Sarah Crisp, resident #TeamTCUK physiotherapist, talks about shoulder impingement and what you can do about it if you're suffering with this painful condition! 

"One of the most common conditions I encounter as a physiotherapist is shoulder impingement. Chances are, if you haven't had it yourself, you'll know someone who has. You may have heard it referred to as something else; rotator cuff pain, bursitis and tendinitis being the most common alternative names. As a triathlete, you may hear it referred to as 'swimmer's shoulder'.

Following on from the hugely successful run coaching seminar that Chris 'The Running Coach' Adams and I held last autumn, we've set the date for another two seminars on Saturday 2nd June 2018.

We're currently awaiting confirmation on the venue from a couple of Sheffield schools and will advise of the chosen location as soon as possible. In the meantime, please find below details of each of the sessions:

Run technique - foundation course - 2hrs @ £40pp

January is, more often than not, the time of year when triathletes step on the scales and ponder how much weight they’ve put on over the winter months and what they need to do to get back to their ‘race weight’.

Traditional bathroom scales are great for showing us how much we weigh but is it worth investing in body composition scales to get a more in depth look at our body? James Pryke, coach and co-founder of Triathlon Coaching UK offers his thoughts.

Our very first run technique coaching workshop on Saturday 18^th November was a huge success with 14 athletes joining #TeamTCUK co-founder and coach Matt Sanderson and ‘The Running Coach’, Chris Adams for a morning of insight, demonstrations, drills and theory.

Following an introduction from Chris and Matt, who after his own session with Chris five years ago took 16 minutes off his Ironman marathon time purely by learning how to run more effectively and efficiently, the hard work began.

The majority of people who have been to see a physiotherapist with a lower back or lower limb injury, or have had their running gait analysed will probably have been told that their glutes are misbehaving (or sometimes void of behaving in any manner whatsoever, good or bad!). Sound familiar? 

#TeamTCUK phyiotherapist and athlete, Sarah Crisp, explains why our glutes are so important and why they can be a real pain in the bum! 

FTP test part 2! How did #TeamTCUK athlete Nick Welch get on? Will he still be able to chat to coach James? Does coach Matt's commentary get any better? Have a look and find out! Well done Nick and huge thanks for agreeing to take part in this video.

Ever wondered what an FTP test (functional threshold power) involves and how it can help you improve your cycling? In the first of two videos, TCUK founders and coaches James Pryke and Matt Sanderson and long-term #TeamTCUK athlete, Nick Welch, demonstrate.

We'll let you decide who you think is working the hardest...!

TCUK is proud to announce a run technique session with ‘The Running Coach’ - Chris Adams - and TCUK co-founder and coach, Matt Sanderson, on Saturday 18th November 2017.

Venue: Meadowhead School, Dyche Lane, Norton, Sheffield S8 8BR
Time: arrive at 10.15am for a prompt start at 10.30am
Duration: 2 hours
Cost: £40 per person
Equipment & refreshments included but don’t forget your running shoes!

Places are limited and are strictly on a first come, first served basis.

Autumn and winter months are the perfect time to take a step back and analyse how far you've come this season. It's also the ideal opportunity to assess your technique in the pool, on the bike and run as well as thinking about how you can better fuel your training and optimise recovery with smart nutrition planning.

At TCUK we offer a wide range of additional services all with the same objectives: to help you to improve and enhance your performance and achieve that PB next year!

Sadly most triathletes are accustomed to injury; whether it be a sprained ankle on a training run, a frustrating ‘over use’ injury, or the return of a nagging old injury that re-emerges season after season.

All of these scenarios can put a frustrating dampener on training and may even jeopardise the chances of completing your target race. In light of this, here at TCUK, we are delighted to introduce our latest addition to the team: former Harley Street-physiotherapist and TCUK triathlete, Sarah Crisp (pictured below).