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Movement with purpose
Training isn't just about chasing aesthetics. It's about testing limits, building resilience, and finding balance between strength, endurance, and recovery. Here I share experiences from years of training, lessons learned through trial and error, and insights that might help you on your own journey toward sustainable performance and wellbeing
Reps Over Rituals
Another leg day, another personal best recorded. As I touched on in a previous post, incorporating more consistent functional training is continuing to pay dividends for my leg strength. This morning, I hit 172.5kg for a one rep max on the seventh set out of my standard ten.
To The Gods Of Cold, Wind And Rain
Wednesday Morning, 5:45am, Amsterdam.
A city I’ve come to know well over the past year through work, lies dark and almost dormant.
I get myself up, splash water on my face, throw on my shorts, top and jumper and lace up my trainers. It’s time to go to war again. Here we are again my friend, I’ve missed you.
We Came To Work
When it comes to training, there’s a big difference between just showing up versus turning up to work.
Of course, not every session is going to be maximum intensity. We all have off days, moments of exhaustion, or times where the focus just isn’t there. But when you walk through those gym doors, what’s your intention?
Hybrid Resilience: Staying Unbroken
When I opened Strava recently, I noticed they’d added a new feature showing your streak of active weeks. Mine currently sits at 265, which corresponds to five years of uninterrupted training since I first started tracking. And that’s just what’s been measured since I started using Strava.
Someone Is Always Watching
There’s been more than a few times in my life when people have commented on the consistency of training habits that I perhaps take for granted. During my mid-twenties and early thirties, I used to post runs, gym sessions and progress updates on social media. Over time though as I’ve mentioned elsewhere, my social media usage dwindled to the point of not using it at all.
Me vs Me: My First Hyrox Pro Experience
When it comes to fitness and physical challenges, my general approach is simple: it’s me versus me. Of course, there are other participants, however as I'm not a fitness professional, I don't necessarily expect to finish top of the pile against trained athletes. What I do expect is that I’ll push myself to my personal limits and leave it all on the track or in the arena.