What’s the best workout split?
If you’ve ever wondered, “What’s the best workout split?” you’re asking the right kind of question, but it’s generally not the most important one to ask. The real question is: “What’s the best split for me, my goals, my schedule, and my recovery capacity, right now?”...
Creating If-Then Plans for Nutrition
If-Then plans for nutrition have been a huge help for many of my clients, and I think more people should be aware of how powerful they are. You’ve probably tried diets before, and maybe they worked for a while… until life got in the way. A busy schedule, stress,...
Using Cognitive Defusion in Your Coaching
Do you use cognitive defusion in your coaching? Most coaches could dramatically improve the results they get by utilising cognitive defusion in their coaching. If you coach long enough, you’ll notice the real challenge isn’t usually knowledge. Most clients know...
All-or-Nothing Nutrition Thinking Is Killing Your Progress
A huge number of people fail with their nutrition and in getting results, due to all-or-nothing nutrition thinking. I see it all the time in my coaching practice. Luckily, there are ways to overcome this. Picture the following. It’s Thursday evening. You’ve put in a...
Wheel of Life Self Assessment Tool
The Wheel of Life is one of the oldest and most widely used tools in coaching and personal development. While its exact origin is a bit fuzzy as far as I can see, it is generally accepted that it became popular through the work of early life and executive coaches in...
Using the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) to Enhance Your Coaching
The Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) is a super-powerful concept that you can apply to your coaching. You likely already use it to some extent, but fully fleshing it out will really help you to become a world class coach. I once worked with a client who had been...
Beyond Empathy: Using Theory of Mind In Your Coaching
Theory of mind might sound like an academic idea, but if you’ve been coaching for more than a few months, you already know that success with clients is never just about designing the perfect training split or dialling in macros. Don’t get me wrong, those things do...
Helping Your Clients Deal with Quixotic Ideals
Now, you may be thinking, what the hell are quixotic ideals? But if you’ve been coaching for a while, you’ve almost certainly experienced them. You have probably seen the client who arrives armed with the “perfect” plan. They’ve got a six-day training split they found...