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28/10/2026

You plan your runs. Does your strength work have a plan too?

Winter training is here. The muddy miles get the attention, but that’s only one piece of the puzzle.
The preparation happens long before race day.

If your gym sessions are a collection of saved exercises rather than a plan you can follow, this is for you.

Pure Performance’s strength programme for runners gives you:

✓ 3 strength sessions each week
✓ Standard gym equipment
✓ Exercise demos and clear guidance
✓ A place to log your reps and weights

Open your session. Follow the plan. Record the work.

Comment PLAN and I’ll send you a look inside the programme, plus the trial details.

Same miles. Smarter preparation.

25/10/2026

Your running plan only works if you can keep showing up.

Before joining my S&C group, Cara described 18 months of building mileage, picking up niggles and going back to cross-training.

A few months into the programme, she sent me this:

“I have finally been able to run consistently for the last two months.”

That’s the win she wanted: being able to get out and run consistently.

If you’re ready to give your strength work some structure, my group programme gives you three sessions a week, using standard gym equipment, with exercise guidance and videos in TrainHeroic.

Comment PLAN and I’ll send you a look inside, plus the seven-day trial details.

21/10/2026

A very brief and packed trip, to a rainy but beautiful Font Romeu, to work with some incredibly talented HOKA EU athletes and coaches. Forever grateful that I get to do this for work! 🙏🏔️

26/09/2026

Fun day in Bournemouth with the squad, 2 Wins, 1 loss in the final and walked away with Silver 🥈

Not bad for 2 weeks notice and build up! Some great results all round and number one spot for Team Andrew Roberts 🥇

Massive thanks to the coaches as ever for the regular input and guidance along the way Andrew Roberts Daniela De Jong .asprey James Hardy PT

28/06/2026

🩸 📈 Some recent Blood Lactate testing sessions, done on the clients own equipment for maximum usability. Personalised training zones mapped, no more guess work.

A lactate profile can tell you:

🩸 Where your easy training should sit
🩸 Your aerobic threshold (LT1)
🩸 Your lactate threshold (LT2)
🩸 Whether your training is actually working
🩸 Why two athletes with the same race time can need very different training

We use blood lactate testing to remove the guesswork and prescribe training based on your physiology rather than generic zones. This isn’t just for elite athletes!

Comment LACTATE and I’ll send you my article explaining exactly how it works. 👊

23/06/2026

With the temperatures climbing this week, hydration is suddenly a hot topic again.

The reality is that hydration doesn’t need to be complicated, and for most people it certainly doesn’t require expensive sports drinks for every session.

Swipe through for a simple homemade isotonic drink, why it works, and when you actually need it.

For everyday hydration, easy runs and shorter sessions, plain water is often all you need.

Check out the full in depth article over at ppconditioning.com

Have you changed your hydration strategy with the warmer weather?

26/04/2026

History just changed.

just did what many thought impossible

1:59:30 for the marathon.
That’s 4:34 per mile for 26.2 miles.

To match it, you’d need to run 21.2 km/h on a treadmill.

And he didn’t hang on…
he ran the second half faster than the first.

This isn’t just endurance.
It’s efficiency, force production, and control under fatigue at a level most people can’t comprehend.

If you want to run faster, you don’t just run more.
You build the system that holds up when fatigue hits.

At that level, it’s not just physical. It’s how well you can keep going when your body is trying to slow you down, and building the strongest and most efficient system you can makes that progressively easier.

Comment “RUN” and I’ll send you a free week of S&C for runners.

03/04/2026

Most runners don’t have a running problem.

They have a missing piece.

Because running alone doesn’t improve:
– how efficiently you move
– how much training you can actually tolerate
– or how resilient you are to injury

So you end up doing more…

But getting less out of it.

That’s why some runners keep progressing.

And others stay stuck despite training hard.

The difference isn’t effort.

It’s what sits around the running.

That’s where S&C comes in.

It doesn’t replace running.

It makes it work.

Most runners train hard. Few actually train effectively.

Comment RUN and I’ll send you a week of S&C built for runners.

04/02/2026

In endurance performance, stopping is rarely caused by the muscles reaching absolute failure.

Research in exercise physiology and models such as Central Governor Theory suggest that effort is regulated centrally, with the brain modulating output to protect the body from perceived threat rather than actual damage.

That matters, because perception often leads physiology.

Discomfort frequently appears before true physical limits are reached, particularly in athletes who lack exposure at a given intensity or duration. With progressive training, the nervous system recalibrates what is considered “safe”, and tolerance increases.

This is why experience changes performance so dramatically.
Not because the body suddenly becomes different, but because interpretation improves.

Failure isn’t wasted effort.
It provides reference points that reshape future decisions.

Discomfort doesn’t define the limit.
Your response does.

24/01/2026

Sat watching my kid’s gymnastics class today and overheard a parent child conversation that stuck with me.

The child was nervous about moving up a level for the first time. Dad reassured him, saying it was okay not to go in and that they could move him back down.

Gentle parenting, right. Supportive. Kind. Safe.

But is it always helpful?

Is that child learning that fear is something to feel and move through, or that discomfort is something to avoid?

Are we teaching our kids that growth comes from facing hard moments, or that safety is found in staying where things feel easy?

We have come a long way from the sink or swim approach, and that is a good thing. But removing all hardship also removes the opportunity to build confidence through overcoming it.

As parents, we are their role model, their coach, their cheerleader and their safety net. We can keep them safe while still allowing the conditions for confidence, self belief and growth to develop.

You are not just parenting a child. You are shaping an adult who will one day have to navigate the world on their own.

Every moment teaches something. We just need to be intentional about what.

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