Which comes first: Action or motivation?
Last week I asked the question, which comes first, action or motivation? The results of the poll show that most people feel that motivation comes before action. I totally get that this is an ‘it [...]
December 2021
September 2021
Intensity vs consistency
Intensity versus consistency in training, which is more important? The #1 rule for becoming a better athlete is consistency. Hands down!! Nothing else comes close. Champions in all walks of life are built from many [...]
August 2021
Are you investing in your physical pension?
How can you invest in your own physical pension, and what is it? Growing up my father bored me to death about how important it was to save for the later stages of my life. [...]
July 2021
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 [...]
June 2021
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. [...]
March 2021
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 [...]
August 2020
The foundations of smart training
In the beginning In recent years I’ve become far more aware of the importance of being a healthy human being, and how it impacts one's ability to achieve optimal athletic performance. When starting in triathlon [...]
October 2019
Training Peaks Endurance Coaching Summit 2019
10 days ago I attended the Training Peaks Endurance Coaching Summit in Boulder, Colorado. As usual they had some excellent speakers and below are some of the gems of information that I picked up. [...]
June 2019
Overtraining or the menopause
It was great to see Louise Minchin (Fellow GBR AG Triathlete) taking on the feature theme: ‘Wake up to the Menopause’ on BBC Breakfast(May 12-17th 2019) and for her to share personal experiences of the [...]