I've been a fan of the 80/20 training method for quite a while now. My conversion started when I read Primal Endurance about 10 years ago and then sped up after listening to Stephen Seiler, and chatting with Phil [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Simple recommendations on how to vary your sleep patterns and training volume and intensity to maximise the impact of your COVID vaccine Within the near future, many of you will receive invitations to have your [...]
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 [...]
