Brett McCarten Coaching

Brett McCarten Coaching

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Using 15 years of high-level coaching to lead the men of the North East - improving their health, fitness & mindset

02/09/2026

I'm repeating what I said last week here.

Improve your standards or lower your expectations.

And that's not coming from a negative perspective.

Sometimes we need to be realistic and manage those expectations for sure. Whereas other times, we can put our foot on the gas.

Kids are back at school, routine can normalise.

What option is it gonna be?

Photos from Brett McCarten Coaching's post 01/09/2026

When someone starts with me, I ask them to fill out a pretty detailed form.

In that form, I ask them "why me?"

Why have I been chosen by you to help you progress?

Now this isn't something to give me a confidence boost - it's a real reflection of what we've both agreed upon before starting.

Whether it be:
Values
Similar current situations
Experience
History of results
Or more.

But what makes a good coach in the first place?

Do you agree or disagree with my post? What have I missed?

31/08/2026

See what I see.

The sad bit is that I said some absolute gold to the bots before the pointed out I wasn't recording

It's not all for the camera you know πŸ˜‚

Photos from Brett McCarten Coaching's post 31/08/2026

It was very easy to sit and feel sorry for myself when I was in a moon boot...

Could barely get any steps, and when I tried, it felt like the step counter was going backwards.

I was training but the scale was going a little quicker than I wanted.

So here's what I'm doing now.

With Florida round the corner, I need to mange my expectations.

Im not expecting to be shredded in 3.5 weeks, but this is what I can do.

30/08/2026

Had a few messages lately about spaces & working with me.

A few coming from different gyms too πŸ‘€

Whilst I'm absolutely honoured, I really do have limited spaces. I'm absolutely capped currently with no room for manoeuvre.

Here is what I've got:

Available from Mid October / 1st November:
FIVE 1:1 online coaching spaces

🚫 I AM COMPLETELY FULL FOR IN-PERSON SGPT 🚫

After the five online spaces have gone, you'll be added to a wait list (which can also apply for SGPT but may take longer) - which will require a very small deposit to be first reserve when someone cancels.

One in, one out.

So if you want direct coaching, 1:1, everything written and based around YOU ...

I would ask you to reach out as soon as you possibly can.

Because from the end September, I won't be responding to enquiries to a couple of weeks due to set ups and being away.

The time is now.

28/08/2026

Day 76 post injury🩼and we're back in the clinic with the 🐐

Mobility and gait has significantly increased since our last session...

But this week was kept super simple - learn to load the foot properly, because I'm still hesitating.

But honestly, the progress that can be made in one session is mind blowing to me 🀯

The road to Barcelona is on... one step at a time πŸ«‘πŸƒπŸΌβ€β™‚οΈ

27/08/2026

CLIENT SPOTLIGHT:

Dan used to grief me saying I would only post his outtakes....

But this is someone who has gone from strength to strength since we started coaching - and I struggle to let his ego know it! πŸ˜‚

Since joining our Small Group sessions almost nine months ago, he has:
βœ… Lost over two stone
βœ… Took my place in the Hybrid Games and smashed it!
βœ… Taken my place for the upcoming Great North Run
βœ… Lifted his old 1RM on Deadlifts.... for 3 πŸ€·πŸΌβ€β™‚οΈ

Rumour has it if he gets his way, he'll take my place as Washington's top PT in JD Gyms πŸ‘€πŸ‘€

And we're thinking BIG for the future too.

This is a man who is the absolute life of any session he's in, and is a pleasure to be around.

Excited to see what he does next.... because there's already rumblings about Man Engineered πŸ‘€

Big love for you Dan πŸ™ŒπŸ»β™₯️ but don't let it go to your head...

Photos from Brett McCarten Coaching's post 27/08/2026

If you focus one three things, you focus on nothing.

Trying to be a jack of all trades will often kead to being a master of none.

You can absolutely be an all-rounder, but for everyday people like you and me (and not full-time athletes) that comes at the expense of being really really good at something else.

26/08/2026

Exposing the boys to heavier load in their deadlifts.

Not only is the programme physiologically demanding - but psychologically it's easy to set your own limits.

The recent wave loading in the programming at a sub-maximal weight is really allowing the boys to see what they can do.

Like Jonny hitting 200kg (he coukd have got a second) when he'd convinced himself not even four weeks again that 180 for 2 was his max.

We programme properly.
We train properly.
We go above our expectations 🫑

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