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Your 12-week training plan is a lie.

It’s not a plan. It’s a cram session.

It can get you race-fit for a day, but it won’t make you fundamentally fitter or more resilient. Here's why 👇

The quick gains you feel in the first few weeks? That's mostly your brain getting better at talking to your muscles. It's a software update, not a hardware upgrade.

The real hardware—your heart, your mitochondria, your tendons—takes months and years to build.

Think of your body as a car. A 12-week plan gives you a quick engine tune-up.

But it completely ignores the chassis (your tendons & ligaments). A fast engine on a weak frame is the #1 cause of injury. You have to build the chassis first.

The solution? Stop thinking in weeks and start thinking in blocks.

Base Block (Months/Years)

Sharpening Block (Weeks)

Recovery Block (Weeks)

I break down this entire philosophy in my new post, over on Substack but there's a taster here.

The Lie of the 12-Week Plan Building a body that lasts takes longer than 12 weeks. Here’s how to train for the long game. You know the feeling. A birthday looms, a new year kicks in, or, like me you were watching the races at…

Will they love the mountains like we do?

Will they actually be able to do the walking?

Will they enjoy themselves?

So many questions and the answers were all yes!

An amazing first trip to the mountains as part of the summers holidays. Lots of hiking, 2 mountains climbed and many a stream played in.

The whole time outdoors.

Life doesn't get any better!

If you're heading down, just ask and we can recommend a few routes for little'uns that helps their love of adventure!

Feels like everyday should be a weekend day in early summer!

After a week with "English weather", cold and rainy, it was nice to bounce back in to a lovely warm weekend.

Hiking (with some first forrays back into running) and biking were the order of the day.