A return to racing… some striking thoughts from the Coach!

As most of you may know I recently raced my first 70.3 in two years… and my first ‘proper’ race in many more years at Sunshine Coast 70.3

The race was placed at the junction of the build phase and phitness / race specific phase for me so I went into the race fit, robust and gener ...

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Passion

I have a big passion for helping people… part of what I do is helping people integrate sport into life. Trying to get the mix of health, fitness and performance and the far reaching benefits of structured training.

Creating sustainability, which is different for everyone, is where c ...

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The Value Of Structured Training

Structured training WILL improve performance… Not only in sport but in LIFE.

Random training / exercise will yield random results. Structured training, integrated into life will yield far-reaching benefits way beyond the race course.

– Sleep patterns – Time managem ...

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Acceptance

Acknowledge that you’re tired and then move your thought process away from that – Jim Vance

#InTheMoment #BeYourBest

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Guaranteed Performance Improvement… NAIL THE BASICS

Don’t get caught up in the noise and the barrage of mis-information, keep it simple and concern yourself with the BASICS… over and over again.

– Sleep: Your number one recovery tool for health and performance

– Eating, Fueling, Hydration: Eat to your needs, not t ...

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Sleep – You Primary Recovery Tool

Sleep is critical. The right amount. Good quality.

It’s the most important tool we have… for health and performance.

#Recovery

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Mindset and Willpower

Whether you think you can or you think you can’t… you’re right.

Practice in training… draw on it in racing. And in life itself.

#BeYourBest #Commit #BetweenTheEars

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RECOVERY

It takes courage to recover..

Recovery is where the adaptation to training comes from!

Number one recovery tool: Sleep

Another important habit: Eat / drink within 30mins of EVERY training session

Training: you can’t and shouldn’t go hard every session or every day ...

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Endurance Training

Flipping conventional wisdom on its head and challenging the idea that ‘more is more’ for endurance athletes…

Let’s look at it from another angle altogether; the least amount of training whilst yielding positive results.

Note: Not to be mistaken for ‘less is more’!

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Recovery

It takes courage to recover..

Recovery is where the adaptation to training comes from!

Number one recovery tool: Sleep

Another important habit: Eat / drink within 30mins of EVERY training session

Training: you can’t and shouldn’t go hard every session or every day ...

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