Most people train for something immediate. A holiday. A wedding. A photoshoot. A race. A number on the scales. Very few people train for their seventies. But the good news is, science is starting to show us that training now is going to help us later. Not in a dramatic,…
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The 82-Year-Old Who Quietly Changed the Conversation Earlier this year, The Washington Post profiled Juan López García, an 82-year-old ultramarathon runner from Toledo whose physiology has caught the attention of researchers across Europe. His VO₂ max sits at a level typically seen in healthy adults decades younger. His aerobic capacity…
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Rates of mental health difficulties among adolescents have risen sharply over the last decade. Anxiety, low mood, poor self-esteem and emotional dysregulation now show up regularly in schools, sports clubs and gyms. Social media pressure, disrupted sleep, reduced unstructured play, academic stress, long screen time and fewer opportunities for physical…
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How Trainers Help Clients Achieve Their New Year Goals Every January, gyms fill up, step counts spike and motivation feels unusually high. People make promises to train more, eat better and finally get consistent. Then life starts doing what life does. Work deadlines return, evenings get busy, enthusiasm fades and…
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Here’s How to Do It Without Blowing Everything Up Every January, the same thought creeps in. “I can’t do this for another year.” That feeling isn’t random and it isn’t weakness. There’s solid psychology behind why the start of a new year nudges people to rethink their work, their energy…
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A new systematic review has landed in the low back pain world and it shines a light on something many trainers have noticed for years. People with chronic low back pain don’t recover simply because a programme gets heavier. Pain doesn’t fade because a barbell goes up by 10kg. Progress…
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We’re all searching for the secret to anti-ageing. Some people turn to expensive creams, others hunt for supplements that promise miracles and plenty try to “hack” their biology with unusual routines. The funny thing is that the body already has powerful anti-ageing systems built in. These systems work quietly in…
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Mitochondria, Energy and Clients Who Actually Feel Better Have any of your clients come to you complaining of a dragging kind of tiredness that hangs around their day? Their legs feel heavy on the stairs, heart rate sits a little high in warm-ups and recovery takes longer than it should….
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Health is often mistaken for fitness. The problem is that plenty of people can run marathons, lift heavy weights or clock hours in the gym but still feel run down, sluggish or unwell. A recent study on professional soccer staff in England and Spain has highlighted exactly why. These are…
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It only takes a few missed sessions for clients to start worrying they’re losing their strength. A week off for a holiday, a busy patch at work or a short illness can feel harmless, but research shows that measurable declines in muscle function can appear surprisingly fast. For us as…
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