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 [...]

I’m working through a strength and power phase at the moment which involves a lot of plyometric work and low rep, heavy weights to help improve vertical jump and develop more power endurance for sprint distance triathlons.
Below are some clips from a recent lower body training session which went something like this…
Rebound jumps 5×5
Hurdle hops [...]

The Storm Force Fitness UK Kettlebell Tour kicked off this weekend up in Newcastle and the guys and girls kicked ass! In fact the boys were put to shame in some of the tests throughout the day!
Katie and Lorna are machines and it was great to see girls pushing themselves hard – too many are [...]

Unless you happen to have wondered into a job as a professional athlete or won the lottery last week, the chances are you struggle to find time to do all the training you want to do.
Often this is simply because you haven’t realized that you do actually have the time and that you’re going to [...]

Sometimes, words are not enough.

I’m working on improving various gymnastic style exercises (please note those are not my abs above, but they are very nice)
Sometimes practice isn’t as good as it should be…..

UK Elections 2009 – World’s Toughest Workouts Manifesto
This manifesto sets out the policies by which the Worlds Toughest Workouts (WTW) working party intends to reverse the rot which has set not only in the general public in Britain but also amongst those who wrongly believe ‘going to the gym’ three times per week is an [...]