Since I’ve started getting into sprint distance triathlon training I’ve been playing this balancing act between various training methods as I don’t want to sell my soul to aerobic exercise and carb overload as is typical of many in the sport! We all know that carbicide is often the reason for the failure of most [...]

If you have only got as far as googling ‘kettlebell training’ the chances are you will have come across Steve Cotter, president of the International Kettlebell and Fitness Federation.
Steve’s a fantastic athlete and all round great bloke! With a background in martial arts I knew when we sat down for a chat he’d have some [...]

Let’s face it, a lot of animals are faster, stronger, more agile and arguably often more intelligent than us humans.

Clearly we are a different species, but surely there is something to be said for mimicking animals in our training to develop all round athletic ability?
I caught up with Animal Kingdom Conditioning and Gymnastic Abs author [...]

You can’t improve performances every single week.
Fact!
At some point you need to step back, recover, then go again or face regression in training or worse, injury.
After recent conversations with various people, I thought it was time to make a quick video on the matter. I’d love to know your thoughts on recovery days / weeks [...]

I love kettlebells.
However, I also know that they are just another tool which should be part of one big toolbox!
I wanted to get the lowdown on why kettlebells are so effective, who uses them and how to get started with kettlebell sport.
Enter Tommy Matthews of Optimal Life Fitness who set me on my personal kettlebell [...]

My mentality on this quest to find the World’s Toughest Workouts is to keep an open mind.
For too long I have fallen into the trap of believing I had to find one best way of ‘doing fitness’.
I’ve done running.
I’ve done running and weights.
I’ve done Cross Fit WOD’S.
Each time I found reasons why that training was [...]

Whether you are into running or not, it’s always good to find out how elite athlete’s do it!
I hooked up with Lee Merrien a British cross-country athlete who is also a sub 4-minute miler.

Lee’s got body fat of around 5% but shock horror he eats lots of potatoes which have been outlawed by a lot [...]

If you think you’ve trained like a marine because you picked up a magazine article with a title like ‘Train Like A Marine – 10 Girl’s Circuits To Pretend You’re As Hard As A Marine’, you’re sadly mistaken.
A brief search for ‘marine training workout’ on Google unearthed this crap on http://www.bodybuilding.com written by some guys who [...]

Following on from my interview with Craig Ballantyne, I hooked up with world-renowned coach Alwyn Cosgrove.
If you’ve never heard of this guy, I strongly suggest you google him and see what you find!
I’ve yet to find someone who gets such strong points across INSTANTLY!
Let’s see what he had to say about periodising your training, nutrition, [...]