Exercise
Go Train
More often than not, a net positive answer to whatever it is you’re thinking or feeling is to go and train. Hungry? Go train. Tired? Go train. Happy? Go train. Sad? Go train. Lethargic? Go train. Angry? Go train. In love? Go train. Depressed? Go train. Want to improve your sports skills? Go train. Want…
Read MoreGet Tested
My view and use of physical testing and assessment for sport has changed enormously over the past 20 years. The TLDR is that everyone (not just sports people) would be best off having their flexibility, tension and posture assessed regularly. There are others, but these are an excellent and impactful start. At minimum annually. Ideally…
Read MoreBody Temperature
Nothing you’re about to read is revolutionary. That said, leveraging body temperature is so fundamental it’s often overlooked at a great opportunity cost. Leveraging body temperature will improve your training and if you’re over 35 years old and/or have chronic injury challenges it’s negligent not to make this a priority. Most of the time you…
Read MoreRecovery
This month I’d planned a brief overview on recovery. However a few days ago a friend signed me up to ‘Open AI’, (open artificial intelligence) so I thought I’d test it out. I asked for a 500 word blog post on the physical training principle of recovery. Here’s what it generated. My additions are within…
Read MoreExercise
This is a public service piece as it’s a little outside of my wheelhouse professionally. The reason being I don’t enjoy the endless excuses, blame and denial which as it turns out seem to be fundamental values of people who need exercise the most. If you prefer video over reading, watch this talk I gave…
Read More2022 Reflections
Something I describe simply as the human condition will never change, unless we individually think for ourselves or have experiences that help us do things differently to the status quo. Modern society in the western world tends to guide people towards certain behaviours and beliefs akin to a dog guiding sheep around a paddock. It’s…
Read MorePhysical Preparation and Kicking In Kyokushin Karate
During a recent YouTube live with Shihan Cameron Quinn on his fantastic YouTube channel, he focused on the kicks in Kyokushin Karate (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ2dgVgKx_Q). A comment from the live stream read “train the quads for roundhouse kicks and the hamstrings for hook kicks”. If looking at the knee joint of the kicking leg in isolation, this…
Read MoreUnderrated Overrated
Alcohol? Overrated. Breathing Consciously? Underrated. Learn more. Daily Exercise? Incredibly underrated. I’m certain the less physically active one is the more medicine one will need. Fortunately the reverse is also true. Doing Front Squats Because I Don’t Have the Flexibility in my Shoulders To Back Squat? The Same For Front vs Behind The Neck Press?…
Read MoreDaily Disciplines
Much is made of morning routines and the ‘best’ way to start the day. It’s often said ‘win the morning, win the day’. All I’ll say is I’ve had times waking up with no plan and times waking up with a morning plan. I find it easier not having to negotiate with myself. At this…
Read MoreThe Breadth of the Breathe
Like standing and eating, breathing is one of those things people think they know how to do well enough, because they’ve been doing it all their lives. This majority of people are accurate to a point, and then opportunity cost takes over. My interest in understanding the breath in some shape or form kicked off…
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