Nailing the basics and foundations in life is a fundamental tool.

Why?

Because when you fall off track (we all do at some point in life) if you have built a strong foundation getting back on track will be easier.

Because like with any structure without a solid base, eventually it will fall. The foundations need to be strong in order to grow that structure.

A couple of examples applied to a few different areas of life.

Horses -

I once was bought a horse who had all the natural talent in the world. He had the jump of a stag and the nature of lamb with the looks to match.

He was purchased off a top level show jumper who had him jumping around big tracks because “why not, he’s got natural ability”

Little did we know when we purchased him that he had actually started to have some accidents in the showjumping ring and upon then seeing he was scared shitless of poles on the ground we realised he’d never been taught the basics.

If a horse cannot step over poles on the ground without being anxious, how the fuck is meant to jump 1.30-1.40m fences?!

While his natural talent got him so far, in the end the lack of nailing the basics meant he eventually feel.

Nutrition -

You don’t need some fancy arse meal plan, with all these crazy recipes.

You need to first understand how to eat a balanced diet - a balance of protein, carbs, fats and enough fibre + micronutrients. Nail consuming an adequate amount of protein, veggies and fruit. (400g veggies, 300g fruit and 1.6-2.4kg per kgs of body weight for protein) then you’ll start to unconsciously always eat that amount of those foods because it’ll be a habit. You’ve solidified the basics so if you go on holiday and stop tracking food or following a meal plan you can easily come back to those amounts because they are ingrained.

Training -

This is a big one - ditch those exciting workout plans that have all these creative, crazy exercises. Do the basic movements, the functional ones, do them well, perform them with intensity, nail them and repeat with more load each week and watch yourself improve.

Switching up exercise every week, following the latest craze on instagram is not the answer.

Once you nail those basic movements - not only will this make your risk of injury less in

everyday life because you have learnt to move your body in the way its designed (squat pattern, hip hinge pattern, core activation etc) but you will easily be able to come back to those same movement patterns after a few weeks off while your on holiday or whatever.

We help you nail the basics here at RHC so you have the foundations to keep growing.