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No programmes to buy or miracle products; just thoughts I have about training and its impact on aspects of health.

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There’s Money to be Made in Complexity

Why health and fitness is made to sound so complicated, and the simple version you can get started with instead of waiting to solve it all.

Lindsay Pickton

  • first principles
  • training
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Overwhelm and the power of planning

Why knowing your workout before you start it removes one more decision from a crowded day, and why that makes you far more likely to actually do it.

Lindsay Pickton

  • first principles
  • how i work
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No Pain, No Gain?

Why the go hard or go home attitude puts people off exercise altogether, and why the best mindset is simply the one that keeps you training for years.

Lindsay Pickton

  • first principles
  • healthy ageing
2 min read

Spiderman’s Workout?!

Tom Holland’s 20 minute pull, push and squat circuit, why I love this style of workout, and how to adapt it to your own strength and your own clock.

Lindsay Pickton

  • training
  • how i work
2 min read

The September Reset!

Why September is a New Year without the winter, and the perfect time to reset your routines, including how you exercise.

Lindsay Pickton

  • first principles
  • routine
1 min read

Never say no to a free workout!

A throwaway line on a film shoot, and why it sums up Active Choice: choosing the active option, and actively making that choice.

Lindsay Pickton

  • first principles
  • everyday activity
2 min read

Exercise isn’t all or nothing

Why go hard or go home stopped working for me, and why backing off on a rough day is still an active choice.

Lindsay Pickton

  • training
  • healthy ageing
2 min read

I love a timed workout

Why I train against the clock, and why keeping time fixed is the honest way to know you are getting stronger and fitter.

Lindsay Pickton

  • training
  • how i work
2 min read

No bench?!

Why I will not get you lying down to bench press, and what press-ups, dips and standing cable pushes do for you instead.

Lindsay Pickton

  • training
  • how i work

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