Just this week I’ve been around Manchester quite a bit working on a few various things and in particular in Didsbury and also doing a spot of training just outside the Virgin Active gym in Parrs Wood, East Didsbury. Along the way I’ve been approached or made approaches to people and discovered an inconvenient truth…
Some [...]
Tag Archives: Goal Achievement
4 Step Success Plan for Goals in 2010
Your Personal Trainer isn’t so S.M.A.R.T!
Last week I tore apart the significance of setting resolutions and why as a method they suck for achieving goals that you really, really desire.
If you need a reminder, have another look here
Probably the most popular method of setting goals are using the SMART method and I’ll be honest and say I’ve used them [...]
Happy New Year!
First off I just wanted to wish you all a very Happy New Year and I’m really looking forward to seeing my personal training and bootcamp members real soon. For the rest of you I look forward to hearing from you in 2010 and what exciting things you are up to!
I can guarantee that a [...]
Why a loss of focus is the slippery road to failure
I’ve had a couple of conversations today, not for the first time with people who in their pursuit of their fitness goals will lose sight of what they are trying to achieve and start to get nowhere week after week after week.
I was speaking to one guy in particular who has a bunch of commitments [...]
Achieving Your Goals Faster
One question that gets asked a lot about goal achievement and success….
“When Should I Begin?”
Believe it or not, it’s a really common question!
People are of the belief that there is some special ‘buildup’ they have to go through in order to achieve what they want or that they have to ‘prepare’ or ‘get ready’ or [...]
What The Secret Didn’t Tell You
Have you seen the movie The Secret?
If you have you’ll know that it practically became the goal-achievement ‘bible’ overnight due to it’s very simple, yet very powerful message about how you can be, do and have practically anything in life that you want as long as you do one or two key things.
They are:
1. Think [...]
Getting kicked up the butt…
What were you doing 77days ago?
I know, funny question, but there is a point, you see, today is day 76 of 2009 which means that 77 days ago you were celebrating New Year’s Eve and, like most people, you were setting up your New Year’s Resolutions and goals.
Sounds familiar, doesn’t it.
And look, here we are [...]
A bit of inspiration
This one is for me as much as you today.
I’ve posted this before and will probably do so again in the future but it is just so inspiring that you cannot get sick of it.
Just like you, as a business owner, son, partner and human, I have my ups and downs, times of joy and times [...]
When to hit your peak
Reaching your peak in sport is about hitting your optimum at the right moment.
If you’re an athlete, winning the races in the Grand Prix meetings is good but if it’s Olympic season, then that is the one for you.
For a footballer, they need to hit their peak each weekend for game day and essentially for [...]
The inches are everywhere
Here is a clip from the film Any Given Sunday that inspires me each time I see it
Whichever way you look at this vid, whether you have seen the film or not, a sports fan or not, you have got to relate to it somehow.
“The inches are everywhere, on the field and in life”
We all [...]






