Skin Strong Blog

Cycling
Keeping The Motivation Alive
Finding motivation to train, achieve and set your goals can sometimes be VERY elusive. I am sure we have all been there. It doesn’t even have to be motivation to train. It could be motivation to...

Cycling
Finding Your Finish Line
It’s fairly safe to say that the last 12 months have taught us a lot of lessons and knocked us on our butt a lot. They have shown us both the best and the worst of people and situations. Above all,...

Cycling
Summer Training Survival
So it is officially summer here in the southern hemisphere. Melbourne has done its typical boiling hot for a few days then needing to turn the heater on the next; well, they do say variety is the s...

Cycling
The Middle Third
There comes the point in any session, event, an adventure where all you want to do is curl up in the foetal position, cry, and make it all stop. This is the section I like to semi-affectionately ca...

Cycling
Rest & Recovery
Written by Nick June 2016
REST AND RECOVERY… ARE YOU GETTING ENOUGH?!
I live a busy life. Business owner, early mornings and evenings training clients, wife and two young children, hectic school an...

Blisters
Race Calendars & Transitions
Written by Nick – in 2016
We are almost 2 months into 2016, and with no race/event entered, it’s high time I get sorted!
Living in SE Queensland there is an abundance of opportunity close by – tri...

Blisters
Chafe Protection Over Distance
Oxfam 100 – 2015 by Nick & Heather
In June, Nick and 3 team mates joined 800 others for the Oxfam 100km walk in Brisbane. Participants have 48 hours to complete the walk which includes creek...

Blisters
The Chafing Files - Part 3
The third instalment of our Chafing Files Series – Swimming!
Here in Australia, we *generally* rely less on the wetsuit than northern hemisphere cousins (unless you are in the southern states like ...

Blisters
The Chafing Files - Part 2
Run! Not Rub!
Pretty much all of us at some point in time have run our hearts out then gotten home to step into that amazing shower only to scream our heads off in pain.
Yep, those raw bits of skin...