions may come to the table more openly to try improve the state of the crisis. Many

Drinking Water Before Eating Results in Weight Loss Now is a good time to start thinking about shedding those unwanted winter warmer love handles and extra padded cushioning saddle bags you have acquired over the winter. Summer is a stone throw away and the preparation work to fit into your bikini, Mankini or Speedo starts

You are half way through the year and it’s time you start making those tough decisions of what you want to be when you grow up and what path you need to take to get there. I will be honest, when I was in matric doing my prelims, I still did not know what I

Healthy Active Kids Report by Discovery Vitality I was invited this week to attend the unveiling of the Healthy Active Kids Report Card where Discovery Vitality announced the much anticipated South African results. I hope you are sitting down for this one because the picture is not getting better and for the first time in