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LEARNING HOW TO LEARN goals mindset Jun 05, 2023

Too many people are certification sluts.

They’re frequently seen on the seminar circuit. Have a heap of unfinished online courses. And just bank up certificates to frame and hang on their wall.

Now, doing lots of continuing education is, in our opinion, a really good thing....

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MINDSET AND PHYSIQUE TRANSFORMATIONS diet goals mindset Jan 17, 2022

So you want to finally knuckle down and get a gnarly set of abs?

Hey, it’s 2022 and this is YOUR year to finally do it! Or maybe you’ve fallen off track the past two years and want to get back into epic shape, and you want to do it quickly. 

There’s nothing wrong with that,...

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THE IDENTITY EXERCISE diet goals mindset Jan 17, 2022

Happy New Year everyone!

If you’re like me, your discipline wavered for a bit at the end of 2021. Hey, it’s the holidays, we’ve had a rough two years and we deserve to let loose a bit!  

Maybe you also took it a bit too far; I know I certainly did, and it’s time...

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LESSONS ABOUT FOOD FROM A RECOVERING ORTHOREXIC ASSHOLE diet mindset May 19, 2021

When we think of food we don’t usually think of morality. I did, and I took it to an extreme.

Orthorexia is a disordered eating pattern in which your thoughts surrounding the “cleanness” of food, analysis of macronutrient intake, and exertion of control over what you eat and...

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FOOD IS FUEL diet mindset Nov 13, 2020

Food is fuel, but it’s also more.

This is going to be a bit of a trip down memory lane and involve some stories so if you just want straight science and results, sorry but this one is a bit deeper.

“To look at any food as “cheating” takes the joy out of life. It also tends...

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GROWTH IN ADVERSITY: INJURY AS A BLESSING mindset training & exercise Sep 08, 2020

“OH SHIT”

I knew I’d really done it this time.

I’d finally hurt myself in an awful way. Over 34  years of lifting and training and I finally did it. I  hurt myself in a way that I knew wouldn’t be easy to fix.

You see, I had been working around a niggling...

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HISTORY OF THE DEEP KNEE BEND mindset Jun 18, 2020

In recent times, the Deep Barbell Back Squat has become one of the benchmark lifts of strong lifters around the world. By recent, I mean within the past century.

Have you ever wondered about the origin of the back squat, especially in its current state?

Squats come in all flavours. High bar, low...

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SETTING GOALS: WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE “WHY” goals mindset Sep 27, 2019

We’ve all been there, whether it is during the start of the school year, a New Year’s resolution or when working with a coach. It usually goes something like this:

“So, what’s your goal?”

“Well, I want to (insert goal here, which typically...

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SUPPORTING HEALTH FIRST AND FOREMOST: MY LIGHTBULB MOMENT mindset Jul 27, 2019

Have you ever had a ‘light bulb moment’ when you realised not everything in the world was all it was cracked up to be?  I had a big one about the ‘health’ and fitness industry a few years go.  Grab a coffee and pull up a chair – this is going to be a...

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OPTIMAL VS PRACTICAL: WHEN PRACTICAL WINS mindset Jun 27, 2019

We’re very lucky here in Australia. Our city Councils really look after us, at least I feel they do anyway. Being grateful for them makes me feel okay about paying taxes, so that can only be a good thing, right?

One of the really cool things about Australia is that we have a LOT of parks....

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