If you don’t know ask Alexa

Simon Harling's blog on fitness, coaching, and personal leadership I caught my youngest daughter whispering to Alexa last week “Alexa, how much does a Zebra weigh?” A friend of mine tells herself that each… The post If you don’t know ask Alexa appear...

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Jan 11, 2022
Commit if you want to go faster

Simon Harling's blog on fitness, coaching, and personal leadership When you ask a successful person to look back and offer advice to their younger self. Most will say. “I wish I would have gone… The post Commit if you want to go faster appeared first...

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Jan 10, 2022
Are you in for the long haul?

Simon Harling's blog on fitness, coaching, and personal leadership “Monday to Thursday we focus on developing our kids but come the weekend we want to win.” Said every competitive youth coach.  And that might… The post Are you in for the long haul? a...

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Jan 09, 2022
Working for the people not against them

Simon Harling's blog on fitness, coaching, and personal leadership Most of us would agree that young kids (at least until the age of 14) should try out lots of different sports and activities.  Yet… The post Working for the people not against them ap...

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Jan 08, 2022
An example not a challenge

Simon Harling's blog on fitness, coaching, and personal leadership Nobody has run a 2hr marathon in the morning and deadlifted 1000lb in the afternoon. And it is unlikely that anyone ever will.  You can’t… The post An example not a challenge appeared...

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Jan 07, 2022
Who are you really?

Simon Harling's blog on fitness, coaching, and personal leadership The best way to see what people really believe is to watch their actions. But since we can’t watch ourselves as coaches. And we don’t… The post Who are you really? appeared first on S...

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Jan 06, 2022
In the market

Simon Harling's blog on fitness, coaching, and personal leadership I’m in the market for a coach to teach me to do a kettlebell swing, a hinge movement. I’m at the start of my journey,… The post In the market appeared first on SimonHarlingBlog.

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Jan 05, 2022
No need to panic.

Simon Harling's blog on fitness, coaching, and personal leadership Let’s look at how best to perform a posterior horizontal weight shift with minimal knee bend. Don’t panic.  Ok, intuitively and emotionally, you might just… The post No need to panic....

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Jan 04, 2022
Don’t worry about the horse, just load the wagon.

Simon Harling's blog on fitness, coaching, and personal leadership I’ve come to realise that it is easy to put yourself off doing something, anything, by focussing on the endpoint.  “I would feel silly teaching… The post Don’t worry about the horse,...

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Jan 03, 2022
Living in the land of HOW?

Simon Harling's blog on fitness, coaching, and personal leadership Teaching kids fundamental movement skills is not the hard part. Getting teachers, parents, and coaches out of the way is. How do I make it… The post Living in the land of HOW? appeare...

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Jan 02, 2022