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.
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.
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.
coaching triads, continuums and GPP Get fit, look good, and stay healthy. How can we do all of them at the same time? What should we focus on at the gym? Well, here we go.
coaching on the transformation of identity Somewhere along the way, running and cycling and jumping around and running randomly and playing sport goes missing. Completely. And we replace it with other endeavours that range from hanging out and smoking cigarettes or hanging out and drinking beer or becoming a "foodie".
origin stories on 9 years of The Quad Raj and I ran our first-ever class at The Quad on Sep 19, 2011. The 9 years since have been a period of personal growth, of figuring things out, of trying to stick to our guns and doing things our way, of making silly mistakes.
coaching on forward progress anything works for 6 weeks. Even most silly, nonsensical things. The jolt to your system is crazy. If you are going from eating a giant candy bar 3 times a day to once a day, we are talking 14 giant candy bars lesser a week.
ArvTraining enjoy it Most of all, it is important to enjoy the task. If I am not enjoying it, it means something's wrong. And I am going to stop doing this soon. Whatever it is. Even if it is a sport that I love playing.
coaching the where where are we currently? where do we want to be? but where should we really be aiming for?
coaching the what The hard part is not what to do. As I already told you, you know it. Heck, 10-year-olds know it. ... The hardest part of all is doing it, and believing in the process.
coaching de-clutter or else! Strong and healthy people who set wrong/unfair benchmarks or yardsticks for themselves, and feel less positive than they should be. Doing short-term diets that are unhealthy, and see short-term results. But eventually the weight comes back on.
coaching pattern interrupt We are used to our patterns, and it is a big deal to interrupt our pattern and make us do something else.
ArvTraining Second Nature Strength was not a quality that anyone, even my closest friends and family, would've associated with me until I was almost 30. I was a weakling growing up.
guilt, Guilt and the uselessness of it Listen to your body is preached by me to all my students. We need to be aware of what our body is telling us. If we are generally the type to love going to the gym to train, and are finding ourselves lacking motivation
The Quad Get out of the way Well-designed products and services should not require (much of) an instruction manual. What does that mean in the more complex world of coaching Strength & Conditioning
