It’s been eight days since I caught the dreaded C-word and grounded. My bikes are all sitting here looking as depressed as I am about being left to fester in the makeshift office/gym/trophy room we used to call “the dining room”. I can nearly do the splits again and I’m re-learning the handstands I was …
You may or may not have experience with being coached. It could be at work, on a personal level or perhaps in sport and training. Whatever it is, having a coach or mentor is one of the most valuable things we can do in any area of our lives that we want to excel in. …
Coffee. Biscuit. Coffee. Biscuit. That’s one of the most common habits I see – people who can’t have a coffee without a little processed treat on the side. Harmless if taken occasionally, but when you’re having five coffees before 2pm, that’s a lot of biscuits by the end of the day… And as I tell …
It happens to me way too often. “It’s healthy because it’s natural”. “This is labelled as natural.” “This is made from all natural ingredients so it’s fine.” DUDE. STOP. I regularly have the conversation in my dental surgery – in fact more and more than I ever used to now – with patients about whether …
“It’s natural” and other contemporary bullshit we tell ourselves. Read More »
One of the conversations I’ve had a lot with newer clients recently is about eating out. People often start full of enthusiasm with me when we start talking about improving health, tackling fat loss and trying to get them into shape, but then feel disheartened, anxious, confused or overwhelmed when it comes to eating out. …
How to eat out when you’re trying to lose weight. Read More »
You’ve heard me say it before: The only way to lose weight, is to create a calorie deficit. I could just end the article there. But I can’t. I won’t. Because on an almost daily basis, I see distressingly face-palm worthy Instagram diet pages where the content is based SOLELY on calorie counting. And the …
It’s been an eventful 24 hours. Noodlearms decided he’s had enough of cycling and threw himself off his bike going around a greasy corner at 30mph. Eight hours, fifteen X-rays, 1 CT scan and a smattering of road rash cleaning later we made it back to the ranch and in to bed…by 3:30am 😴 As …
One of the greatest things that I’ve signed up for over the winter, is a series of bike skills workshops. It sounds boring and slow, but far from it. I’ve learned I’m awesome at bike limbo and I can lean over far further on my bike than I think I can, without toppling over and …
“Blue Monday”. I looked it up on the google engine. It’s actually just the term we can give to any Monday, where we feel depressed because the weekend is over and we’re back to work. However, back in 2005, some travel agent decided that the third – or second…or fourth?! – Monday of January was, …
I couldn’t have written a more provocative and obvious title could I? I mean, this is right to the point. Many authors have covered it before, yet so many have got it wrong. It’s January. The gym is packed with those determined to start afresh and “sweat off some of that fat” that’s been building …
