22/05/2026
You’re not tired because you’re unfit. You’re tired because you move like s**t.
Fitter doesn’t always mean less fatigued.
On the jungle trek last weekend, the most experienced guys got a lot less gassed than the first-timers, and not because they were all fitter.
Some of us who were fit in other ways wasted energy on every step. Bad foot placement. Over-tensing with the legs. Constant micro-corrections to balance on slippery ground. Very quickly we were cooked.
In a gym fitness test, the results might have been different. In the jungle, the inefficiency had us paying for every step.
This is what specificity actually means. Motor control and skill acquisition do more work than your VO2 max on any task that is more complex than a treadmill or C2 bike.
The big tell here is that on day 2, the load on the heart and lungs was a lot less, even on the tricky climbs. We had gained skill through experience, we had not got significantly fitter overnight (no chance with such terrible sleep).
If your sport has a skill component (and it does), conditioning without skill work is half a job. You’re building the engine without learning to drive.
If you know what you’re getting fit for, master the pattern first. Then load it up.
14/05/2026
Movement is complex. More complex than most coaches think, and that gap between what you think you know and what’s actually going on is usually where people get stuck.
Nathaniel felt that at the start. The joint positions, the joint motions, the way it all connects, it kind of blew his mind, in his own words. But that’s one thing about this mentorship, we’re proud of. You don’t just sit with the complexity, you work through it. Week by week, it starts to make sense. And by the end of six months, Nathaniel wasn’t just understanding it, he could explain it. Clearly. To his clients.
Here’s what shifted for him:
- A real understanding of what’s happening in the body during movement, evolving beyond the standard cueing approach
- The ability to break down joint positions and joint motions to pin point what’s going on
- The confidence to work with complex movement issues instead of substituting away from them
It’s been a pleasure seeing his development going from seeing problems, to understanding why they’re happening and knowing what to do about them
Nathaniel Auckland 🏴
CrossFit Coach & Personal Trainer
12/05/2026
Rehab and training don’t talk to each other. And clients are paying for it.
If you don’t know what your client’s programme looks like between sessions, you’re only solving half the problem. Most clinicians don’t, and most coaches don’t understand rehab well enough to work with it.
Tash and I are spending two full days on exactly this gap.
London, June 25–26. What you find in assessment, what they’re doing in the gym, and how to actually connect the two.
If you’re ready to fix the problem properly, link’s in bio.
29/04/2026
How good is your coach’s eye, really?
We put together a short Movement Mechanics IQ Test to help you find out. It takes a few minutes, but it quickly shows how you interpret movement, what you might be missing, and where your gaps actually are.
Some questions are obvious. Others will make you stop and think. It’s not about catching you out, just giving you a clear snapshot of where you stand.
Whether you’re a physio, osteo, chiro, coach, or PT, this will sharpen how you see movement. A lot of people have found it pretty eye-opening.
If you want your score:
👉 Comment QUIZ and we’ll send it over
Or grab it via the link in bio
crossfitcoach personaltrainer
29/04/2026