Hybrid Endurance Coach

You track your splits. You log your sessions. You measure your nutrition.

But when was the last time you trained your mind?

Most athletes I work with have the physical capacity to perform at a much higher level than they do. What holds them back is rarely their fitness. It is the voice that tells them to slow down before their body needs to. The doubt that creeps in at kilometre 6. The story they tell themselves about what they are capable of.

Your mindset is not a soft skill. It is a performance variable. And most athletes leave it completely untrained.

Save this one. It might be the most important carousel I have shared. 🧡

This was one of the first times we trained together knowing we were us.

There is something about training with someone when the dynamic shifts. Suddenly you are not just two athletes in the same gym. You are paying attention differently. The standard you hold yourself to in front of them changes. You want to show up, really show up, in a way that goes beyond just getting the session done.

We trained hard. We laughed a lot. And somewhere in that session something settled that I think we both felt.

This is what the foundation looks like when you are laying it without realising that is what you are doing.

Find someone who makes you want to be better in the gym and everywhere else.

The last 4 weeks before a race are the ones most athletes get wrong.

Not because they stop working hard. Because they don’t understand what is actually happening inside their body during this phase, and so they panic, second guess everything, and either push too hard or pull back too soon.

Here is what is actually happening.

4 weeks out -
Volume is building and intensity is climbing. Your body is adapting but fatigue is starting to accumulate. You feel the load. Sessions feel harder than they should. That is expected. Stay the course.

3 weeks out -
This is peak week. Volume is at its highest, stress is at its highest, and your body is under the most strain it will experience in the entire block. Cortisol is elevated, inflammation is high, muscle damage is accumulating, and you will feel it in every session. Tired legs. Heavy head. Emotions closer to the surface than usual. This is not a sign something is wrong. This is the peak of the work. The most important thing you can do here is not panic, not add, and not back off. Eat, sleep, and execute.

2 weeks out -
The shift begins. Volume drops. Intensity stays sharp but the load reduces. Your nervous system starts to recover. Inflammation begins to settle. The fatigue that has been sitting in your legs starts to lift. You may feel flat before you feel good. That is part of the process.

Race week -
Your only job is to arrive fresh. Sleep. Eat well. Short sharp sessions only. Your inflammation markers are settling, your glycogen stores are filling, your mind is sharpening. Do not add. Do not test. Do not try to cram anything in. The work is done.

Everything you built over months is sitting right underneath the surface. Race day is just the moment it gets to come out. 🏁

If you are 4 weeks out from a race and not sure whether your training is structured correctly for this phase, that is exactly what I help with. Link in bio.

You can do all the training in the world and still sabotage your results at the dinner table.

Most athletes who come to me are working incredibly hard. Early mornings, doubles, sacrificing social lives. And a huge number of them are not eating enough to support what they are asking their body to do. Not because they are lazy or careless. Because nobody told them that food is not a reward for training. Food is what makes training work.

If you are training hard and not eating enough, you are not building. You are breaking down. Your body cannot adapt, recover, or get stronger without the fuel to do it. It will find the energy somewhere, and it will not be from the places you want it to be.

Carbs are not the enemy. They are your engine fuel. A high carbohydrate meal 2 to 3 hours before a session, carbs during anything over 60 minutes, and carbohydrates after to start recovery. That is not indulgence. That is sports nutrition.

And please, do not try anything new on race day. Your gut is not a place to experiment when you are 6km into a HYROX. If you have not trained with it, do not race with it.

Recovery nutrition is where most athletes leave their gains behind. The 30 to 60 minute window after a hard session is when your muscles are most receptive. Miss it consistently and you are doing half the work for half the results.

Train hard. Eat to match it. 🔥

Fuelling strategy is something I build into every programme I write because training without nutrition is just expensive fatigue. Link in bio.