open letter to students

Pondering a Redo: My Unanticipated Results and Unrealised Targets in Fitness

If you could do something over, what and how would you go about it? If I could have a do-over for my fitness journey, how would I go about it?

coaching

You never know what they are going through

You never know if the person in front of you spent all week at the hospital, taking care of their ailing parent. But they showed up. Because this is their "me" time. This is where they can switch off for a brief hour.

coaching

Against the Current

You need to start swimming against the current. You need to arm yourself for that swim by curating the barrage of information and snake oil around you.

coaching

Student Story: Learn to Prioritise Yourself

Strength does not mean lifting stupid weights and being huge. Strength means both inner and outer strength. Be strong enough, and a lot of good things follow.

coaching

To heck with before-afters

If you are not able to keep off the darned weight, if you lose all the strength you worked hard for, if you are back to square one ... what a waste!

coaching

on overnight transformations

The world around us is engineered and filled with climactic moments. But that's fake - like television. From the Olympics to every movie, to cricket and football, the building up, that crescendo, the anticipation, and the glory - that's how it always happens.

dont quit

on the power of showing up: a letter from a student

the last five quarters were ones where I struggled every class to finish and was just able to barely survive. Mentally I was so disconnected that most days I didn’t even know what I was doing

habits

learning to pause

Nothing good comes out of flying into a blind rage. A regrettable decision, a loss of mental peace, a few minutes/hours of agitation.

coaching

on not feeling like going to the gym

When you lose motivation, it generally is a sign of stress. Things elsewhere are adding up. If you are someone who loves going to the gym and are suddenly finding it hard to wake up and move your ass out of bed, it is almost always your body telling you to chill out.

coaching

on calling out bull****

Instead, he took it personally. He was affronted that a smart person such as himself was questioned on what he was doing.

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.

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.

daily9

on a story about "hulk" arms

Strong and muscular, not bulky. At 40 years old, my student was just amazing. Until a few saboteurs sabotaged her by being rude.

coaching

on what I learned from SC

When students with intent, drive and a desire to learn come in - it is a coach's dream. There are refreshing things to learn from such a student.

open letter to students

25 pushups and unhappy

This is a story about an amazingly strong student of mine and my failure to communicate how awesome she was.