As someone who works in the health, fitness and sports performance industry, I hear a lot of different ways for people to be healthier. A term that has done the rounds, is nutritional cleansing.  What is that, you say? A simple way of looking at cleansing is to look at cleaning a room.  So, you […]

I first met Kira-Leo Leo (now Nicol) and Shanita Smith in 2011, when I took over the strength and conditioning program for the Capricorn Claws Netball Squad. Sometimes coaching is more than just about making someone stronger, or fitter, or better at their sport.  It is as much about coaching their mind as their body. 

RU Ok day is today.  We are all asked to just ask that one simple question today. But, this sort of thing needs to happen more regularly than just today. I thought I would write a short article on what to do if someone says that they are not ok and some simple steps to

This post is about a real passion of mine and the foundation of the way that I coach. There are lots of theories and approaches to coaching out there, and I have looked at many of them.  I really encourage young coaches to spend as much time as you can when you are young just

My name is Mitch Guthrie, and I work at Vector Health as an Accredited Exercise Scientist and Strength and Conditioning Coach.  Over the past two years I have coached some great athletes and Chandrea Jones definitely rates up there with the best I have coached.  Chandrea has won multiple MVP’s now and last year took

Can exercise be used as medicine for people with Osteoporosis? The International Osteoporosis Foundation statistics show that worldwide, 1 in 3 women and1 in 5 men aged over 50 will experience osteoporotic fractures. More than 8.9 million osteoporotic fractures are reported annually, which is a result of an osteoporotic fracture occurring every 3 seconds. Osteoporotic

So many people start and stop a “health kick”. Why? In my experience here are the top 5 mistakes that people want when they are starting their journey towards better health. 1. Where’s the vision If a business operates without a clear vision, then they tend to stray off the path.  You are the same

Vector Health is in the middle of developing a new education program for our new and existing clients.  We have designed a short survey about 7 questions long that will take 5 minutes to complete. Please help us by completing the survey here and help us help you!

So many people come to me and talk about not being able to either set goals or achieve what they want to. So, the question that I ask, is “what do you want?” It is the best question that you can honestly ask of anyone.  It is such a simple question and sometimes it is

I read this article which seems to confirm some common sense theories about gaining muscle size and how strength training programs need to be structured. The article is located here: This article compared two groups of healthy well-trained men and looked at the difference between a hypertrophy program with 3 sets of 10 repetitions with