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The smart way to lose weight
Good morning, everybody. Today, I’m going to answer a question from one of our SWAT members and outline the smart way to lose weight. If you have a question you'd like me to answer please [...]
The best way to build endurance
Some of my work in the last 15 years has involved coach education for British Triathlon, generally at Loughborough University. Often we invite guest presenters to deliver on specialist subjects and that is how I [...]
200 podcasts: 5 key lessons
Two weeks ago we published episode 200 of the High Performance Human podcast. I thought it would be fun to look back at those conversations and see if I could pick out some key lessons. [...]
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Short intervals could lead to big improvements in your swim fitness
As we emerged from lockdown I started writing swim sets with 25 & 50m reps on the basis that short intervals could lead to big improvements in your swim fitness. Let's talk about the reasoning [...]
Why self-compassion is essential in building resilience
We hope you enjoy this guest post written by Jonathan Ward, a Courage Coach and Mindful Self-Compassion Teacher “Why bother? You’ll never amount to anything. You will never be as fast as the others, give [...]
Small changes lead to big payoffs
When chasing goals it's not necessary to make drastic changes. Small changes lead to big payoffs if you're persistent. The diagram below of the 'Plateau of Latent Potential' perfectly highlights what happens when we start [...]