The Durable Podcast

Rest can feel like you’re moving backwards, especially when training is going well or life feels busy. Chris explores why recovery is part of progress, how to recognise when you need more of it, and why learning to pull back can be just as important as learning to push

How hard should a set actually feel? Chris breaks down reps in reserve, what happens as you approach failure, how to choose the right weight, and the signs that your training is genuinely progressing.

Showing up consistently matters, but it’s only part of the equation. Chris explores why the effort you put into your training matters just as much, how to balance hard and easy sessions, and why sometimes doing less can actually help you make more progress.

When there are so many things you could work on, how do you decide what deserves your attention? Chris shares three questions to help you choose a goal you're excited about, that expands what you're capable of and actually fits your life right now.

Achieving a big goal can leave you wondering what comes next. Chris explores why you don't always need to immediately chase another target, instead he discusses how taking time to recover, reflect and enjoy what you've built can help you choose what genuinely comes next, without forcing it.

Long days, travel and meetings can quickly throw what you normally eat out the window. Chris shares a practical approach to planning ahead, fuelling well and protecting your energy when you're away from home.

Chris explores how to tell the difference between giving the plan more time, more effort, making a small adjustment, or an considering an entirely new approach. This episode will help you make better decisions if and when progress feels slow.

There's a good chance your priorities, lifestyle and weather impacts your desire to train throughout the year, so your training plan could or should reflect that too. In this episode Chris explores how to map out the next 12–18 months, deciding when to prioritise strength, conditioning and nutrition goals so they complement rather than compete with each other to improve adherence and long-term pro...

Skipping meals doesn't just affect your training sessions, it affects our energy, focus, recovery and performance at work too. In this episode, Chris explains why creating more opportunities to fuel yourself properly is often more important than trying to eat perfectly.

Progress isn't always as obvious as we'd like it to be. In this episode, Chris explores why feeling stuck doesn't always mean you are, how to separate emotion from evidence, and the practical ways to measure progress more effectively over the long term.

Of course walking through the door is important, but showing up with more intent when you train is what drives progress. In this episode, Chris explores how to get your head in the game, train with more purpose, and produce better quality sessions, even on the days you don't feel like it.

Most people struggle to be consistent because they never plan the week ahead, nor reflect on the one before. In this episode, Chris shares the simple Sunday habit that will help you stay more focussed with training, nutrition, and recovery to reduce the amount of decisions you need to make throughout the weekn.

Most people don't need more information they need more clarity on what to do next. In this episode, I explore why the gap between knowing and actually doing exists. Plus how understanding what matters, why it matters, and how to apply it can finally turn good intentions into progress.

Most people don't need more information they need more clarity on what to do next. In this episode, I explore why the gap between knowing and actually doing exists. Plus how understanding what matters, why it matters, and how to apply it can finally turn good intentions into progress.

Lately, I've been thinking less about tactics and more about the behaviours that actually drive long-term progress. In this episode, I share five principles I'm developing that could become the operating system behind everything I do. From coaching and training to nutrition, business and everyday life. It's a work in progress, but I think it's the simplest way to think about lasting improvement an...

Most people don't wake up one day and decide they need a coach. Usually, they've spent months or sometimes years trying to solve the problem themselves first. They've listened to the podcasts, watched the videos, read the books, use Chat GPT and consumed more information than ever before. Yet despite knowing more, they're still struggling to make the progress they want. In this episode Chris explo...

A lot of people want a body that performs well, some want it to look good, all want it to stay healthy. What we're really looking for is resilience. In this episode of Durable , Chris explores the foundations of a resilient body and how to build the capacity to handle more of life without constantly feeling broken, tired, or one setback away from starting over.

The harder we train, the more nutrition matters. In this episode of Durable , Chris explores the difference between eating for health and eating for performance, why many people have a fuelling problem rather than a training problem, and how to support bigger goals without turning nutrition into another source of stress.

Many of us aren’t under-recovered because you're training too hard, you might be under-recovered because your brain never properly switches off. In this episode of Durable , Chris explores how overstimulation, mental load, and constant pressure quietly drains energy, recovery, and performance and what durable people do differently.

Injuries don’t just interrupt training they can often break momentum completely. In this episode of Durable , Chris explains how to adapt training intelligently during setbacks, why injuries can become opportunities for growth, and how to keep moving forward without turning one bad period into a stop-start cycle. Sign up for mentorship updates: https://chrisjillard.kit.com/2669cbb543

Most people don’t struggle with nutrition when life is ticking along. The real challenge is what happens when stress rises, routines disappear, and decision fatigue takes over. In this episode of Durable , Chris explains why nutrition breaks down under pressure and how to build a more practical, repeatable approach that works in real life.

Feeling tired after training is normal. Feeling drained all the time isn’t. In this episode of Durable , Chris explains how to tell the difference between productive tiredness, accumulated fatigue, and doing too much, plus why under-fuelling is one of the biggest reasons people stop recovering properly.

A lot people don’t train hard enough to see results, and many then fall out of love with the process of training. Some train too hard, too often and burn themselves out. In this episode of Durable , Chris explains why training effort matters, how to find the right level of intensity, and how to avoid the two extremes that stop most people from making consistent progress.

A good training week isn’t the hardest one, it’s the one we can repeat 80% of the time. In this episode, Chris shares a simple framework for building a durable training week that balances strength, conditioning, and recovery.

Across the first 12-episode of Durable , we've explored consistency, strength, nutrition, stress, and how to keep training working when life isn’t perfect. In this episode, Chris brings those ideas together, explains how people apply the durable approach through his coaching, introduces a new mentorship for coaches, and shares what’s coming next in Season 2 as the podcast moves deeper into real-wo...