Most of us moan that we are overweight, but how is that actually affecting you when it comes to exercise? An experiment that is worth doing is to get a comfortable rucksack and fill it with 2 stone (approx. 13kg) of stuff. My rucksack currently contains a large book, one litre of water, and a bag [...]

I had a disastrous training session yesterday, nothing painful, I just only managed ten minutes before I climbed off of the bike with zero motivation. This was after a rest day! This morning I am ever so slightly hung over, I have just vented my spleen about a couple of issues on my other blog [...]

If you are doing any kind of race, of any distance, then there are things that you can do in the last week to help maximise your performance. You wont be able to do anything to increase your fitness levels, as a single week is too short to achieve that, however if you get the [...]

One of my first ever tips on this site was “don’t let others impose limits on your dreams.” This came about because I was at a time in my life when I was feeling a bit too fragile. I was inclined to spend too much time listening to the negative folk, you know the ones. [...]

It is that time of year when the motherload of guilt from the indulgence of Christmas and New Year is making us want to be better people. We will promise ourselves that from the second of January we will exercise more, eat healthier and binge less. Local gyms and fitness centres are rubbing their hands with glee [...]

I have just been doing some research into the negative and positive effects of caffeine on athletes and I came across this article about the reasons that athletes simply drop dead. It isn’t related to caffeine but it is worth a read. I found it very interesting and somewhat of a relief, mostly because I [...]