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 simple,...

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 stress Dieting...

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.” and you...