The Training Stimulus

The Training Stimulus The Training Stimulus aims to spread the benefits of advanced movement mechanics to coaches and athletes, to optimise performance and reduce pain and injury.

You’re not tired because you’re unfit. You’re tired because you move like s**t.Fitter doesn’t always mean less fatigued....
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.

22/05/2026

Jo’s been coaching for a long time. She knows movement. But she’s just finished the core mentorship and it’s opened her eyes to a new level.

She’s seeing things other coaches miss, and knows what to do about them. Surprising her athletes with her educated guesses.

- Spotting issues in real time, picking up on asymmetries without having to do detailed analysis
- Understanding what the body is actually doing when the movement looks off
- Has a structured protocol to identify hidden issues and a process for training the body better.

And now she’s making inroads into the alumni syllabus so those skills are only going up.

Jo Gemmell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Personal Trainer & Triathlon Coach

👉 DM “STIMULUS” to find out when the next cohort opens.

Movement is complex. More complex than most coaches think, and that gap between what you think you know and what’s actua...
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

Rehab and training don’t talk to each other. And clients are paying for it.If you don’t know what your client’s programm...
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.

07/05/2026

Some great work from a true OG of the CrossFit scene.

Identifying and addressing this compensation can be HUGE for back pain and poor hinge patterns.

Take a look next time your client does a single leg deadlift 👀

06/05/2026

So often when doing assessments I see people who’ve plateaued in strength or are struggling with niggles showing up with one or more forms of instability.

You’d be amazed at how shocking some athletes’ balance is and also how much a small improvement can make to their numbers and their injury.

Next time you or your client are stumped on why you’re no longer progressing, make sure to check stability is not the weak link holding you back.

Tag your unbalanced mates who need to see this.

30/04/2026

Dion hesitated at first because investing in yourself always feels risky.

Not because of the money, though that’s real, but because you’re betting on yourself. And that’s scarier than it sounds.

But here’s what he realised: “Knowledge is power, and it pays off tenfold.”

Not just in what you learn, but in what that knowledge lets you do. The clients you can help. The problems you can solve. The confidence you carry into every assessment. The business you can build on the back of skills that actually set you apart.

When you invest in understanding how the body moves as a system, it doesn’t just make you better at your job, it changes what’s possible in your career. Better results for clients. More referrals. Higher retention. A reputation as someone who actually fixes problems instead of working around them.

That’s the tenfold return Dion’s talking about. Not overnight, but compounding over time.

If you’re weighing up whether to invest in the mentorship, the question isn’t really about the cost. It’s whether you’re ready to back yourself and build skills that’ll keep paying you back for the rest of your career.

Dion did. And he’d tell you it’s been more than worthwhile.

Dion Macdonald 🇬🇧
Rehab Clinic Owner

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...
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

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