Southwater Personal Training Studio and Injury Clinic
The Performance Zone Fitness and Rehabilitation Studio comprises of a state of the art fitness studio and sports injury clinic. Run by a friendly team of trainers and therapists, we’ve created a fun and rewarding environment, to work towards your health and fitness goals in. Our fitness studio benefits from a range of cardio, free weights… Read More
The Performance Zone Fitness and Rehabilitation Studio is underway! For those of you who don’t know, I’ve been planning for years to open my own venue, I’ve just been waiting for the right premises to come along. During the initial lockdown I managed to make this more of a reality by securing a premises and… Read More
Previously, we looked at what fascia is and what its functions are. In this post, were going to look at why its so important for movement. In part one, we explained that fascia covers and connects a range of different structures in the body and creates a continuity of soft tissue. Work by Tom Myers… Read More
Over the previous few years, fascia has gained a lot of attention. At times the research and people opinions can be conflicting, however the more we learn about the fascial system, the more we realise its importance in a huge amount of functions. If you’re a trainer or therapist working with clients, or a client… Read More
With an abundance of different training techniques, it’s often hard to know whats worth incorporating in to your training. Ultimately, different training techniques will suit different people for a variety of reasons such as their athletic background and what they are training for. Most people have a fairly generic training goal of being fitter, stronger… Read More
Triple extension refers to extension at the hip, knee and ankle. In an exercise context it refers to taking an athlete from a “primed” position in which the joints are in slight flexion and ready to move, in to full extension at all three aforementioned joints. This movement is common in a range of movements… Read More
Recently I have been asked a lot about my view on foam rolling, so I have decided to put together a post highlighting my personal opinion, as well as a little bit of the current research. Foam rolling has been around for a while and while it’s widely used, the mechanisms of how it works… Read More
As we previously spoke about in the last two parts of this series, Hip Flexor Tightness (HFT) is a common problem and once this has been diagnosed, a stretching programme should be started to promote extensibility of the muscle complex and prevent future injuries from occurring. While static stretching to this muscle group alone tend… Read More
Gut Health has had a growing amount of attention recently, discussing it’s impact on our overall health, as well as a spectrum of diseases an unhealthy gut can cause. I wanted to touch on this and elaborate on the importance of a healthy gut for athletes and their performance. Our gut is probably one of our most important… Read More
Recently you may have seen my Instagram post on a common mistake made when completing a kneeling hip flexor stretch. This post is going to address this issue in more detail, as well as provide improvements to this common stretch. The most common hip flexor stretch is completed in a kneeling position, with one knee… Read More
The Performance Zone Ltd
Pevensey Road, Southwater, RH13 9XZ
Mon-Fri (Studio 6am – 8pm) (Clinic 9am – 8pm)
Sat (Studio 7am to 4pm) (Clinic 9am – 4pm)
Sunday – Closed
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