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Would MMA be the No.1 in Combat Sports in the next 10 Years?

  Two brutal fighters under a steel cage wearing MMA shorts striving to win while the crowd chanting makes the game fiercer. In its quest to unseat boxing as the best combat sport, MMA has built a sizable global fan base in large part because of the UFC. Undoubtedly, boxing is currently the most popular […]

9th November 2022 read full article

Heaviest weights ever lifted

  Throughout history there have been many amazing feats of strength, some have been officially recorded while others are the stuff of legend. One such record is from American Paul Anderson, in 1957 he was entered into the Guinness Book of World Records.  The entry stated, “Greatest Lift.  The greatest weight ever raised by a […]

5th May 2020 read full article

Interview: Adventure Athlete Ben Turner

Ben Turner is an adventure athlete and coach, speaker and brand ambassador; pursuing his dream of winning the  Iron-man World Championship, Kona in 2022. Ben is currently training to break the Fastest Known Time of the Cape Wrath Trail (CWT) in Scotland.  Regarded as the UK’s toughest trail, the CWT is 230 miles through the […]

15th January 2020 read full article

Wingsuit flyer Fraser Corsan – the world’s fastest man

We caught up with Fraser Corsan, he’s a very experienced wingsuit flyer – the world’s fastest non motorised sport.  Fraser Fraser Corsan holds the world record, which clocks in at 400 kph (249mph)! How many jumps/flights have you done? I have just over 2,500 jumps of which 1500 are wingsuit skydives. Highest jump and are […]

25th November 2019 read full article

A few things to should know about Wingsuit Flying

Humans have many dreams and wishes, some wish they were super rich, some want telepathic powers but one of of the most common dreams people have is to be able to fly.  And in the late 1990’s that dream was made possible with development of wingsuits.  The wingsuit creates a surface area with fabric between […]

19th November 2019 read full article

The most outstanding world records in sport

Records were made to be broken, and they will all be broken at some stage, there are some though which will stand the test of time.  We’ve done a little research and picked some which we think, are the most outstanding world records in sport.  These are by no means the longest standing world records […]

15th October 2019 read full article

Multi Disciplined Sports

Most athletes specialise in one sport and train and compete for just that sport. There are some however, who like to take on a little more and train and compete in a few different sports for the same event! These events usually end in ‘thlon’ Let’s look at the different ones starting with 2 sport […]

19th July 2019 read full article

My experience of Climbing Everest – Anish Luitel

Anish Luitel is mountaineer and scout leader and volunteer, he has summited Everest twice and once unsuccessfully.  Anish is currently fundraising on PledgeSports to complete the 7 Summits Challenge – Climbing the 7 highest mountain in 7 continents. Below is his experience of climbing Mount Everest: 2015 Earthquake My first attempt at climbing Everest was on […]

22nd March 2019 read full article

Adventure Runner – Life On the Road

In Feb 2016 Eric decided to challenge himself to something a little out of the ordinary and run 4,200 miles across America, it took nearly 2 years of logistics, planning and training and in December he finished the run. It’s been a fascinating journey for us and anyone else who has been following it. We are […]

17th December 2018 read full article

Endurance Athlete Brennan Townshend

In our new athlete blog series, endurance athlete Brennan Townshend reports back on running, winning and setting a course record for the Mourne Skyline MTR Mountain Trail Race in Northern Ireland – The final race in the UK Skyrunning series. Brennan Townshend My life as an endurance athlete began back in 2008 when I started running […]

23rd November 2018 read full article