Strength and conditioning training is essential in supporting you to meet your overall fitness goals, but how do you ensure you maximise your efforts?! In this video, Nick covers some
Implementing Strength and Conditioning Training
Category: How-To
All the great articles from the ‘how-to’ category of the Elite Outdoor Fitness blog all in one place.
Fell Running Alternatives
If you’re looking to push your runs, but struggling to find the time as your fitness progresses, or you live in a flat area of the country, this is a
How to Taper Correctly Before an Event
Tapering correctly before an event is vital for maximum results. In this video, Nick explains what tapering is, along with the best techniques to correctly taper before an event.
What is a Bleep Fitness Test and How to Train to Pass
What is a Bleep test, how to train for one and top tips on how to pass from Nick Grainge, Founder of Elite Outdoor Fitness. A number of organisations like
How to pace Commando Shuffle and PARA’s 10
Nick explains his journey of how he trains for Paras 10 and Commando Shuffle 30 miler, to allow him to pace correctly on the day and have the confidence to rely on his pre-training – Nick went on to win the Individual men’s Paras 10 and Commando shuffle as a team.
Ankle Mobility Series – Part 09
Part 9 in a series of videos looking at ankle and knee mobility.
Ankle Mobility Series – Part 08
Part 8 in a series of videos looking at ankle and knee mobility.
Basics progression of speed work using HR max
Nick explains how to progress your speed work and where to start in adding them into your training sessions.
Ankle Mobility Series – Part 07
Part 6 in a series of videos looking at ankle and knee mobility.
Ankle Mobility Series – Part 06
Part 6 in a series of videos looking at ankle and knee mobility.
Ankle Mobility Series – Part 05
Part 5 in a series of videos looking at ankle and knee mobility.
Ankle Mobility Series – Part 04
Part 4 in a series of videos looking at ankle and knee mobility.
Ankle Mobility Series – Part 03
Part 3 in a series of videos looking at ankle and knee mobility.
Ankle Mobility Series – Part 02
Part 2 in a series of videos looking at ankle and knee mobility.
Ankle Mobility Series – Part 01
In this series of videos – we take a look at ankle and knee mobility. But before we do, we need to understand the importance of your internal joint mechanisms.
Fuel and Water Intake
Nick explains the importance of having good balance with food and water intake pre- and post-training. Recovery being as important as the training.
Shoulder Warm-up
Nick explains his routine for basic strength and conditioning upper body warm up.
Shoulder Swimmers
Making your joints as a stable and as mobile as possible, by using C.A.R.S. Movements at the outer limits of articular motion.
Shoulder Stretch 02
Making your joints as a stable and as mobile as possible, by using C.A.R.S. Movements at the outer limits of articular motion.
Lose weight and become lean
Nick explains how training just 4 x weekly for 20 minutes can increase your basal metabolic rate, increase feel good hormones and chemicals to aid in becoming very lean.
Shoulder Stretch 01
Making your joints as a stable and as mobile as possible, by using C.A.R.S. Movements at the outer limits of articular motion.
Shoulder Strengthening
Making your joints as a stable and as mobile as possible, by using C.A.R.S. Movements at the outer limits of articular motion.
How to start running – Part 03: Consistency
Nick looks at consistency when starting to run for the first time.
Shoulder Lat Stretch
Making your joints as a stable and as mobile as possible, by using C.A.R.S. Movements at the outer limits of articular motion.
