AMRAP Fitness, Bristol (2026)

07/06/2026

🪨 A LOST CULTURE, REDISCOVERED 🪨

This is up there with my favourite interviews of all time.

My chat with David Keohan ( better known on here as ) was less of a question-and-answer format and more of an informal swapping of stories.

You see, David has stories galore stashed in his back pocket, especially if you’re interested in fitness, folklore or a combination of the two.

As someone who obsessively occupies the middle portion of that particular Venn diagram, I was left grinning from ear to ear after our video call.

In recent years, David has made it his mission to track down the lost lifting stones of Ireland.

This feature scratches the surface of his ongoing mission, from unexpected beginnings to breadcrumb trails that have led him across the country.

For more details, you can read his new book: The Wind Beneath The Stone. It’s a corker.

12/05/2026

👨‍🏫 20K AND TREND-BUSTING 👨‍🏫

I noticed I hit 20,000 followers the other day, which is rather barmy!

Cheers for tagging along and taking an interest in my fitness ramblings. I try to make them as fun, helpful and interesting as I can for you 🤞

A full celebratory post felt a tad self-indulgent. Instead, I thought about something helpful I could share, and eventually settled on this.

The ‘-maxxing’ movement seems to be everywhere at the minute: fibre-maxxing, looks-maxxing, the list goes on.

It seems a tad performative to me, rather than being genuinely geared towards helping people feel better within themselves.

I’d offer an alternative: the moderation movement.

I interview plenty of health and fitness experts each week, ranging from seasoned coaches to academics and researchers. The vast majority recommend moderation as the most applicable approach for better health.

NHS data suggests that if you can walk a decent amount each day, do two full-body strength training workouts each week and do an activity that gets you out of breath every once in a while, you’ll have a better exercise plan than two-thirds of Brits.

This is also enough to keep most people in pretty good nick.

Of course, athletes are a caveat. More training is needed to pursue higher performance - but performance is the goal, not health.

Enjoyment js another. If you can overlap physical activity with fun, by all means do more of both - Lord knows I do.

But don’t feel pressured into doing ‘the most’ in all areas of your life then burning out. If you can consistently do ‘enough’, you’re doing rather well, and will likely reap the benefits. Hope this helps!

29/04/2026

🏃‍♀️ EXERCISE IS FOR EVERYBODY 🏃‍♀️

It was a pleasure to speak to fellow Bristol resident Anne Dockery recently about all things running.

She took up the sport at 52 and has since completed a triathlon totalling 70.3 miles while amassing an impressive medal collection.

Now 77, Anne discusses the many benefits running has brought her, from improved heart and lung health to lifelong friendships and an immense sense of community. And, she stresses, it’s never too late to start.

Anne also discusses the representation, or lack thereof, of people aged 50 and above within the fitness space - and argues that this is only discouraging the demographic from lacing up their trainers.

I thoroughly enjoyed our chat, and writing the subsequent feature around the Age Without Limits campaign. Hope you enjoy reading it!

📸 Alex Rotas Photography ( )

14/04/2026

🌳 GO OUTSIDE🌳

When I write a fitness feature, I tend to receive comments and emails asking for more exact exercise prescriptions.

‘Give me the optimal formula for building muscle/boosting longevity/increasing VO2 max.’

I can understand the appeal.

But the reality is, there are huge merits in simply going outside, socialising, doing something fun/physically challenging, then rinsing and repeating this process for as long as it still serves you.

Chances are that will be a rather long time, even in England’s suspect climate.

Letting go of ‘optimal’ in your training leaves room for adaptation. In adapting, we often find the greatest fitness rewards.

Why? Because the body is built to change in order to overcome obstacles. So give it some obstacles, then have fun hurdling them.

That’s one of the many reasons why I enjoyed working on this piece with coach Dan John so much. Great insights, great anecdotes and a fun workout to boot.

Hope you enjoy reading it too!

06/04/2026

🇳🇿 THE ADVENTURE OF A LIFETIME 🇳🇿

I’ve been working full-time as a journalist since I was 21, and I love my job - sharing fitness tips, advice and insights with you lovely lot.

But having racked up more hours than ever at my laptop recently, and with my 30th birthday fast-approaching, I decided 2026 was the year I finally fulfilled my ever-present craving for an adventure.

Then an email from Pure New Zealand dropped in my inbox.

To paraphrase: ‘Visit our country, run 50km up a mountain, have the adventure of a lifetime.’

I was sold.

And now, having just returned to the UK, I can safely say it satiated my craving - and then some.

Whether it was the manmade thrills of Queenstown, the glacial lakes I spent half my time in, the stunning mountain hikes or the brutal challenge of the Northburn100 50K trail race (and its 2,500m of total ascent), New Zealand provided the ultimate playground for a fidgety fitness fan like myself.

But while I came for the testing topography, I stayed for the people… and the pies (the cuisine New Zealand excels in beyond any other place I’ve visited).

Case in point: early on in my trip, I popped into Ubake bakery in Timaru for a spot of lunch. Owner Simon not only loaded me up with the best baked goods I’ve ever tasted, but also offered to give me a tour of his hometown because ‘I seemed like a nice guy’.

Two hours, a lot of laughs and a visit to his house later, he dropped me off. I was able to see his New Zealand, and I loved it.

This wasn’t an isolated incident either. Everywhere I went I met brilliantly friendly people, saw beautiful landscapes and ate the best pies known to man. And if that isn’t a persuasive sell for visiting a country, I don’t know what is.

New Zealand, I’ll be back. Thank you for having me!

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