Pain is an indicator, a flag for awareness. A shift to a higher level of thought. The tricky part though is the questioning of belief systems and making sure our eyes are open to the periphery. Where we look at first might not be exactly where the problem lies. If physical or emotional pain is...

So what sort of power are you averaging? What are you holding when you’re just tapping out tempo? “It’s around 310 watts (a measure of bike power output) for a period of over four hours – or whatever it was, four hours 12 minutes.* This was Cameron Wurf talking to an interviewer about his effort...

The action is clear: Show up, put in the effort in a mindful, consistent manner.  Slowly learn, modify and implement lifestyle factors that are proven to be effective. However, despite often knowing exactly what it is we need to do, we’ll often find ourselves down a deep, dark rabbit hole looking for more information. The...

Yesterday I made a trip down to the hot springs on the Mornington Peninsula.  This is about an hour away. We went on a Wednesday. I thought it would be fairly quiet. The pools were rammed. Like sardines we squeezed into the hot baths with travellers from all over the place.  I love to watch...

“Performance” seems to be a hot topic. Brands like 2XU, sports supplement brands, shoe technology… these guys have it covered. For whom are you performing? For many, this little thoguht seed turns into a sprint. A 90 day plan for performance, or to “level up” the output. However, a sprint is nothing if you are...

Like anything, we can look at the breath in a lot of different contexts. From a physiological perspective, in our training, in our sleep, in meditation, from a developmental perspective, a mental/emotional perspective..  It seems never ending. Where do we start? How about simply with awareness. With watching? For me, it was when I was...

There are numerous benefits to training with resistance, or increasing lean muscle mass through strength training. Lean muscle mass is in itself metabolic and passively burns body fat. However, there are a few guidelines to work with to ensure that the stress or “load” of the training is managable and that the results are long...

Top level performers face a huge number of stressors. As the level of “competition” goes up, it seems so does the stress. Scanlan et aI. (1991) interviewed 26 former national-championship figure skaters in order to identify the stressors encountered during the most competitive phase of their career. The sources of stress were categorised under five...