There are three pillars for most of the work that I do, or most of my projects (or passions!): Breath Movement Connection When we overlay three domains, we get “bounding” – each domain gets bounded, or steered a little, by the others. A sweet spot in the middle. To breathe is important, but to sit...

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...

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 cricket player who lives locally. When I walk the dog to the small local dog park, often he turns up and spends some time in the batting cage area. His process is fairly boring. He sets up 20 balls on little cones, about a meter from the wire fence. The balls sit...

My friend just got back from a Tony Robbins event. I’ve had a few friends come back from these events in the last 12 months. I haven’t been to one of these, but from the sounds of it, the level of excitation that he brings across a 14 hour day is impressive. Epic even. Lights,...

For many years, I focused purely on what I now call the “Allies.” These are tools that we develop expertise in to help raise awareness or vitality – such as practices of the breath, sound, movement, nutrition.. The thing is, when you fall off of the wagon a bit, or miss out on something and...

Just a quick note today – I am running a workshop in Sydney on August 25th at Jungle Brothers Strength and Movement, at 1pm. We’ll be diving into strategies for down-regulating for recovery, health and performance. This includes: – Introduction to meditation and basic breath exercises – Group/partner exercises – Discussion on exercise “intent” If...

If physiological load is well managed and a person is getting enough food, is breathing well and sleeping well, there is often benefit in adding frequency in training. This is in alignment with “move every day,” which I feel is a great target for most people – we promote blood flow, tissue, tendon and joint...