By Konrad Barnes So you’ve finally started running, it’s been a few weeks of 10 minutes here, 15 minutes there… All in all a good effort on your part. But despite all your hard work and efforts you just can’t seem to find any consistency going, nor do you seem to make any real progress. […]
Konrad Barnes
Konrad is a Biokineticist that specializes in sports rehabilitation and high performance coaching. He has 6 years experience in both corporate and clinical environments in occupational, orthopedic, cardiac and neurological therapy. Currently, he is a first year medical student in the UK. After almost losing his life in the pandemic, Konrad has decided to dedicate the remainder of his life to saving lives. In addition to his clinical experience, he has 5 years of sales and marketing experience in the health and fitness industry.
Best Leg Exercises for a Runner
By Konrad Barnes Are you a runner that doesn’t lift weights? Read this to see where you’re going wrong. Many people think that to get better as a runner you simply have to run more, and while there’s some truth to the idea that running more will make you better, it isn’t quite as straightforward as […]
Metcon- How CrossFit Influenced an Entire Generation
By Konrad Barnes The sport of CrossFit has risen to stardom in the past decade. CrossFit has aided a cultural transformation that has shifted the outlook on traditional olympic lifting, strongman and bodybuilding. How we train as athletes and how we instruct athletes as trainers has been influenced in some way or form by CrossFit. Arguably […]
7 CrossFit Workouts Anyone Can Do at Home
By Konrad Barnes So you haven’t got the full equipment to be able to complete a CrossFit workout at home?Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered with 7 simple benchmark workouts that you can do whenever you want, from the comfort of your own home.It’s important that you know beforehand that the CrossFit benchmark workouts are all […]
How to Implement Base Training into your Training
By Konrad Barnes Base training is a system or style of training that focuses on building your foundational fitness. This approach has been successfully implemented for the better part of two decades and has been proven to be one of the most significant advances in the field of exercise science. Side note: If you’re not […]
Why Orthotics are a Game-Changer for Runners
By Konrad Barnes I need to be honest for a minute. This article was inspired by a friend of mine. Some time back he asked me a very specific and somewhat random question…“Can custom orthotics help alleviate joint pain?”And do you know what my answer was? I don’t know. Because at the time, I didn’t […]
What’s Causing My Arch Pain?
By Konrad Barnes The arches in my feet hurt, what do I do?A simple no nonsense summary of why your feet hurt and what you should do about it. Let’s have a chat… As runners we are almost guaranteed to struggle with some form of injury at some point of our running careers. Some of […]
How to Rebuild your Foot Arch: Can Flat Feet be Cured?
By Konrad Barnes Full disclosure, I have flat feet. Or overpronated feet, and I only found out when I was 22 years old! Now for context, I was a decent high school track athlete in my heyday! And in my defense, I just always assumed that my feet were like everyone else’s feet. Of course […]
Can You Stop Plantar Fasciitis from Flaring Up Agian?
By Konrad Barnes A deep dive into what plantar fasciitis is, what causes plantar fasciitis, how to treat it and how to ensure you never have to deal with it again! In a previous segment we used my brother Leon as a case study, which gave us valuable insight into the condition. But now as […]
Is Plantar Fasciitis Killing Your Feet?
By Konrad Barnes A deep dive into what plantar fasciitis is, what causes plantar fasciitis, how to treat it and how to ensure you never have to deal with it again! What is Plantar Fasciitis? What Causes Plantar Fasciitis? How Can You Tell When You Have Plantar Fasciitis? Sometime back we briefly touched on this […]