The Freedom Project

You want to compete with confidence. That way when you turn up to the competition floor, you’ll back yourself. You’ll spend less time worrying about what others do. And hopefully, you’ll be able to execute your plan to your highest standard. An average plan executed with 100% confidence is better than a perfect plan executed with 50% confidence. Let’s view the goal of confidence through our RRP Me...

Us athletes like to identify as hard chargers. We’re tougher, more resilient, and more tenacious than regular Joe’s. As such we pride ourselves on how we can keep on pushing when others would stop. Like I’ve said before, this is an essential skill to develop for any athlete, and any human. If you gave up at the first sign of discomfort, you wouldn’t get very far in life. However, your body and you...

If only what worked for everyone else worked for you. The amount of times you hear “oh, I just started meditation, and that fixed all my mindset challenges.” “you know when I began journaling, that solved all my issues.” “it was a psychedelic trip that changed my mentality.” Well, great for that person. But what about for you? 99.9% of your DNA is genetically identical to mine. That doesn’t mean w...

That moment you realise you’re actually good at CrossFit is a double edged sword. There was probably a moment where you looked round the gym and you realised that you were no longer the athlete you were when you started. Or maybe you won a comp and that changed your own perception. These watershed moments are a brilliant opportunity to rewrite your story. No longer are you an amateur, you are good...

Do you catch yourself Instagram stalking to check up on how other athletes are doing? Scrolling through the leaderboard to check your placings when really you should be in bed? Watching other athletes in workouts when you could be in your own lane? Comparison has never been easier. Instead of strawmanning this argument let’s take the side of comparison. Let’s listen to the voice in your head that...

Maybe the pressure is what drives you forward. Unerringly. Ceaselessly, toward your best. Could you have done what you have done without that pressure; forcing you, pushing you? But you recognise the times that the pressure has got too much. When will I snatch Xkg? When will I reach the semis? When will I be good enough? Pressure creates diamonds, they say. But pressure has also been your downfall...

You are not your emotions. But you can’t discount them either. In those moments of fear, rage, love, or side-splitting hilarity, you can’t deny those emotions are as real as the headphones you’re listening to this podcast through, or whatever is in your visual field. You feel emotions whether you like it or not, and emotions sway you whether you like it or not. We often get into mindset training b...

2500 years ago, Socrates bought the Greek aphorism, Know Thyself into the forefront of philosophy. His point was that before you can claim to know anything, you must know yourself. Human wisdom, he said, begins with the recognition of one’s own ignorance. You and I, as athletes and as humans, are ignorant. We see the world through our narrow perceptive bubble. Our beliefs filter out information wh...

The wonderful Kari Pearce joins Coach Tom today to discuss what it truly means to fully commit to being the best version of you you possibly can be. Kari not only exemplifies this as an athlete, but a businesswoman too. Kari is all in on her potential as a human. Expect to learn how you can go all in on your potential too. Alongside this, we'll also discuss how to deal with bad luck (withdrawing f...

Today, Coach Tom is joined by Nessa Carey, author of Epigenetics Revolution to discuss how epigenetics plays a role in your mindset, both from a performance perspective and a mental health perspective.

In the final part of the series, Coaches Rachel and Tom show you how to train your mindset so that you can get your mindset out of your way.

Today, Coaches Rachel and Tom explore the biggest mindset issues coaches face. This is why burnout, losing the love of training, and financial challenges happen, from a mindset perspective. You'll discover how your mindset has been created and what challenges it may present.

You see the world through the lens of the story you believe. What you consider your truth distorts the information you take in, to fit in with your narrative. Believe the world is flat, and you’ll only see, hear, and feel things which confirm that opinion.   You’ll dismiss the very real evidence in order to prevent your inner world’s certainty from being disrupted. Experts become shills, friends b...

Today on the Limitless Athlete Podcast, you’ll be listening to a conversation I had with Dr. David Spiegel. Dr. Spiegel is one of the United States’ most respected experts in the clinical uses of hypnosis. He is associate chair of psychiatry and behavioural studies at Stanford University. He has over 40 years of clinical research. This conversation is all about hypnosis for two kinds of athletes,...

We know coaches struggle with three main things: burnout, losing the love of training/being in the gym, and finances. All of these, and many other challenges have a mindset component to them. We know because we are coaches and we coach, coaches. Luckily, there's a path to fixing this and finding the career you always wished you had. This is the first in a three part series where we will teach you...

Today on the Limitless Athlete Podcast, you’ll be listening to a conversation I had with CrossFit Games athlete, Bethany Shadburne. Bethany’s vulnerability in this podcast was inspiring to see as she walked us through what it’s really like to be an elite level athlete, and the mindset struggles which go along with that. A large part of the conversation is focused on how Bethany has overcome variou...

Today on the Limitless Athlete Podcast, you’ll be listening to a conversation I had with Simon Jeffries. Simon Jeffries is a Mindset and Performance Coach with The Natural Edge. In a former life, Simon was in the UK Special Forces. In the conversation, Simon takes us through his life and how he wound up joining the Royal Marines, then enrolling in, and eventually successfully completing, selection...

Today on the Limitless Athlete Podcast, you’ll be listening to a conversation Tom had with Jonas Kaplan - Cognitive neuroscientist at USC’s Brain and Creativity Institute and Co-Director at Dornsife Neuroimaging Center The theme of today is the structure of beliefs, and what creates them. Jonas & Tom stick to as broad an application of beliefs as possible, so they don’t talk much about applying to...

Today on the Limitless Athlete Podcast, you’ll be listening to a conversation between physiotherapist, breathwork practitioner and much more besides, Justin Ternes and Tom Foxley. Justin is passionate about helping patients address pain, injury and physical limitations through functional exercises, manual therapy skills, biopsychosocial education, pain science and mindfulness techniques. In this p...

Today on the Limitless Athlete Podcast, you’ll be listening to a conversation between author, and former Navy SEAL Commander, Rich Diviney and Tom Foxley. After spending over 20 years in the Navy SEALs, Rich wrote The Attributes, a book detailing what he believes are the attributes we all possess which lead to our success, or lack thereof. In Rich’s opinion, we all possess these attributes, but in...

Today on the Limitless Athlete Podcast, you’ll be listening to a conversation between 25x powerlifting world record holder, Stefi Cohen, and myself, Tom Foxley. One huge topic we cover is the difficult balance of femininity and the masculine parts of athleticism. This one goes deep and we dive into appearance and social pressure to look like everyone else. Stefi is an incredible human. She is one...

Today on The Debrief, Coach Tom discusses Hunter McIntyre's appearance on the Limitless Athlete Podcast. The point in question is "when are you working too hard, and when are you not working hard enough?"

Today on the Limitless Athlete Podcast, you'll be listening to a conversation between myself and Hunter McIntyre. Hunter is an elite, multisport athlete with an incredible background. He holds the world record in the workout Murph, has competed at The CrossFit Game, and is a world class Obstacle Course Racer. We discuss Hunter's journey from drug and alcohol abuse to one of the fittest athletes on...

Today, Rachel and Tom dive into finding deeper meaning behind your goals & why that's' important to athletes.

Special Forces veteran, and GORUCK founder, Jason McCarthy joins Tom on today's episode. Jason has created a brilliant community around the pursuit of the most simple but effective exercise there is: carrying large loads a long way. Call it rucking, yomping, or tabbing, it works. Plus, it had hugely beneficial effects on your mindset too. This is just part of what Jason and Tom explore in this epi...