If there is one pervasive piece of self-sabotage that has caused more people to avoid getting stronger in the history of strength training than any other single factor, it is the following phrase: “I’m going to wait until it feels…
“I keep practising, but I’m getting worse!” Sound familiar? This is the refrain of the early-stage intermediate at any medium-to-high skill activity. It’ll usually set in after a few months of practice, when you’ve gotten sufficiently to grips with the…
…maybe it’s just your kitchen that’s terrible? Recently, we talked about why it’s important to set up your home environment for healthy eating. If you’d like to incorporate this idea into your own eating plan, the Kitchen Makeover is a…
We all know by now that you cannot out train a bad diet. But when someone says “changing your diet”, 90% of people’s minds immediately go to eating boxes of steamed broccoli, being the person who says “no” all the…
Do you know you need to make better nutrition choices, but it just doesn’t seem to happen a lot of the time? You’re not alone. For a good 90% of people, there’s a disconnect between their goals, and their day…
…but did you really? The answer kind of depends on what you mean by “muscle”. Most people think of their muscles as big (or perhaps not so big) blocks of…well…muscle. In actuality, only about 19% of the weight of a…
“I hate the assault bikes”…”I’d do anything other than push the sleds”…”I hate running”… Common refrains of the CrossFit participant. Wouldn’t it be great if these kinds of things never appeared in your programme? Well, probably not. Typically, when you…
There are two rules for loading a barbell correctly: 1) Always use the largest plates available and 2) Never use more than one set of the same type of plate, unless it’s a 20kg plate. Most people who are new…
