Lane swimming has been my sly mover for the past 7 months. I started dipping my toes in the water (pun intended) last year during my knee rehab, as a way of off-setting the impact from running, whilst still pushing the CV system. To be honest, I expected it would work well, but didn't anticipate getting royally humbled quite so early on. In my first few dips I could barely do 100m of breast stroke without completely gassing out. After completing several Hyrox's and half marathons, it made no...

On this episode, we have a BIG guest…..no seriously, he’s MASSIVE! Mike Tuck is one of the most recognisable figures in British Basketball. After growing up across the Atlantic, he found himself becoming a true Sheffield-er with the Sheffield Sharks Basketball Team. Brad and I chat with Mike about why not just “a tall guy who played,” but how he became one of the pillars of modern British basketball culture. He describes what it was like growing up in Canada, moving to the US on a basketball...

Another massive result in camp this week. The hunk of a man pictured above has cartianly worked his socks off over the last 20 weeks. He wishes to remain anonymous so we'll refer to him as AD in this post. When AD came to R5 he was stuck in an all too familiar cycle. The stress and demands of his job meant booze was the go to relaxant. What started as a few pints on a Friday to unwind, slowly turned into post work drinks at the pub on a Thursday. The occasional Tuesday and Wednesday beers...