I’ve heard our attention is more valuable now than ever. Or, we are more distracted now than ever. It seems to have coincided with our figuring out how to tap into each other’s dopamine system with a couple of clicks of the thumb. As expected this shows up in exercise, training and health journeys, on...

I am seeing social media as a huge potential dampener to progression in a lot of people’s health and fitness journeys. Yes, it allows trainers and coaches to showcase their work and advertise, potentially helping you “find” a place to train. Yes, it has possibly allowed greater connection (in a false, often fleeting and virtual...

The chef brings creativity to their cooking. They create recipes. When I cook, I generally follow, or stick to recipes. I could try to create, but my knowledge of base level things such as matching ingredients, flavours or cooking methods is limited. To really make it worthwhile – to be able to improvise, would require...

We change habits, start on a new journey. We see others on the journey as well, so it makes sense to ask the question: “When?” When will the results come, when will I change, when will it get easier? Nobody knows. What we do know is, if you expect a timeframe, or have a cutoff...

Exercise or training is all “long game.” Sure, there are some feel good chemicals that happen soon after a session, but really, you can get more of those other ways which are far easier. The really cool benefit is in the longer term. After you have been on the journey for 5, 10, 20 years,...

When we go deeper into the exercise and training journey, we only can spend so much time on structural stuff before there are diminishing returns. This means that for the general population to get fit, healthy and have vitality, there is a certain amount of training experience or knowledge that is helpful, in order to...

The type of training we do has movement “complexity” relatively high.  This means that we are challenged with new patterns or skill sets quite often. The person who doesn’t like failing, doesn’t like “not being good” at something finds this uncomfortable. However, this tension is where growth lies. So, we have a choice: We can...

Kind of like money, we often put fitness, training, body composition on a pedestal.  It’s a physical, visual representation of our whole selves that we present to the world.  However, deep down, we know the true gold in life is Connection. We feel this in moments we share with others, or with nature. When we...