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My kitchen tends to freak people out. On the front of the fridge is a laminated printed sheet with a four week menu. It tells me what meal I’m eating every night. On the front of my freezer is another laminated card. This one has written on it in non-permanent marker how many tubs of […]
It’s that time of year. That dreadful period where you are forced to sit next to people you don’t like from work and relatives whose name you can’t remember. You are expected to make small talk. You are socially conditioned to eat and drink to excess. If you deviate from this you run the risk […]
The push up. Quite possibly the first ‘proper exercise’ many of us experienced at primary school, after school sports, or if we thought it was the way we could transform ourselves into Batman. The push up (or ‘press up’ for our US friends) is so ingrained in our cultural psyche as a part of ‘physical […]
Warning: Rant Alert! Let me tell you a story… Teaching quite a lot of kettlebell classes for a fair number of gyms, my classes have to be accessable to anyone who decides to ‘just drop in and try it’. The kettlebell swing (a hip hinge) is at the same time a very simple and natural […]
An off the cuff, quickie, unedited (and unapologetic) piece I just wrote. My answer may change slightly in the morning… My good friend and Brazilian Jui Jitsu/Kali/Gladiator extraordinaire Christian ‘c-Lefty Dog’ Ekerct asked a question on Facebook recently. “To all Yoga-, Strength-, Fitness- and/or Martial Arts Trainers/Coaches: If you could choose only three exercises/drills/postures of […]
“Have you heard about the new metabolic conditioning classes? They only take 30mins, that’s why I’m doing them.” … is what I overheard in the gym about two weeks ago. Ever since a lot of people got back from the International Fitness Conference ‘metabolic effect’ is the thing all my clients and gym-rats have been […]
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