I woke up at 5:15am and had back to back appointments all morning. It had just passed 12 noon and I hit a wall. My daughter had a bit of a rough night the night before, so maybe I was feeling the effects of her night waking? I thought to myself, “I must be tired so I have to go and rest.” However, sleep isn’t what I really needed. In my video I share with you what I ..
Ever get bored when you exercise? I know from experience that working out can sometimes feel like a chore… And when it feels like a chore, I know I’m less likely to put in the effort that I need to on a consistent basis. So something that I implemented in my own training, and with the clients that I work with, is making the workouts feel more like games. Let’s face it, if it’s ..
It’s been nearly 10 months since I did a session with the boys. This week was our first full week of preseason training… And I’ve felt it! I thought that a shoulder reconstruction would be pretty straight forward, but I was wrong. The operation was a success and the shoulder is stronger than ever, however it’s all of the other things that go with any operation that is the bigges ..
All my adult life, I’ve been playing some sort of sport (mostly rugby league). In every game, there needs to be one winner and one loser… Or so I thought… One of my most inspirational coaches told me once that the only person you have to be better than is the person you were yesterday. And if you gave it your very best effort on the field, that was good enough. T ..
Have you ever been in the middle of a workout by yourself, and thought, “I don’t think I can do anymore?” You feel like you can’t go on and the motivation to continue has completely vanished. Your lungs are on fire, your legs are burning and you just want to quit. Now! You battle with your own voice in your head and you struggle to overcome the one that says it’s ok to stop. ..
It was the 8th of March around 8am and my wife received the phone call. A call from her dads’ partner. As I was laying in bed still half asleep, Rachael was given the instruction to sit down. He had some news he needed to share with her. I can still remember her screams and as I write this, I can still feel my wife’s heart shattering. I jumped up out of bed to comfo ..
It’s my earliest memory. I was sitting at the dining room table, mum had just cooked up dinner. As we all sat down to eat, a little bit of an argument broke out between mum and dad, and it wasn’t a good feeling. Although I was young, I knew enough to realise when something wasn’t going well, and well, things were not going well! As their voices got louder and louder and as ..
My addiction to drugs started at the young age of 12. This is a crucial age because this is where you start to form an identity for who you are. And at that age my family were into drugs and alcohol, so I thought it was ‘normal’. (You can read more of my story here) It’s coming up to the 10 year anniversary of my conscious decision to move away from my family and friends on the Gold ..
My heart was beating out of my chest and I felt like I was going to vomit. And we had only just finished warming up! Questions started swirling in my mind… “Could I keep up with the team?” “Don’t you think you could just sit this one out?” “Wouldn’t it be easier for you to jump in on a session that didn’t have conditioning?” And then a final statement. “You ..
In January this year, I had a shoulder reconstruction after dislocating my right shoulder during a footy training session. This is right after the injury happened. In a fair amount of pain! The surgery part of it is quite easy. You go into hospital, get put under anaesthetic and you wake up and basically have a new shoulder. It’s the next 6-9 months of rehabilit ..
