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 [...]
September 2021
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
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 [...]
Return to Swimming
On April 12th (hopefully) we will all be able to get back into the pool and resume our ‘full’ triathlon training programmes. The time will go quickly, and there’s plenty that you can do to [...]
November 2020
Are you an active couch potato?
Do you train at least 5 days/week, sometimes twice a day? If so, you might think that the answer to this question is obvious. "No, of course I'm not an active couch potato!" But think [...]
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 [...]
May 2020
The Benefits of RPE
Rewind 30 plus years to the late 80’s. September 1987 to be precise. That’s when I started my triathlon journey. After my first event I was hooked, and determined to train hard for a bright [...]