Alex Jones Coach/Athlete

Some recent receipts.

We will be recapping some more from recent euros.

This one goes out to recent podium and winners, of national / European championships.

A huge shout out to all of our teams athletes, your hard work, effort and attention doesn’t go unnoticed.

Thank you for your continued trust in us. 🤝🫶

This game for me has always been about Joy.

Following it, and chasing my curiosity.

That’s it.

I still have days where I have to check myself, that this is even my job.

One thing that I’ve noticed having been in these game a while now, is that real truthful, purposeful effort towards a goal.

Where you actually lay it on the line, and get out of your own way, allows a person to reach a level of serenity in the pursuit of that goal, knowing that they did everything they could, all that they had. (Shout out to for the vocab on this one!)

To truthfully level up, I think there is a level of vulnerability that one has to be exposed to reach the next stage, a lot of people won’t like it, might hold you back etc etc. But that’s also why a lot of people remain average.

Food for thought I guess.

This has been really highlighted to me with a few recent conversations.

Time is a finite resource.

A shotgun covers a wide area, but doesn’t go very far.

You probably want to be approaching things with intention.

Stop wasting time, start improving your total.

Sometimes you get to go on a journey with a client, from contender to champion. From uncertainty to confidence. I remember the on-boarding call with Hannah and speaking about what I believed she was capable of, to see it all come together, and to see how much growth there has been as a human along the way, is a really really cool reminder to me about what coaching is all about. Sure the wins and “NATIONAL CHAMP BABY” is cool and all. (Hannah won’t stop reminding everyone 🫪).

The cool part is the growth, even when you fail, even when it doesn’t go perfectly to plan.

Yoshi is the mvp btw.

It’s often a narrative that, “it’s not a real sport” or “it’s easy”.

I would disagree to both, is it a sport in the sense that your opposition can directly affect the outcomes of your own lifting, no. It’s what’s known as a “closed sport”. Similar to diving, gymnastics or throwing events.

However, training to be better at powerlifting really is stacking a series of good training decisions, and standing on your own business for prolonged periods.

You might start at a 40kg deadlift, or 240kg deadlift, but to get better, we all need to follow similar steps.