Experiencing stress is a normal part of being human, but can we change our ‘stress mindset’ and even improve our performance in response to stress? In one sense, stress is simply our response when we experience some form of challenge […]

Remember the last athletic event that you watched on TV. Specifically, cast your mind back to the interviews after the event, with the winners and losers. How did the losers explain their performance? Could the words they used have an […]

New York City, 1997, reigning world chess champion Gary Kasparov is facing a formidable opponent: IBM’s recently upgraded Deep Blue computer. The match is taking place in a small television studio but several floors below, 500 people are squeezed into […]

One of my early coaches was fond of encouraging me to “just do the work”. The phrase became a personal mantra that continues to echo in my consciousness, to this day. 5 intervals into a 20 interval set and I […]

any of us try to dissolve the worries of the day in a pool of sweat on the treadmill or spin-bike, but growing evidence supports the idea that exercise can have a more long-lasting impact on our capacity to cope […]

ind out how you can ‘hack’ the goal setting process to significantly increase the probability of achieving your goals. Goal setting should be a fundamental part of any training programme. Many of us set goals, but unfortunately, human beings are […]

recently attended the World Economic Forum Annual Gathering in Davos to lead a workshop with Hintsa as part of their contribution to the WEF’s ‘Peak Performance’ sessions. Read on to find out more about my time in Davos. Early on the morning of […]