Shear Pace

Are you getting ready for NZ Shears yet? Sometimes the sheep aren't right, or we're just not able to get to work, a big wet, last on the...

7 ways to make a great speech if you manage to win this weekend! We’ve all heard the mumbling from the podium, and the thanks to the...

I remember watching a play over 15 years ago about a young shearer who was doing really well in a board race, when he fell apart. He was...

Firstly, you need to know this… 1. 20% of energy during exercise is used for muscular activity – the shearing or woolhandling part 2....

Shearers as we know are among the most elite of endurance athletes – exercising by working every day. Exercise increases the need for...

While everyone who is cool seems to be wearing compression gear, I’ve been looking in to the why’s of it. There is some iffy research out...

1. Cold water baths. There seems to be some improvement in muscle chemistry after a 10 minute cold bath for 10 minutes. There also are...

Working in the heat as we know is a tough job – but evidence shows that trained subjects, working in heat of about 40 degrees with 10%...

Still on the topic of hydration, and urine, did you know that there is such thing as overhydration? So, here anyway, it’s still super...

It’s hot, you’re working hard and sweating profusely…. How do you know if you are hydrated enough? Seems a group of scientists have done...