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...

The body, the mind, the spirit. Each with an increasing level of awareness, connectivity and direction. The body follows the mind, which is tricky, as it occasionally gets confused. Spirit seems to sit in the background overseeing things, waiting for us to listen or look a little closer figure it out. Sometimes there is conflict....

If you have an iPhone, here’s an exercise for you: Go to the “settings” tab, then go to “battery,” then scroll down to look at Battery usage for the Apps. Then toggle the little switch over to “Time” with the little clock, rather than percentage. Flip it over to the “Last 7 Days.” A lot...

To change the mind requires awareness. It is more difficult (because it is more confused), but it can be non-linear. It can be instantaneous. To change the body is more simple, as the body is just the follower. However, the body takes its time, it is mechanical. In 2009 I raced at the Hawaii Ironman...