the blog of balance performance physiotherapy

The G-trainer challenges everyone in different ways, whether: elite Olympic runner (3 of the Worlds Best Runners have run on our treadmill), professional sports men (2 of the UKs best Rugby Clubs use Balance’s G-trainer week in week out) top or recreational IronMan and Woman triathletes (including Pro-VO2 tri club athletes and Pro Tristan Shipsides) [...]

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Saturday 19th December – 10am til 1pm The World Record Club is looking for members to run their fastest miles on the G-trainer treadmill. There are several categories to challenge yourself within: Mens 85% bodyweight Womens 85% bodyweight Mens 75% bodyweight Womens 85% plus Mens and Womens Masters Categories If you havent run on this [...]

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Saturday 21st November – 10am and 2pm The World Record Club is looking for members to run their fastest miles on the G-trainer treadmill. There are several categories to challenge yourself within: Mens 85% bodyweight Womens 85% bodyweight Mens 75% bodyweight Womens 85% plus Mens and Womens Masters Categories If you havent run on this [...]

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This a video I found on the Running Competitor website posted by a company promoting the G-trainer for weight loss and elite running performance. Forze like to say “Get Lean, Run Faster!”. Well produced piece of video and a nice explanation of how the G-trainer treadmill works. Enjoy…

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For some time we have sold Trigger Point Performance’s (TPT) “Quadballer” as it is a highly effective tool for removing the tension so many of our clients display in their quads, hip flexors, ITB (iliotibial band), hamstrings and low back. The quadballer allows you to roll through all of these areas whilst keeping your hands [...]

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Climb in to the G-trainer Pro treadmill at Balance and discover gravity assisted speed- Sat August 8th 2009. There will be a “Taster session” at Balance on our Gravity altering treadmill that is open to all. This opportunity is a rare one as the remainder of Europes G-trainers are in the hands of elite sports [...]

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Running shoes get a thumbs down from various critics (taken a little of context to be fair). Mick Habgood, podiatrist, and running orthotic specialist offers an alternative view in response: This is the original article published in the Daily Mail: http://tinyurl.com/cerpyu Here is the alternate view from Mick: Companies like those mentioned seem to create [...]

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I read this blog yesterday whilst searching to see who else was talking about the G-trainer and marathon training. I came across this Addicted to Running Blog: One pointless podiatrist appointment then another more fruitful one! If you’ve been reading this blog for some time you’ll know that I’ve been wearing custom made orthotics for [...]

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You may recall the blog post about Oli Dudley who Balance has supported in his training and physiotherapy for the 7 in 7 on 7 Challenge. 7 ultramarathons (31 miles) in 7 days on each of the 7 continents. His mission was to go from novice runner to extreme ultramarathon distance runner and adventurer in [...]

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Rees Colling our sports dietcian asks a question that we know from many marathoners doesnt always get the answer we hope for… The London Marathon is less than two months away! For those of you running your first marathon have you given any thought to your Nutrition Plan leading up to the big day and [...]

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