Motivation directs behaviour – it organizes behaviour towards a particular goal state. It maintains behaviour until that goal is achieved. Learn some basic techniques to aid your distance running.

We talk about:

• self-talk
• imagery
• sccamp

we also look at whether you can be an introvert or an extrovert.

If you want to read this full blog, go to my website www.apachebrave.co.uk

You have been intensely training for months, but you start to mention that you haven’t slept well for weeks, and the stress is starting to get in the way of your performance. You may suspect you’ve overtrained, which is quite common among competitive athletes.

Here, I talk about the Signs and Symptoms of Over-training, and the key ways you can help prevent or over-come problems from over-training.

To read the full blog on over-training click here

German Volume Training (GVT) will shock your body into gaining lean muscle mass with its ability to place vast amounts of stress onto one motor unit (group of muscle fibres).

Used by Olympic weightlifters and professional bodybuilders, GVT is world renowned for promoting hypertrophy; this means increasing cell size of skeletal muscle. Highly recommended by one of the most successful strength coaches, Charles Poliquin – GVT has been used time and time again for over 40 years in building muscle mass effectively in short time frames.

Let me talk you through just how to benefit from GVT techniques. Want big muscles then listen to my podcast.

You can read more about GVT and purchase training plans via my blog

Can DNA testing reveal if you are more likely to suffer with more or less inflammation after exercise? What food can help reduce your inflammation and enable you to return back to training quicker and reduce the risk of injury.

Here I provide a few suggestions to improve your diet and help reduce inflammation and speed your recover, these simple ideas can help you gain maximum benefit to your diet, health and fitness training.

Want to read more about DNA testing for your fitness and diet click here

Anyone who succeeds in a sporting background needs a backroom team to help reach their goals, discover my journey working with a polar explorer who was taking on a world first attempt at skiing to the South and North poles.

Let me take you on the journey I took in helping an ultra athlete reach some amazing challenges.

Discover more about my journey with Mark here

Looking at a few nutritional myths, The Functional Trainer tells you what really is going on with some common fitness and diet foods. Are eggs good or bad for LDL, can diet drinks make you fat?

You can read the full blog on "truths about weight gain" here