Does Sweating More Mean Burning More Fat?
Does Sweating More Mean Burning More Fat? It’s been brutally hot in the UK the last few weeks. I’m currently in Croatia, where the heat is on another level entirely, and I’m still running through it. I brought this up with my team recently. One of them said people shouldn’t train in the heat, or […]
Calisthenics vs Weights vs Running Is the Wrong Debate. Here’s the Mistake Almost Everyone Makes
Calisthenics vs Weights vs Running Is the Wrong Debate. Here’s the Mistake Almost Everyone Makes A few years ago I was Ironman training, swimming lanes alongside genuinely elite swimmers, people who’d won races all over the world. There was one drill our coach loved: swim 25m, then hit the wall and knock out 3 dips […]
Anywhere, Anytime, Any Body
Anywhere, Anytime, Any Body Over the past five years I’ve spent a lot of time travelling. I’d always wanted to travel more than I did, but through my twenties and early thirties I just wasn’t in a financial position to do as much of it as I’d have liked. Then at 36 I had my […]
The Minimum Effective Dose of Staying Strong
The Minimum Effective Dose of Staying Strong I’m writing this from Brač, an island off the Croatian coast, about halfway through a month here. I do a trip like this most summers, often an island, often somewhere out in the middle of nowhere, and it almost always means the same trade off. I can run […]
Study Everyone. Copy No One.
Study Everyone, Copy No One. I’ve had a few issues with my calf recently. Running 40-45 mile weeks, if I’m honest, I’m not surprised. Went to see my physio last night and we ended up sat in deep conversation for well over an hour. We got talking about injuries. About how people often train too […]
Progress Is Boring. That’s the Whole Point.
Progress Is Boring. That’s the Whole Point. Ever noticed how the strongest, most successful people are often labelled boring? They do similar things, at similar times, on similar days, week after week, year after year. There’s a reason for that. I get told this a lot. That my life sounds rigid. That it sounds boring. […]
Why Learning About Nutrition Will Change Your Life More Than Almost Anything Else
Why Learning About Nutrition Will Change Your Life More Than Almost Anything Else I’ve been training since I was 16. That’s nearly 25 years. And for the first 16 of those years, I hadn’t got a clue what I was eating. In your 20s that doesn’t matter much. Staying in shape in your 20s is […]
41 Things I’ve Learnt at 41
41 Things I’ve Learnt at 41 Next week I turn 41. And honestly? I think I could write 1,000 lessons, many of them learned the hard way. But I’ve tried to condense a lifetime of trial, error, and the occasional disaster into 41. Before I do, something’s been on my mind. My son is 5. […]
Rest, Adapt, Become: You Are the Product of What You Accept as Normal
Rest, Adapt, Become: You Are the Product of What You Accept as Normal If you read my blogs regularly, you know I talk a lot about stretching your capacity, resting, then stretching again. That cycle isn’t just a training philosophy. It’s how human beings are built to grow. The last week or so my body […]
What Marco Polo Knew 800 Years Ago That Most People Still Haven’t Figured Out
What Marco Polo Knew 800 Years Ago That Most People Still Haven’t Figured Out Last week I took my wife to Venice to celebrate our 12th wedding anniversary. The moment you land, you’re already being introduced to Marco Polo, the airport carries his name. We got onto a gondola on the first day and the […]
