People who think positively can see potential in even the most discouraging situations, while those who think negatively are quick to point out problems and limitations. This goes beyond the proverbial idea of simply seeing a glass “half full” or “half empty” and extends to actually making decisions and taking actions based on either positive.. Read more →

Training volume isn’t about doing as much as you can do or tolerate. When in doubt doing less is likely to prove superior to doing more. So many go into the gym and do set after set after set, etc., thinking the more volume they do, the better. No real rhyme or reason behind it… Read more →

Many people, when excus … er, I mean ‘explaining’ cheating on a plan fall back to using stress as their reason. I guess that begs the question, when does it end? Stress in its various shapes and forms is a life constant; it’s not going to ever go away. We all have to deal with.. Read more →

In response to a client whose first experience in the gym was feeling intimidated by some of the guys who were there: Don’t let the opinions of a few people you don’t even know derail YOUR journey to better yourself. In reality, they are probably less concerned about you than you think. And even if.. Read more →

All change, all transformation begins with a choice. Too many people seem to think that change is something they have happen TO them, so they kind of wait around for their ‘moment’, their time when they all of a sudden can make that change they’ve been ‘wanting’ to make … but were just waiting for.. Read more →

Setting your mind decisively can be a really key tool to success. Not just in the context of fitness, dieting, eating well, training etc., but rather in most areas of life? Because NOT setting your mind decisively in advance of say, a temptation, makes it much, much harder to resist that temptation when you’re IN.. Read more →