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Article | May 4, 2012

Execute

Tomorrow here in Australia is 70.3 Busselton a flat and fast course and the day after is Ironman Australia which has a very solid bike course and now an essentially flat run. Athletes are registered and the nerves are setting in. Questions and thoughts running through the mind. Will I…

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Article | April 18, 2012

Don’t Waste This

Life. I’m not perfect. I make many a mistake which I’m cool with, because it is the best way to learn. I have learnt not to be afraid of making mistakes. Because if we’re afraid of making mistakes then we never action anything. We spin the wheels and stay in…

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Article | April 17, 2012

Warm Up

As you know, I love to read and actually had a mini coversation last night with my dad on that topic. He made a good point that I shouldn’t just read non fiction and that reading some good novels can be a great way to switch off. Good advice on…

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Article | April 12, 2012

Fatigue Kills: How Best To Avoid Injury

Yesterday, I spoke about Rest and how important it is, but also how and why I now prescribe rest in a training program for the majority of athletes. As a quick recap the crux of why I don’t prescribe set weekly rest days or a back off week every month…

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Article | April 11, 2012

REST

We all know there is a need for rest. In fact, it is in rest where our bodies adapt to the stimuluses that we have been exposing them to in our training. Rest is important, as are specific recovery protocols of which I have discussed in the past and will…

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Article | April 9, 2012

Road Rage

To be brutally honest it was a major reason why Charlotte and I decided to leave Sydney and move to the Sunshine Coast. We got ‘over’ fearing for our lives each time we went out riding on our bikes… but slowly and unfortunately that fear is coming back and it’s…

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Article | April 6, 2012

Becoming your Best (expanding your mental muscle)

We all want to get better right… I mean who doesn’t. I can guarantee the number one obstacle you’re facing in whether or not you achieve your goals, is the simple fact of believing it is possible. Yep the #1 thing that is stopping you is the lack of belief…

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Article | April 3, 2012

Simple Effective Performance

Today I have some more advice on simple things to help you improve your performance. This one unlike the tip from “cross the line”  takes some time out of your already packed day. It’s time well invested. If improving performance and staying injury free are important to you. To extract better performance from…

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Article | March 30, 2012

Cross the Line

Sorry about the lack of info this week. Been head down finishing my TS 70.3 Blueprint (available next week).  Today I’m going to keep it shortish… and get you thinking about how to further develop your performance without taking on any more training. Huh.. How is that possible? Simple, but…

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Article | March 27, 2012

Swim Technique: A Waste ofTime?

I’ll go out on a limb and say that swim training is a very underrated aspect of a lot of athletes programs and that most swim techniques we are taught are a waste of time. Swimming is underrated due to the fact that since the swim is the shortest part…

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