Last week we talked about what happens after you train. Training creates stress. Recovery allows your body to repair and adapt. And over time, that process is what makes you fitter. But there is another part of that equation we need to understand: what exactly are you recovering from? Your body does not neatly separate the stress you create in
By Lindsay Vaughan | 15 September 2026 You come into the gym, train hard, sweat, lift, run, jump and probably leave feeling like you’ve done something good for yourself. You have. But the workout itself is only the beginning of improving your fitness. Training is stress, and stress gives your body a reason to adapt. When we hear the word stress,
Do you know the PB bell hanging in the gym? Most of us probably know what it means. You hit a new personal best, you ring the bell and everyone gets to celebrate with you. And a weeks ago, on a strength day, I had the chance to ring it. I hit a PB. But I hesitated. I looked at
To the person who views health and wellness as getting fit for summer, or who jumps from one 60-day challenge to another, skill based and lower intensity training will not be of much importance. When this type of person is training they are hitting everything at 100% (at a level unsustainable long term). This person has a deadline, they know
One of the biggest mistakes athletes make—especially inexperienced ones—is mis-pacing their conditioning workouts. They go out too hard and hit a wall. Fly and die. It’s painful for the athlete, and almost as painful for the coach to watch. It occurred to me recently that many athletes don’t even realise how much they mis-pace a workout. They just chalk it
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