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Updated 14 May During this time of closure and staying home we are all feeling the need to keep active. Especially those of us used to attending a gym or fitness activity regularly.  This page links to the daily workouts I'm doing at home to keep my fitness and health...

By Phil Greening My passion for youth sport impacts everything I engage with. As a part of my role consulting with the Olympic Committee I have in the past prepared USA teams to go to the Youth Olympic Games. Part of the preparation was delivering education regarding...

By Phil Greening As we speed towards the 2020 Olympics I become reminded of a time a couple of years back when we began planning the training for the USA7s team and set training/ gym programmes in place. You might think that the importance of setting programmes for an...

by Phil Greening With travelling between countries as a performance coach for USA7s team, I can never seem to get used to jet lag and lack of sleep. Sleep is one thing I have a fleeting relationship with when at training camps because my day can often start at 4 a.m....

The summer seems so far away and as we start to realise it is on the horizon we all begin thinking about that holiday and the beach body! What is crucial to getting that 'beach body' is understanding the pitfalls to weight loss. Often we jump on the latest diet trend...

By Phil Greening The Athlete Factory, Chester, has been open some time now and I still find myself in the situation where I seem to be juggling a lot. With 4 young children, the business, my youth sport commitments and my career as a performance coach to the USA...