If you’re not careful, one week can quite easily merge into the next. It seems to me that most of us come up with a plan when we have time – Usually after a holiday or Christmas, any time where we have time to think through what is important to us. We can inspire ourselves.

Has anyone ever thought that all this training is meant to make you feel better? Yes, me too. Tiredness is an unfortunate side effect of training hard. The problem is that it makes us grouchy to be around – I’m terrible for this.

So last week me, the misses and my kids went away – got to get that all important family time. We went to Scotland and stayed in a place right on the Loch – it was brilliant. I needed a rest from everything. Nutri Tri has been ridiculously busy, which is good but tough.

As a triathlete you will have no doubt set upon many google searches. Looking for the best training programme, best kit and best nutrition plans. Knowledge after all is power…….. but is it really? I think that nowadays knowledge can actually be quite

Most people start the week with good intentions. “I’m going to make this week a good one” Monday’s are often hard – We are tired from a hard weekends training and maybe a little alcohol etc. Tuesdays though – Well they are where you really need to nail things if you are going to make […]

It is often touted that if you’re looking to lose weight you should aim for no more than 2 pounds per week. Why? Well you could easily lose more but the theory is that if you do this regularly you will start to lose too much muscle. As athletes when performance is your goal, losing […]

I used to be obsessed with mental toughness. Whenever I used to undertake any task I would SERIOUSLY say to my friends how I could do it because I was tougher than them – NOT physically but mentally, I could handle more pain than them. Looking back I am not sure it was actually true […]

Some people say that “bad genetics” is just an excuse, that you just need to work harder. Which people say this? Yes, the ones with good genes, the ones with the natural advantage. I’ve worked with hundreds, maybe thousands of athletes over my coaching career and one thing is for sure:

Bank holidays, religious festivals, family gatherings etc etc – They’re all horrendous opportunities to excessively eat. Nearly all of my one to one clients have wanted to know how to manage this weekend without getting carried away and undoing all their hard work. Now it’s too late for you, so my best advice is to […]

I think we all think this from time to time – is it all really worth it. You see, the life of a triathlete is not an easy one. It’s like you’ve made the decision to make your life a little bit harder than everyone else. Obviously there is the training, which most of us […]