Tough Cookie Gym

Tough Cookie Gym COACHING A UNIQUE COMBINATION OF FUNCTIONAL FITNESS, NUTRITION, LIFESTYLE AND MENTAL FORTITUDE In 2020 we also created the Tough Cookie Tribe!

A community of fitness buffs who get fitter and stronger, mentally and physically every day! They're learning to believe in and challenge themselves to be better, happier, more fulfilled people. They work on habits, lifestyle, their mental fortitude and of course their fitness! We're creating 'fit' individuals - in both senses of the word!

18/06/2026

It might not be a game changer but it’s something if you’re doing nothing…

17/06/2026

Lift weights, keep moving.

Dont settle. Let’s keep pushing, not just for the PBs but for a healthy life!

If you’re in your 30s + that’s when it becomes even more important to build your strength and fitness.

If that’s you, drop me a DM and let’s get you fit for life.

15/06/2026

And so we go again…

There’s a temptation to do more - to hurry the process along.

But more isn’t better.

Targeted dose is better.

I’ll be able to get a good upper day later in the week & hopefully some seated skiing or arms only assault bike.

& I think I’ll be getting more and more able quickly with good sleep & nutrition.

This is a cool journey. Let’s see what happens.

03/06/2026

It’s funny that the short term accountability approach usually takes longer after gaining & losing repeatedly, while the longer approach is usually actually shorter because you just do it once.

So are you willing to be slightly more patient and work on your thinking patterns in order to do the job right and do it once?

Or risk having to yo-yo because you wanted to make it a little easier on yourself in the short term?

If you want help with scenario 3 and learning how to think and learn lifestyle & behaviour change, drop me a DM saying ‘CHANGE’.

02/06/2026

Do you even have strength worth in your Hyrox training?

It seems like most Hyrox classes are based around conditioning.

But good strength & conditioning principles would tell you to isolate exercises and build them up so you become really strong and able to do them with as little effort as possible.

That doesn’t come from endless metcons.

That’s strength training & exercises NOT under fatigue, before they’re integrated into conditioning too.

Don’t get me wrong, there needs to be a lot of running and conditioning too, but strength is a key ingredient & keeps your running fresh & fast!

01/06/2026

You still need to know what good looks and feels like, but after that your focus is on getting a good grip on what your body is doing.

You’ll likely notice yourself improving your own technique intuitively.

The important thing is not to judge though. This isn’t lifting a barbell and saying “oh that was crap” - that’s not even useful.

It’s going “oh I felt that a lot in my arms…”

And if you know you’re aiming to feel more push in your legs you’ll start adjusting.

But if you keep ‘trying’ to push with your legs without realising you’re pulling with your arms… you might just keep pulling.

Equally - it’s the pink elephant… if you think ‘don’t pull with the arms’ you might still end up pulling with the arms, or even focussing on something that has already stopped happening…

The point is more to get in tune with yourself. Then getting better becomes much easier.

We do this by trying to ask the right questions as well as offering the cues and feedback.

Try to ask yourself how your movement looks and feels each time you lift without judging it - see what happens.

What makes you yawn when you hear it?
26/05/2026

What makes you yawn when you hear it?

15/05/2026

Small group personal training gives you loads of personal coaching time. Real time feedback and improvement, not just instruction. And it also means we can have real talk about how to help you improve.

The last vid I posted like this caught plenty of instruction but not so much of the coaching, so I wanted to showcase that in this one.

But wait, there’s still more to this.

Often the art of coaching is in what’s not said, or in the way we encourage people to figure things out for themselves with some nudges and guide rails.

And of course, there’s the team effort too.

I’ll capture and show some of this soon too.

But needless to say, there’s layers to good training.

Don’t just try to ‘get tired’.

Don’t settle for ‘don’t do it like that, do it like this’.

When the guidance is just right, you’ll start to feel like you own it. Like you’re finding your flow. Like you’re making it happen!

If you want to coach with me, drop me a DM.

07/05/2026

Peak week isn’t an all out f**k it fest.

And neither should any of your workouts be.

The secret sauce is in the bigger picture - not the individual piece.

This section is for engine…
This section is for muscular endurance…

I’m glad as least some thought has gone into it but it’s still random s**t thrown together.

Making it fit like a puzzle is the art.

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