As humans it is our instinct to look for the easy way out. As athletes though, we must look for the opposite. Sure, we must train smart and eat smart, but at the same time without a little discomfort we will not achieve our goals – our dreams!

I am a 39 year old man with a wife and two daughters of 4 and 1. We recently put our house up for sale and it’s been sold at the asking price – good news. The bad news is that she wants it by the end of March and we can’t find another house […]

In case you don’t know, I have 2 young daughters who are one and four. They get excited over the smallest things. They love life and see NO bad or deceit in the world. They haven’t been hurt yet.

What ever we do in life, we naturally gravitate to the things we enjoy. Thats obvious right? But, what makes us enjoy something? Usually being good at it.

Athletes have many characteristics, some positive and some not so. I find good athletes tend to get more from life as a whole, because they are prepared to put themselves on the line. Risk failing in order to succeed.

If you have, you will know it is a truly unsettling experience. I’ve done it a few times in the past, usually on the bike – it’s always on the bike! The thing is, if you go out on long rides, you are going to potentially burn a hell of a lot of calories.

It’s weird isn’t it – how one day you step on the scales and you can be 2 pounds lighter or…. Well, a few pounds heavier. We all know that we can retain water, partly due to the food we eat and in some cases hormonal fluctuations.

How many times have you heard that? It’s one of the best excuses known to man, especially when people are trying to get out of doing any meaningful training. “I don’t know how you fit it all in” If only I had a penny for every time I’d heard that………. Time is also a great […]

A valuable nutrition lesson is about to be learnt but first: My house is currently up for sale. We need a little more space as the kids grow – usual story.

This is usually the approach adopted of the highly motivated dieter. It is my suspicion that form the 15,000 triathletes reading this, a good proportion of you will have adopted this strategy in the new year. Let me tell you about Alex: