I used to have the slogan “Advancing Human Performance” printed on the back of CrossFit Victoria t-shirts. Whilst the slogan regularly changes, the concept does not. My methodology – filtered through to everyone at CFVIC – is all about Human Performance.

Everyone wants to improve (or at least they should). You, the reader, I’m sure are interested in improving your performance. The thing to understand is that performance improvements are easiest and most noticeable when you begin. As you get further in you pay a higher price for smaller improvements. You may plateau. You just have to keep pushing through.

So, here are two easy – well, easy enough – ways to improve your performance…

The first is nutrition. Get it in order. Your food is your fuel, oil, coolant (everything you need – thank you to Bjorn for the analogy). Get on the Paleo Diet. I cannot stress how much of a difference this will make. Nutrition is the single most important aspect of your performance. Garbage in, garbage out.

Next, practice what you suck at. If you are bad at squats, then practice them. If you know your strength is sub-par then do all that you can to improve it. If you don’t like to run, then run!

You will not get better by continuing to do the same things that you are doing now. You must change your approach, assess it and modify as required. Our bodies need constantly varied challenges in order to adapt. Performance is all about getting everything in the right place and going at it.