Matt Fruci

I had a really good question the other day about collagen and protein powders.  

Rightly so.  because there’s a lot of noise out there.   “Take this and your joints will feel amazing.”   “Drink this and your skin will glow.”   “Add this and everything changes.”   So naturally… people get sceptical.   Which is a good thing.   Because most things in health and fitness don’t work like that.   Let’s take collagen.   You’re …

I had a really good question the other day about collagen and protein powders.   Read More »

12 months from now

I had this message come the other day : Now here’s the thing. No one joins Fruci Fit because they desperately want to push a 105kg sled. No one wakes up thinking, “Do you know what I’d love? A longer plank.” That’s not why people start. They start because: The sled? The plank? They’re just …

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So after my knee surgery I had to give myself blood-thinning injections. A pretty standard thing after surgery.

Now normally, if there’s an injection involved, someone else does it and I look away. That’s always been my approach. Divert the pain, pinch myself, don’t think about it too much. This time, I had to do it myself. I’ll be honest, I was putting it off. Standing in the kitchen, injection in hand, having …

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Most of your wins will feel boring (until one day they’re not)

I wanted to share something that’s come up a lot inside Fruci Fit. You’ll have seen posts like: • trousers fitting again   • lifting heavier than before   • signing up for events you’d never have considered   • feeling stronger, fitter, more organised   And they’re brilliant. It’s what it’s all about.  But here’s the bit that …

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I changed my mind on this 

I changed my mind on something relatively recently.. Fitness events. For a long time I kept saying: “I’m not ready.” “I need more time.” “I should be fitter first.” Then I signed up anyway —  Rat Race coastal marathon — with about four weeks’ notice. And here’s the bit that surprised me most. It wasn’t …

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