Arv' Musings

ArvTraining

fixing your posture with 3 alternatives to the pushup

You sit all day. You are hunched over. These are given. Wouldn't it be awesome if you could do a movement that gets you stronger AND improves your posture? As well as improves your breathing, your core too.

challenge

on road rage

As an unnecessary stressor in my life, road rage has always featured. Having the occasional small-win here has shown me that it is possible to chip away at any problem. It requires awareness and it seems to require a process. There will be a failure and that's the way it is.

quotes

3 quotes for Feb 26, 2021

From my experience, personal and of many of my students, I've seen that we undergo a remarkable transformation of identity. It starts with a what - I want to lose 10 kilos - mostly. But along the way, if we discover the who, good things seem to happen.

diet

7 strategies to beat that sugar craving

You eat a good meal. But then crave sugar almost immediately. Without meaning to, you eat some sweets. Why oh why!?!?! Let me help you get out of this.

coaching

but I don't know how to ...

If you cannot figure out that you need to eat more vegetables or how to eat more vegetables, you aren't ready. If you aren't internalising the process, if you aren't converting it into YOUR process, things eventually fall down.

quotes

3 quotes for Feb 19, 2021

It’s bad to have an opinion you’re proud of if you can’t state the arguments for the other side better than your opponents.

activity

4 ways to supercharge your walk

Walking is underrated and underutilised. Because you don't know how to make it harder while retaining all the advantages. Well, not anymore! Try this out and see magic happen in 3 months.

coaching

the dieting toolbox

Through experimentation, we need to identify the right tools and build your toolbox. Using the right tool at the right time is what will get you to your goals. And not 'that' diet you are not currently on.

mindset

3 quotes for Feb 12, 2021

Most times, we are faced with A/B decisions. To keep working or to take a break, for example. To try something else, or to keep plugging away.

endurance

3 tips to improve your running

Want to run better/faster? Well, here you go. While I don't run as often as I used to, these 3 fundamentals help me ensure that I run safely and constantly work on improving my skill.

fat loss

the limitations of others' dreams

The "I want to look this way" is just the start of what fitness can do for you, not the end. Dive in and discover how your mind and body explodes, if you will let it.

mindset

3 quotes for Feb 5, 2021

The highlight reel. The one action that delivers instantaneous change and result. The overnight success. None of that is true. Or at least, the full picture.

ArvTraining

find the thing you are avoiding doing

It is easy to do more of the same. Instead, the biggest changes come from doing those small things we are avoiding or constantly pushing away. What's yours? Here's mine.

coaching

student story: having the clarity to reject a path

A student of mine got what they wanted - they got thin. And then realised that was not the goal they really wanted as it made them unhappier. The courage to reject it and find their own path, that's the story.

habits

3 quotes for Jan 29

If we can stay switched on for longer than the bare minimum, good habits bleed over. Bruce Lee, Thich Nhat Hanh and Pavel's quotes on this thought.

diet

3 popular misconceptions

Having the wrong mental model about a concept causes us to act on it poorly. Let's get you sorted on intermittent fasting, a training layoff and sleep deficit so that you don't make those mistakes.

coaching

what we can learn about instant gratification from plants

A lot of us fail on our journey towards better health and fitness because of poor mental models and mindset. Just like a plant takes love and care and time to yield results, you need to do the same in your journey.

3 quotes for Jan 22, 2021

Arthur Ashe. Anthony De Mello. And a non-cryptic Bruce Lee. Read more!

coaching

5 things that our most successful students seem to do

My successful students all seem to do these things. And funnily, when I behave this way, my results seem great. And when I don't, I make mistakes. Find out how to take your fitness to the next level!

Getting Started

on creaky joints and pain

As we get older, our joints hurt and simple things like sitting and standing become clunky. Is this how it is? Or is there an alternative?

habits

3 quotes for Jan 15, 2021

How do you grade yourself? And how do you get inspiration? What do you do when you are scared to do the work?

coaching

when we fall, what choice but to get up and go again?

Starting from scratch, this person transformed their health and fitness. Aa couple of years later went back to square 1. Had the grit to start all over again!

coaching

student story: on being unable to show up

A story about a student who showed up all the time until work took off and several life events happened. And they couldn't show up. My thoughts on this.

discussion

3 quotes for Jan 8, 2020

Expectations and how we suffer because we push our expectations on others. Three quotes from Bruce Lee, Thich Nhat Hanh and James Clear to inspire you.

framework

two simple things to aim for in strength training

We can get confused when we over-think the technique in many parts of strength training. I want to talk about a rather different way of approaching lifting weights - with grace and rhythm.