Core Principles

Quantity vs Quality.. who you got?

How Much Do You Actually Need to Train Per Week to See Improvements? One of the most common things holding people back from starting, or sticking with, a training program is the belief that it must be a huge time commit...

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For those in the 'I HATE CARDIO' club 🏃🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️🏃🏻‍♀️

Is Cardio You Do Consistently Really Better Than Cardio You Do Sporadically? There's a common pattern, someone does nothing all week, then goes hard on a Saturday long run or an intense weekend hike. The popular advice says thi...

Ever heard of compound interest? 🤔

Why Consistency Is King There's a theme running through everything, the eccentric, Zone 2, compound lifts, cardio frequency. None of it matters if you're not showing up regul...

High Performers - regardless of their goals 🤝

A big misconception we often come across.. ⬇

Does Soreness Actually Mean Your Workout Worked? It's one of the most common things clients say after a session, I wasn't sore, so I don't think it worked. It's an understandable belief, but is it ...

Take the guesswork out of athletic development.

Regardless of your sport, quality testing gives you an objective picture of your current physical capabilities—not just what you think you need to improve.

Using our VALD ForceDecks, we can measure how an athlete produces and absorbs force during movements such as jumps, strength-based assessments and much more. This technology provides detailed information on qualities including:

• Lower-body power
• Jump performance
• Strength and force production
• Left-to-right imbalances
• Braking and landing ability
• Progress over time

For individual athletes, testing can help identify strengths, highlight areas for development and guide more targeted training.

For sporting clubs, it provides coaches with reliable data across the entire playing group—helping establish benchmarks, track development and make better-informed training decisions.

Testing isn’t about collecting numbers for the sake of it. It’s about turning objective data into practical information that supports smarter training and improved performance.

If you or your club may be interested in athletic testing with Core Principles, please get in touch to learn more.

Train with purpose. Perform with confidence.

SLEEP
The most slept on performance enhancer there is.. read more below ⬇

Is Sleep the Workout You're Actually Skipping? You can have the best program in the world, but if you're not sleeping and recovering properly, you're leaving a huge amount of progress on the ...

Raise the standard. Put in the work.