Being Productive: The power of 3 & busy disease.
It has been repeated over and over in many books on success, habit forming and goal attainment. Pick 3 things that are the most important things that must get done in your day. They can be from any aspects of your life e.g. Health, family, work. It’s not a ‘to do’ list. It’s a must […]
Go Big or Go Small for Strength
A common misconception in strength training is that you need to go hard every time to get strong. Well that’s just not true. There is a fine line between skill acquisition, central nervous system fatigue, muscle hypertrophy (growth of muscle) and strength development. The research is certainly not clear with regards to exact reps and […]
The key factor in exercise compliance
100 days ago exactly,I made a commitment to do some sort of strength training every day and I have been 100% compliant with this goal. It’s ranged from just 10 press-ups to full out gym sessions. So a bit of background to my story. I have a busy lifestyle with family and work pressures […]
Goals Goals & Goal Attainment
If I told you that there was a 69% increase in the likelihood of you achieving your goal by employing one thing, I guess you would bite my hand off to find out what that was. Well, that one thing is………..Accountability. In Gary Keller and Jay Papasan’s amazing book ‘The One Thing’, they discuss […]
The Cardboard Box Training Method
The cardboard box trap. Cardboard box training. It’s taking the fitness Industry by storm. Well, not really. Let’s take the simple cardboard box. If you have ever been around kids when they get a new toy, the novelty wears off pretty quick and then it’s onto the cardboard box the new toy came in for […]
Physio’s are annoyingly demanding
Sometimes physios demand a lot from their patients and often they can be very vague regarding return to sport. For example, a physio may say: “Do this exercise 5-10 times per day or when you think about it” “Sit with good posture all day long or when you think about it” “You need to do […]
Multi tasking doesn’t work
Yes, I said it. It’s a myth and its affecting how you get the fitness results you so desperately want e.g. flat stomach, run for longer, faster, return to sport, recover from injury etc etc Research into multitasking has been proven to be inefficient (check out the ‘One Thing’ by Gary Keller & Jay […]
A little Less stupid & a lot more focused
This is the answer I gave to a friend of mine when she asked me about turning 30. At the time, it just came out. I didn’t really think about it and I wasn’t meaning to be so blunt. It was purely from the subconscious. Straight after, I thought maybe that was a bit simplistic and raw but the more I thought […]
Knee Deep In Guilt & Hope
Ah January, a month full of guilt, hope and inevitable failure (if you are reading this and it’s not January, it really doesn’t matter, when it comes to rehab, every month feels like January). Change is the dish of the day and it tastes bitter sweet. Sweet because the change is usually something positive and […]
Maradona, Jumping on Beds & a Failed Dream
Why does mindset matter to fitness and health so much? Why do some people achieve their dreams and some just settle despite having all the passion? For my 10th birthday I was given a Diego Maradona football. It was 1990 and he was considered to be the best player of all time. In my opinion, […]