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ARTICLE: Fear, stress and injury

ARTICLE: Fear, stress and injury

If you’ve ever had one of those injuries that seems to ‘come and go’ or be ‘ok one day worse the next’ even when you’re not running on it, then there might be an explanation. When the body prepares for a stressful or dangerous situation it creates noradrenaline (the fight or flight hormone) and cortisol (the…

TRAINING: How to manage stress and your workouts

TRAINING: How to manage stress and your workouts

The world is full of stressors: toxins, lack of sleep, emotional outbursts (that nasty boss or evil-eyed spouse!), physical exertion and more. Every time we are subjected to stress our mind switches into a state controlled by a part of your nervous system called the  “sympathetic nervous system” – our “fight or flight” response. The…

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