Hey everyone, A lot going on in my personal life right now (hence being quieter then usual) so wanted to give a little update. I filmed a video of my day to share... A) Lactate Step Test & Vo2 Max test. B) Live Chat July 9th - 7pm BST C) Exciting news in my personal life (13:26 in the video) D) Taking a month off from mid July to mid August (I refunded everyone one months subscription who joined before 2025) Hopefully in the video it explains a little bit of what and why I'm doing this test but if anyone is unsure feel free to ask. I would recommend it to anyone interested in their own health to try. I paid £175 and am getting the tests now and in 3 months within that price (these guys, not sponsored or affilaited: https://www.derby.ac.uk/business-services/facilities/human-performance-unit/ ) Best Tim

As Spring starts to hit and the weather warms it seems natural for us all to become more active and start ramping up our intensity hours each week! This of course can be a lot of demand on the body and if we go too hard too quick or don't recover right it can really ruin the potential summer ahead if we can get primed and ready for a fun and active summer. So with that said I want to continue on from our Paida Chat last week about recovery Recovery is what we can do well to help speed up the process i.e. sleep well, eat clean, stretch etc. But it is also about what we avoid doing i.e. overtraining, competing or chasing PRs too often, eating poorly etc. What you do and what you don't do. And if I'm honest it's often what you don't do that can have the most impact! So with that said I want to ask you 2 questions... What do you find is your best tool for recovery? Stretching, ice bath, breathwork, yoga, paida, sleep etc. (one or several is fine) What is the best thing to avoid doing for you? Please give some detail of an experience or why. In next Live Chat I will discuss these and share more depth on my takes. Tim P.S. if you haven't already I would really recommend listening to last weeks live chat about Paida.

Training with an end challenge/goal for the first time in a few years is actually refreshing (see live chat if you're unsure what I'm referring to). Life without a goal for a while is great when you are always striving for something but I didn't know how much I missed one til this one came to me. It's the polarity as always! I am enjoying many of my workout during this 'training camp'. The highlights for me have been mainly the Ninja Warrior sessions but last week I had swimming session that I really enjoyed. It seemingly came out of nowhere, a culmination of many of my previous swims distilling down what I'd learnt about my fatigue levels, lap times, recovery, goals etc. I opted for a Friday swim after a week of lots of upper body training but not much high intensity/cardio. The swim allows me to recover my forearms/grip whilst still training the heart and the full body as one system pumping blood to every crevice AND filling up my skin suit, reaching, stretching every stroke. I mostly swim front crawl in 6 lengths sets (25m pool= 150m) but as these usually take around 2:30-3mins to complete and leave me gassed for a while - I decided to try 4 lengths (100m) sets. After the first one I noticed I needed just over a minute recovery to feel ready to go again and it took me about 1:45 to complete I decided to go again on the 3min mark. It felt right. So I did this again and again 4, 5, 6 times - So I decided I'd do 10 rounds of this. However at the 8th one I felt much more tired and it dropped from a 1:45 to closer to 2mins to do so I called it there. Right up until that one I felt challenged but strong and that was the turning point so I stopped. Swimming 8x100m every 3mins on the 3mins was my fave sessions lately. Anyway a lot I can't quite express and I fear this could be terribly boring so I will pass it off to you. What is the best session you've done lately? It can be an obvious quantifiable structured session or and enjoyable creative free flow, whatever you left feeling fulfilled and buoyant from...

Happy New Year Biomechanistas! 🥳 The holiday season is now behind us which I always find slightly relieving, that said I hope everyone had a fun/eventful time and let off some steam. 😅 I am not one for traditional type goals but I do still think there is value in asking ourselves the simple question - 'What do I want from this year?' So let me ask it - What do you want from this year? 🤔 As we are a movement/fitness/training based school it would be fitting to tailor it towards our physical practice, what we want to achieve, experience, feel, develop etc.. It can be an obvious target like a 5k time, a TGU with a certain weight or something more subjective like 'to enjoy my training' etc. I'll start... Last year I actually thoroughly enjoyed my training and especially in the later 3-4months I found a real joy and nourishment in each gym session that surpasses anything in recent history for me. They were explosive, creative, energetic, not overly intense, sweaty, rhythmical etc... So really I would be very content with more of the same, but I'll write a few down and in brackets what it requires to do. 1) More fun playful sessions I enjoy and look forward to. (kettlebell and treadmill sessions) 2) To feel springier. (plyometric work) 3) Learn to spin properly on my Rollerskates (skate once per week). That's it from me, please share your goals as minimally or as in depth as you like! Lot's of love, Tim p.s. Live Chat next Wednesday to discuss in more details with anyone who want's to join.

https://youtu.be/vSSkDos2hzo?si=HdSOc2C-JsbLGen6 I watched this video and thought it was really interesting. I do sometimes feel exercise is a bit overrated. With this in mind maybe exercise should be more focused on creating efficient movement, suppleness etc instead of moving for the sake of burning calories. Do you have any thoughts / opinions about this matter?