Why This Is The Best Week of the Year To Start   This week is the quietest week of the year for most people. Work has not fully kicked back in, the noise of Christmas has settled and you finally have a bit of breathing room in your head again. This is why the days between December 29th and January 3rd are the best days of the entire year for making training decisions. Not because of motivation…Not because it is the new year…But because you can actually think.  Most people try to overhaul their routine once life gets busy again in January. That is why they fail 😣 You cannot build structure when you are already overwhelmed. You need clarity before you need intensity 🔥 This week gives you exactly that! You can look at your calendar properly 📅You can

Why St. Stephen’s Day Is The Perfect Reset Day   St. Stephen’s Day is the day where most people feel the slump. The tiredness hits. You feel heavy, slow and completely out of routine. It is very easy to panic and try to undo everything from the last few days with punishment training or extreme food rules. Do not do that to yourself.   What you are feeling today is normal. Your sleep is off, you have eaten differently, you have socialised more and your stress levels have changed – none of this means you have gone backwards. It just means your body and mind are adapting to a different rhythm.     The best thing you can do today is reset gently. Not perfectly, not intensely, just gently. Go for a walk. Drink some water. Have a normal meal.

January Results Are Built Now, Not On The 1st   December is strange for most people. Training feels heavier, motivation drops and the routine that felt normal a few weeks ago suddenly feels impossible. It is very easy to panic and convince yourself that you are slipping or losing progress. You are not.   This time of year pulls your focus in every direction. Work gets busy, mornings get darker, evenings get shorter and your head gets louder. None of this means your discipline has disappeared, it simply means your capacity has changed.   The truth is that January results are never built in January. They come from the quiet decisions you make in December. Not intense workouts, not perfect nutrition, just structure. A bit of planning. A bit of clarity.   Instead of trying to overhaul your routine before

Why January Isn’t About Motivation, It’s About Structure   Every December people start panicking about January. They think they need to feel motivated, ready and disciplined the moment the new year begins. When that feeling doesn’t show up, they assume they are already behind.     You are not behind. You are not starting from zero. You are starting from experience.   You have trained before. You know the basics. You have built habits in the past that worked for you. Even if the last few weeks have been messy, none of that progress has disappeared. What you need going into January is not excitement or intensity… you need structure!     Structure removes the overwhelm. Structure gives you confidence. Structure builds momentum. Structure keeps you progressing long after the motivation fades.   This is why I coach TRYKA, Small

Official TRYKA Coaching at Templetown: Our New 8-Week Hybrid Programme   Over the weekend, I completed the TRYKA workshop and am now officially a certified TRYKA coach! 🎉     If you train at Templetown S&C, you know we already love hybrid work. SkiErgs, rowers, bikes, sleds and carries. But I’ve been looking for a way to bring more structure, more standards and more progression to that side of the gym. That is where TRYKA comes in. Starting in January, we are running a full 8-week TRYKA block, three 45-minute classes per week, designed to build your engine properly and give you confidence with conditioning instead of fear or overwhelm. 🤔 Who Is This For? This programme is for people who are not new to training, but who are new to structured conditioning. You might know your way around a barbell, you

You Can Still Run 5K But You’ve Lost Your First Three Steps – Here’s the Fix 🧨 Why Your Burst Disappeared You can still run all day. You can still get through 60 minutes. You can probably still do a decent 5K if someone asked you to. But that explosive first three steps? The yard of pace that used to give you an edge?The burst that won you the ball?Gone. And no amount of long runs or HYROX sessions is bringing it back.If you’re a GAA player between 25 and 35 and you’ve noticed you’re half a step slower than you used to be, this is for you.   🧠 The Problem: You’re Fit But You’re Not Football Fit You’re still training. You’re not lazy. But somewhere along the way you’ve lost your explosiveness – the ability to accelerate, change direction