Embrace the Obvious One of the take away from the first couple of chapters from Dan John’s new book ‘Attempts’. The idea that most people overlook the obvious solutions to their problems in many areas of life, especially when it comes to their health and fitness. If you’re overweight, are you eating too much and […]

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Pillars of Physical Freedom I posted the other day that ‘Fitness is Freedom’ – but what exactly should you be aiming for in this pursuit. Being Pain free – as we age and become more sedentary our joints can become stiffer and less mobile, this can cause pain and discomfort in many areas and can […]

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Monday – the day you get ‘back on it’, when motivation is high and you plan to recommence your diet and training. How did your Monday go? Almost everyone adopts this mindset, the problem is few actually plan and prepare to actually follow it through. Most people have good intentions but struggle in the application. […]

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Fitness is Freedom. Picture 2 scenarios. First, your son / family is desperate for holiday / trip that you’ve not budgeted for but you really want to go. You can probably get some overtime in, probably scrape some money together, borrow some money, stick it on a credit card – you could probably get it […]

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Fat Frog Monday part 2. Start your week off the right way. An old favourite – Death By Thrusters. Start a timer, perform 1 rep, on minute 2 you do 2 reps. Keep adding a rep every minute on the minute until you can’t manage the reps in the time. You can use DBs, KBs, […]

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Gyms in Scotland have now been closed for 20 weeks – here are 20 Sunday morning thoughts……… 1) Blaming the above for not being in shape is not a valid excuse. 2) Home workouts can suck, but they are 100% better than zero workouts. 3) A set of Gymnastic Rings and a Kettlebell should be […]

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