Post-workout Muscle Soreness: good, bad or irrelevant?
Been working out at home? Unless you’re a lucky sucker with a home gym, coming back to your pre-quarantine training is going to be a shock to the system. Yep, […]
Category Archives: performance
Your Body Image & The Gym
Does the gym scare? Do you feel judged? How to get past self consciousness and start your healthy habits.
For your own good, Hit the Weightlifting!
It has been 2 years since I sat down at a keyboard to write for my blog. Shameful. Unforgivable. I have reasons and excuses. But let’s leave it at I’m […]
Un-Tapped Potential: Your unconscious as a resource for performance
‘Can you read my mind?’ some uncomfortable folks ask, with fear and curiosity, when they know I am a psychologist. Erm, no, psychology is less about magic and more about […]
Getting past your lifting plateaus: A conversation with Giles Greenwood
I recently shared a coffee with weightlifting legend, Giles Greenwood, to discuss the phenomenon of lifters failing at a mere kilogram above the weight they have marked out as their […]
Pre-Wod Jitters: What they are and how to deal
It’s CrossFit Open time again! On Sunday morning a sizeable group of athletes of all ages and abilities gathered to confront the first Open WOD of the year, 15.1. The […]
Got your mental game for the Open?
The Open is here and it’s time for all of to put the last year’s effort and progress to the test. Exciting, isn’t it? If you have been training with […]
