The forgotten diet phases

The forgotten diet phases

Have you ever started a diet, only to crash and burn within a month? Or reach the end of a long diet only to regain everything you lost within a few weeks? It’s probably ‘cause you forgot about the two most important diet phases: the Pre-Diet and the Post-Diet. Think...

Moderate. Simplify. Align.

Constantly falling short of your goals? It could be one of the “Big Cs.” First-up: Consumption. Specifically over-consumption. There’s no room for consuming large quantities of low-nutrition, high-calorie foods, especially if you’re trying to...
Settling the fasted cardio debate

Settling the fasted cardio debate

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ll have seen many a coach and “influencer” advocate that fasted cardio in the morning burns more fat. And to say that it has been widely “discussed” in the fitness and health industry is an...
Injury mitigation 101

Injury mitigation 101

Many of you will have read me saying something to the tune of “Over 40 training is SMART training.” And today, I want to give you a practical example of what that might mean for equipment choice and exercise selection. To be clear, these equipment subs for...
The weekend workout

The weekend workout

I get to bed early most nights. But Friday night is the worst. I’m lucky if I make it to 9pm, especially in the winter. For one, it’s the end of a long week of getting up at 4:30 and I’m just tired. But another reason is that Saturday is leg day. Always. I...
Success and the Survivorship bias

Success and the Survivorship bias

The Air Force had a big problem. At the height of WW2, planes were returning to base riddled with bullet holes. So the military decided it needed better ways to protect the planes and the crew. The holes were concentrated around the tail, body, and wings, so they set...