When you try the experience once, there’s an initial impression. But, it might take 100 or 200 practices before you feel the deeper layers of it. The bit that everyone talks about. A lot of people try something once, but usually, we need to commit to more of a trial “period” and, if it’s a...

Whatever it is that you are thinking of doing or working towards, you probably can’t do it yet, otherwise it would be there as a memory rather than a projection. It turns out that convincing (tricking) ourselves that we can learn to do the task is absolutely the most important factor (without belief, there is...

Bounded rationality is a cognitive bias that was coined in the 1950’s by Herbert A. Simon. It is the idea that when we make decisions, we are limited by the information we have, the cognitive limitation of our minds and the fact that we have finite time to make the decision. As a result of...

“If you activate forced exhalation muscles, you not only are inviting the activation of the stress response, but also are locking the spine.” A little bit from a workshop yesterday from Simon Borg-Olivier. So the fitness industry has an interesting paradox. Yes the “six pack” is more evident when body fat percentage is down. But,...

If everyone is questioning your approach, it probably isn’t right. If everyone is already “with” your approach, it probably isn’t right either and certainly isn’t going to create change. If about 1/3 of the crowd is interested in your approach, or raises an eyebrow, you could be onto something. I’ve seen this work with triathlon...

What’s the main task at hand? If we are running an event, we need a venue. We need the food and music. But, we also need the people (sales). When we are on our “fitness” or health journey, maybe we are trying to build strength, or “enter” the marathon. We need the aerobic fitness, we...

I’ve written about adaptive training and Doug Hepburn [here]. Hepburn had a slow and consistent approach to training. He became one of the strongest guys around, prior to the prolific use of anabolic steroids. His focus was the long game. His method was excruciatingly simple. Most people get too bored with it and look elsewhere...

There is a certain flow to a project. At the start, we are looking big picture: designs, intentions, directions, suppliers, resources, budgets. At the end, we are dialling it in: delivery, bringing it to market, possibly retailing. Our movement or health journey is no different. At the start, we have big picture: how we are...