JN James NicholsonPerformance & Movement
Performance & Movement Coaching

A keen eye for the body's long game.

Nutrition and mobility coaching for men who don't have time to waste: direct, dependable, and sharply attuned to the details that keep a body working for decades. Tested through James's own rebuild from serious injury, and through years feeding professional cycling teams and yacht owners who couldn't afford to feel off.

  • Performance nutrition for professional cycling teams, season after season
  • A personal rebuild through serious injury: the method comes from lived experience
  • Movement systems built on rope flow, clubs, maces, and kettlebells
01 · About James

Two decades built into every session.

James has spent his career inside environments that don't forgive mistakes: cooking for owners and guests aboard luxury yachts, building performance nutrition programs for professional cycling teams on the road, season after season. The most personal part of his training, though, came from rebuilding his own body through serious injury. That experience is where this practice actually comes from, not a certification, a recovery.

At forty, his own history of breakdown and repair shapes every protocol he builds. Tools like rope flow, clubs, maces, and kettlebells aren't chosen for show. They're chosen because they train control and range, the qualities that keep a body working long after youth stops doing the job for you.

Photography placeholder Portrait of James mid-movement, natural light, unposed
02 · Approach

Longevity, built with precision.

“If you want the guy who's going to make you buff, I'm not your guy. There are plenty of those out there. I'm not pushing peptides. I'm working with your body to build something you can thrive in for the long term.”

James is forty, not twenty-five, and that's the point. This is a practice built around range of motion, body awareness, and sustainable strength, for professional athletes and teams who need gains without breakdown, and for men who want their bodies to keep pace with demanding lives without turning fitness into a second job. Nutrition is part of the same system: performance food that's genuinely worth eating, so the plan is one you can actually stay on.

Photography placeholder Hands mid-motion with rope flow cord or kettlebell: low, warm light, focus on control not effort
03 · How It Works

From assessment to a plan you'll actually keep.

  • Assessment

    A full movement and injury history: where you're compensating, where you're not moving, and why.

  • Protocol

    A mobility and nutrition plan built around your body, your schedule, and food you'll actually want to eat.

  • Ongoing coaching

    Sessions and check-ins that evolve as your body changes, not a static program you outgrow in a month.

04 · Packages

Three ways to work together.

Foundation

€600–900

Movement & injury assessment, personalized mobility protocol, nutrition audit and starter recipes.

2–3 sessions · studio-based

Performance

€1,500–2,500/mo

Ongoing mobility coaching, evolving programming, custom nutrition plans with real recipes.

Monthly retainer · in-person + weekly virtual

Elite / Embedded

from €900/day

Fully embedded: travels to you, hands-on cooking and movement work, retreat-style intensives.

Custom · project-based

Foundation is a complete, standalone engagement. If you move to Performance within 30 days, the Foundation fee is credited toward it.

05 · Good To Know

Common questions

Do I need to be an athlete?

No. Most clients are men in their 30s-50s who want their bodies to keep pace with demanding lives. Professional athletes are one part of the practice, not all of it.

What if I'm currently dealing with an injury?

This is exactly where the method comes from. James rebuilt his own function through serious injury, and works with clients doing the same.

Where do sessions happen?

Studio-based in Bali for Foundation and most Performance sessions, with embedded travel available at the Elite tier.

06 · Get In Touch

Tell him what you're working with.

A short note on your body, your history, and what you're hoping to change is enough to start. Response within 48 hours.

Based in Bali, working internationally. Embedded engagements arranged by travel.