Your Body Needs Time to Adapt

When we’re trying to become stronger or fitter, it’s natural to focus on what we’re doing. The workout. The weights we’re lifting.How far we’re walking. How many sessions we’ve completed this week.Whether we’re progressing....

What Are We Actually Training For?

We exercise to get fitter. We strength train to get stronger. That seems straightforward enough. But what does stronger actually mean? Is it lifting a heavier dumbbell? Doing more repetitions? Walking further or faster? Holding a plank for longer? Those things can be...

What Do You Need More Of?

There is something about September that can bring a bit of a new-term feeling. Even when we’re long past buying new school shoes, labelling PE kits or getting everyone organised for the start of term, September can still feel like a natural point in the year to...