Most of you will have seen the frustration over the last couple of months. I have been working behind the scenes the whole time, trying to adapt to every change Skool has made to the platform. That goal has now been dropped, because I have had enough of playing the Skool game for zero return. So from December the sole focus is content, which means classroom information and videos. Fact is, that is what you joined for and I am grateful to @Richard Clark who pointed out what was and is still lacking.😁 I am posting this now so nobody gets caught out, and so you have time to decide what you want to do. On December 2nd, which happens to be my 36th birthday (I'm sure you can work it out) , the way whwido /we-do/ works changes for good. The aim is to clean up the space regardless of member total, protect what we have built, and look after the people who actually show up and take part. Right now there are two kinds of inactive member in here, and both are affected. Group 1: the lurkers You log into Skool, but you never post, never ask a question and never speak in the chat. Some of you just prefer to watch in silence, and up to a point that is fine. The trouble is that a health and performance room only works when people share information, form checks, meals, app logs, questions and progress. There is a darker side too. Some silent accounts have joined purely to scrape routines, lift content and quietly message members behind the scenes. That ends now, so we are keeping real contributors only. Group 2: the ghosts You joined the free section to potentially fix your training, sort your nutrition, rebuild joints, build muscle, or get straight answers on supplements, peptides and medication. Then Skool was new to you and you simply stopped logging in. You have not posted, commented or sent a chat message since this announcement. If you don't start showing up, you'll be removed with everyone else who went quiet. Take this as the nudge to get back on track and back in the room.

I spent years, pushing myself to train when all I wanted to do was lay around and feel sorry for myself. It made me hardcore, gave me the opportunity to feel slightly superior to other lesser mortals, but also lead to injuries and lack of progress. Im currently full of plague. As you know, I train outdoors, so am at the mercy of the weather. Thursday was leg day, and it was dry, so I cracked on. Head spinning, lungs wheezing, feeling like crap. Romanian deadlift, weight increase, set 1x5 reps, set 2x4 reps. Im the man! Squat, weight increase, head whirling. Set 1x5 reps, set 2, into the hole and never came out. Weight dumped in the catchers. End ex, game over. I staggered indoors and my wife said, ‘why do you train when you’re I’ll?, you keep saying you’ve got no energy’. Why? Bulldog spirit or rank stupidity? It’s a tricky one. A friend relayed a similar story to me the other day, my tongue in cheek reply, ‘there’s no fool like an old fool’. Thoughts?

My metabolical health isn't the best it could be. I had a cholesterol test March 2026 the reading was 6.2 LDL 3.6. I read that Amla can help reduce blood sugar, another issue I have and cholesterol so thought I'd try them. My test yesterday was total cholesterol 5.3 and LDL 2.8 I have lost a couple of pounds since March but diet hasn't changed as much as I would have liked. Could these have helped? Anyone else tried them? I'll post my HbA1c results when I get them. A comparative clinical study of hypolipidemic efficacy of Amla (Emblica officinalis) with 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme-A reductase inhibitor simvastatin - PMC https://share.google/AJxm4AwLixQmyMHg9

My gym stack these days. Even Shaun might approve?

A Viking now I’ve had enough of of being the only simpleton to just eat meat 🤣