Performance coaching: what it is and when you need it
October 5, 2026
2:32 am
What performance coaching is, how it differs from executive and life coaching, what 37 randomised trials say about coaching, and the 4-mode loop I use to run it.
Blog · Dan Remon
Short, practical reads on energy, focus, health and leadership. What I see working with founders and leaders, written up so you can use it this week.
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The 6 pillars I coach on. Start with the one that feels weakest right now.
What performance coaching is, how it differs from executive and life coaching, what 37 randomised trials say about coaching, and the 4-mode loop I use to run it.
You fly more than you train. Here’s what a corporate athlete is, what the research says about fitness and sleep, and the Energy Audit I use to find where a leader’s energy goes.
What lifestyle coaching is, what a lifestyle coach does and what the research says it changes. Plus how it compares with a personal trainer or a therapist, and the 6 pillars I coach.
The Superhuman Protocol runs PEMF, oxygen and red light in a set order. I graded each part against human trials and placed it next to sleep, training and food.
12 weeks is the right length for real change. What the research says it can change, what it won’t, and the plan I use: 3 cycles of 28 days, one lever per cycle.
Life coaching has been tested in randomised trials since the mid-2000s. What a coach changes, what the evidence says, how to choose one and how I run it.
10 reasons a personal trainer is worth it, grouped by load, technique and consistency, and the point where you can train well without one.
A nutrition coach closes the gap between knowing what to eat and doing it in your worst week. Here is what the trials show, and how I track it in 60 seconds a day.
Balance for a founder is a designed week: a set time when work stops, recovery on purpose and a plan made before Monday. The system a coach installs, and the research on switching off.
Success defined in terms you can check: 10 components written as instructions, the research behind them, and the 4-mode loop that puts them into your week.
10 ways to stop procrastinating, grouped by what they fix, and the Monday planning I use to decide the first task of each day before the inbox does.
Purpose only turns into impact when it reaches your calendar. How to define it in one sentence, set one 90-day outcome, install one Monthly Lever per cycle and plan it into a 30-minute Weekly Compass.
I'm a performance coach for founders and executives. Working in health and performance since 1996, coaching since 1998. ICF-certified, in Bangkok and online.
