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Simple ways to keep your spirits up
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Matt Lovell 2 min read
Simple ways to keep your spirits up
I wanted to share a few simple ways to keep your spirits up, lower stress and improve anxiety – no supplements or mindfulness in this newsletter. 
Lockdown Part 2 - we're in this together
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Matt Lovell 9 min read
Lockdown Part 2 - we're in this together
We’re all in it together. We are facing risk factors to emotional and mental well-being. We are also facing opportunities and risks to our physical health.
Seasonal Affective Disorder SAD
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Matt Lovell 8 min read
Seasonal Affective Disorder SAD
We’re ahead of the SAD season. However, preparation is key. Humans often end up in a place then think their way out of a sticky wicket – rather than planning ahead and getting some key areas boxed off. 
Eating disorders - a growing concern in the UK
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Matt Lovell 12 min read
Eating disorders - a growing concern in the UK
Calls to eating disorders helplines are up 30% during this year of lockdown. You might have a low-grade version or be in need of closer medical support, so be sure to reach out to your GP if you are in need of closer medical support.
PMT and manipulate training for best effect
Matt Lovell 5 min read
PMT and manipulate training for best effect
The menstrual cycle is controlled by hormones. In each cycle, rising levels of the hormone oestrogen cause the ovary to develop and release an egg (ovulation). … Levels of oestrogen and progesterone fall, and the womb lining comes away and leaves the body as a period (the menstrual flow).
Excess Oestrogen — Don’t embrace your feminine side too much!
Matt Lovell 13 min read
Excess Oestrogen — Don’t embrace your feminine side too much!
Estrogen is vital for fertility in women, for immune function in both men and women, it’s also vital for bone and tendon health.
Working with active females - a new series
Matt Lovell 6 min read
Working with active females - a new series

Welcome to a series of blogs centred around working with active females. This should be useful if you are female and active, an athlete or someone who takes their training very seriously – or a coach working with a cross section or exclusively female teams or athletes.

Pushing yourself, planning your day and training your brain
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Matt Lovell 9 min read
Pushing yourself, planning your day and training your brain
Don’t pander to the modern shortened attention spans by shortening them further for people – push people to learn more, concentrate harder and involve themselves in activities which stretch their capacity.
Enhancing running performance through the use of supplementation
Matt Lovell 10 min read
Enhancing running performance through the use of supplementation
When making athletes, fitter, faster and stronger there is always a level to go to after you’ve covered the basics properly. Basics include but are not limited to; fitness, optimal body composition, quality diet and nourishment, energy availability and hydration. This blog is not about these essentials, it’s about digging a bit deeper and supporting your nervous system and using other ergogenics (natural performance enhancers).