YOU DON'T NEED RESULTS
Being UNfit is much harder work.
Can you think of a single animal that isn't fit for purpose? We are no exception. Like any organism, you want to be fit. And you're designed to be. When you align with the physiological principles that govern your body and mind, you can't NOT be.
This holistic approach is nothing more than an acknowledgement of reality and frees us from the too-common fitness and dietary fate of addressing one problem while creating another.
Our definition of fitness is expanded beyond physical competence all to be all-encompassing - exercise, diet, and broader lifestyle factors - as specific to you.
You are a result.
At Leftfield we recognise that while our input to our health and fitness can be positive or negative, it is never zero.
It is more accurate, more useful, and more likely to lead to the desired outcome if you further understand that you have had, can have, no lack of results. Your body is perpetually adapting and everything you do, or don’t do - regardless of whether you value it or not - produces a result, an outcome in your body and mind.
You reflect the sum total of your dietary, exercise and broader lifestyle habits. And with all things considered - as they always are - it’s no exaggeration for people to realise that, when compared to the alternative;
Not because that's how we work, but because that's how you work.
The countless variables that make each of us unique individuals remain predicated on series of physiological rules. By targeting the relevant area and then tuning it to the individual, Leftfield Training cannot fail to unlock your success.
You’ve been mere minutes and already you're at a Leftfield advantage - because you have an accurate grasp of the problem. Much of health and fitness is purposed towards disguising or talking around the problem meaning their proposed solutions are anything but.
Mistaken, but pervasive ideas like 'no pain no gain' define the fitness space but the truth is your progress can be just as invisible, just as innocuous, as going the other way. It’s not that fitness is elusive, it’s that you are.
“What I love about Leftfield is that – unlike with a gym – you’re never alone, there’s always someone to guide you and it gets better over time. You get better over time.
What Oli gives you is a philosophy based in reality. You’re not always going to be motivated, you’re not always going to be excited about exercise and sometimes you want a doughnut. What he gives you are tools to help you find your personal goals and to start building the habits that lead to positive changes in your fitness, the way you eat and the way you think. Habits that stick.
We’re always learning something new, which keeps it interesting and keeps it challenging. This programme has busted a few myths for me and given me a better understanding of how to live healthily. I’ve achieved some lifelong fitness goals and now aiming for some more.”
- Geoff Rose, 34
“I really feel comfortable in the group and that was important to me. You want to train with genuine, down to earth people who are not judging your abilities. I was definitely nervous about this factor and I wasn’t 100% sure if the group would be far more advanced than myself. I think it is a bonus you can mix and match your session days. Sometimes with busy work schedules, I find this fabulous. I feel you have a focus on the connection of mind and body. 18 months ago, if I read this on your website I wouldn’t have cared or connected to this whatsoever, but there is a definite link to feeling good, thinking positively, really treating yourself right, not just exercising but eating right too.”
- Jen Jones, 33
“This is a great way to undertake nutrition and fitness change: totally doable day-to-day, focusing on graduated, continuous effort rather than all-out change that can’t be sustained long term.”
- Fleur Gabriel, 37
It is rare in the modern-day for people to enjoy any ease of body and mind. A counterpoint to the nonsense that is mainstream fitness, this is a strictly common-sense philosophy. Further shunning the blinkered focus on the short-term, Leftfield Training is the development, and maintenance of your ongoing, ever-evolving fitness practice. A practice that will continue to serve your physical and psychological wellbeing throughout your life, while never dominating it. A process of realising generic, universal, inescapable truths, and then learning how to best reconcile them within your unique lifestyle. Learning the principles that govern your body and mind and applying them as you see fit within the context of your life. It is fitness as it should be.
It is fitness, once. And for all.
LEFTFIELD TRAINING was founded by Oli Murdoch in 2010, who thinks that continuing to refer to himself in the third person is pretentious.
I enjoy guiding people to the realisation that fitness is a natural extension of an increased awareness of, and connection to our bodies. An outcome that more mainstream practices make increasingly difficult.
My key role is to guide people to the understanding that they can do all of it themselves, that they don't need anything. A personal trainer in their usual guise of rep counter, cheerleader or gatekeeper, is not only pointless but more of a hindrance in helping people develop a lifestyle of health and fitness.
I came to the fitness world via a life-changing injury and my subsequent search for treatment for chronic pain. I specialise in callisthenics (bodyweight exercise), corrective exercise, kettlebells, nutrition coaching and the keystone to all of it, behaviour change.
I see fitness as being a pre-requisite for any quality of life but, equally so, purposed towards living. As such it need never dominate and I have wide-ranging interests including acting, writing, martial-arts, cooking, and reading. I also make a mean sweet-spiced almond. I am a self-declared expert in none of them. Maybe in reading. Okay, and spiced almonds
Your next step is first determined by your choice of group training - if you live close to Burnley Park - or the online or private (1:1) options.
For group training you are welcome to join us for a series of free trial sessions. For the online or private options book a clarity call to get a best next step.
In either case, note that sales pressure is not something I appreciate - or respond favourably to - so I don't subject others to it either. It's also standard fitness industry playbook in yet one more way that Leftfield is not.
Being that persuasion is conceivably the worst footing on which to begin any coaching relationship I much prefer to just let you see this process in action in your life, in your own time. The principles prove themselves, that’s what principles do.
You are then free to apply the information given (or not), see what happens, be suitably amazed, and then enrol. At your discretion.
Most people find that Leftfield is quite different to their previous experiences of exercise, so this is an important first step in helping you to ascertain whether Leftfield Training is the best option for you.
The groups are small, encouraging and supportive and whatever your level of fitness, your first sessions serve as a gentle introduction to our ideas and methods.
Complete the form below, nominating your preferred first session time, and you’ll be good to go.
I don’t pretend to offer solutions without first defining the problem. Much of the frustration and failure in this domain can be traced back to confusion on exactly this point.
Furthermore, Leftfield Training is just a framework with the 'next thing' always being determined by the clients unique combination of variables, so this must be specific to you.
Complete the form below, including a brief summary of your situation and a preferred time for a 15 minute phone call. We’ll chat and you’ll get a best next step that will not require your enrolment in Leftfield Training.