Hybrid training has become massively popular over the last few years, and I completely understand why. Being able to lift heavy, run well and look good at the same time is something most people would sign up for. The problem is that social media has convinced a lot of people they can maximise all those things at once, when that’s just not how training works. Within your first year or two of training, you can easily push all modalities at once due to newbie gains. But once you

Recently I’ve been working with my mate Andy who, for the last three years, had been stuck in chronic hip and low back pain. We’re not talking about the odd flare up — I mean the kind of pain where if he trained, he’d end up in bed for a week afterwards. He’d already been down the route of scans, appointments, and was due to have surgery. Before going down that road, we decided to try resolve the issue through training first. Not a magic exercise or a miracle stretch. Just a

Training is a stressor, one which we can control, however a stressor nonetheless. If you are experiencing a period where stress is high elsewhere in life, sometimes the best thing you can do is step training back a bit, to ensure you protect what you have built - Instead of hammering your head against a brick wall and wondering why progress has stalled. Your body doesn’t separate stress into neat little categories like: Training stress Work stress Poor sleep Relationship stre

Most people think confidence comes from the big wins - · Big totals · Big races · Big events · Big results But it doesn’t. Confidence comes from keeping small promises to yourself - consistently And guess what? The opposite is also true. You either build confidence in yourself — Or you erode it Every time you say: “I’ll go to the gym five times next week.” “I’ll do cardio every morning.” “I’ll start eating perfectly.” “I’ll wake up at 5am

Hybrid training gets a bad reputation online, and it’s not hard to see why Scroll social media and you’ll see people self grandiosely calling themselves “hybrid athletes” while maxing out barbell lifts, running hard intervals on tired legs, piling conditioning on top, and wearing burnout like a badge of honour. Then they feel flat, injured, or stuck — and decide hybrid training doesn’t work. That misses the point. The idea behind hybrid training — developing multiple physical

A decade of lifting teaches you a fair bit Most of what works isn’t exciting, and most of what’s exciting doesn’t really matter long term. You stop chasing hacks. You stop falling for extremes. And you start appreciating the boring stuff that just works. Here’s what lifting for a long time has genuinely taught me. 1. Genetics matter (and that’s fine) This is one people don’t love hearing, but it’s true. Some people: Build muscle faster Stay lean with less effort Recover bet

Over the last few years – “Science based training” has become one of the most powerful marketing labels in fitness. Programmes, influencers & coaches routinely justify their methods with reference to studies, charts & academic language. On the surface, this sounds like progress, less bro-science, more evidence & better results. What could be wrong with that? The issue is the trend has drifted far from its original purpose. Instead of helping lifters train better, “science-b