beginners
Twelve Weeks From Today
Today is the 30th of September. Twelve weeks from today is the 23rd of December. Twelve weeks is long enough for the following to happen.
beginners
Support Systems
Why the Class Beats Training on Your Own
Plenty of people have trained alone for twenty years and done perfectly well out of it. If you've got a programme, you follow it, and you know how to load a squat, solo training works.
Training
What Two Sessions a Week Buys You
The question comes up near the end of most first phone calls, usually apologetically. What's the minimum? People expect to be told five.
beginners
What a 60-Minute Class Fits In
People arrive expecting an hour of shouting and burpees. It's a fair thing to expect from the internet.
beginners
Coming Back After a False Start Somewhere Else
You joined a gym in January. You went four times in the first fortnight, twice more in February, and then not at all. The direct debit is still going out.
beginners
Five Questions to Ask Before You Join Any Gym in Amersham
You've been meaning to sort this out since June. There are several options within a short drive, the websites all look similar, and you've read them all twice without getting closer to a decision.
Support Systems
Why a Coach Beats an App
An app costs about a tenth of what coaching costs and it will give you a programme that's better written than most of what people do on their own. I'd rather someone trained off an app than wandered around a gym for a year. But be clear about what it can and can't do.
beginners
What Happens When You Can't Finish the Workout
We've all been there, the clock running out with everyone else finished, and you still going.
CrossFit
CrossFit or the Gym: Which One a Busy Amersham Parent Should Choose
There are several gyms within ten minutes of Amersham station and their websites all say roughly the same thing. Equipment, opening hours, a photo of someone on a treadmill. None of that is the decision you're making.
Support Systems
September Starts Tomorrow. Here's How to Begin.
It's the last day of the summer holidays. Tomorrow the term starts, the diary resets, and for about a week everyone in Amersham is open to doing things differently. That window is short. If you've read this blog through August — the fear of being the worst
Support Systems
Ignite: What the First Three Months Look Like
Most gyms sell you a membership and a door code. We don't, because it doesn't work for the person we're built for — someone who hasn't trained in years and is nervous about starting. Hand that person a door code and a timetable
Active Ageing
What Meaning to Get Back Into It Actually Costs
There's a cost to meaning to. Nobody puts a number on it, so it feels like nothing — a decision sitting harmlessly on a shelf, available whenever you're ready. So here is the number. From around thirty-five, an adult who does no resistance training loses somewhere