Bored of Home Workouts this Winter?
Here’s my ultimate guide to motivated, safe winter training!
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KISS
The simple strategy for success. Literally.
Weight loss = Face loss?
My mother-in-law has so many wrinkles she looks like a Venetian blind Les Dawson Someone once told me that you had to choose between your face and your body. She said that as you age, there is a decision to be made between being overweight, but having plumpness and youth in your face, or choosing …
The Magic of Calories…
I’ve got a lot of experience in nutrition – I am not a dietician, or a registered nutritionist, I am simply an athlete, who has experienced the ups and downs of weight loss and weight gain like all other normal people. The difference for me, is I was raised by a body builder and a …
I’m not a runner.
I’m not a natural runner. I never was. When I was younger, I once tripped over my own coatsleeves. I’m not co-ordinated, athletic or sporty. But I’m also an age-group GB athlete. I’ve complete Ironman, earned a black belt in martial arts and have had some podium-heavy triathlon seasons. If you run, you are a …
Admit why you’re REALLY working out…
Who doesn’t care about the lovely aesthetic side-effects of regular workouts? Who doesn’t aspire to have toned arms and a tapered waist? We might choose to workout for a whole variety of reasons; get stronger, be healthier, lose weight, perform better, but the fact is, the kudos we get when someone points out how well …
Mental Strength
If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced Barrie Davenport The last 500m of the run are where races are lost and won. I compete for more than an hour, but it’s those last few seconds and minutes where the race …
Physical Strength
Now I’m strong: I can run fast, I can lift weights, and that in itself is quite empowering, to have that physical strength. It changes my whole mental attitude. Esme Creed-Miles “Are you hoping for a time today?”“13 hours or less.”He laughed at me. Openly laughed at me. This was how Ironman Wales started. I …
Confidence is…
With confidence, you have won before you have started. Marcus Garvey …strength. Confidence is strength. When we are confident, we are strong enough to lead, to achieve, to try the daunting things, to start the adventures, to be brave enough to live life to the full. Why is it, that some people seem to radiate …
BUTTER ME UP!
Many moons ago, before the invent of lycra, sweat-wicking fabrics, memory foam and seam-free bib shorts, cyclists apparently used to use a steak as their only cushioning on the bike. After a day in the saddle tenderising the meat, they also had a quick protein-rich meal read to go on their arrival home… Yeah I …