Lots of bits and bobs this week, although it’s pretty much all on-topic. Hopefully there’s something for everyone (though I’m not sure if the hot pants link will be of more interest to the men or the women)!
- Years ago in our evolutionary past women would have wanted to find the strongest males to mate with (therefore ensuring robust and strong offspring). But how could women work out who was strongest? It seems that how strong we are can be assessed from our voices. Fascinating!
- I keep seeing things about no-shampoo experiments. I’d love to try them since I have a terrible time with my hair when I’m away on week-long expeditions and its thinness makes it difficult to handle for smart events. Unfortunately the nature of my job means that I can’t find the opportunity to work my way through the period when it could well look really unpleasant but still, somewhere in the back of my mind, I read articles about a shampoo-free life (like the latest one from Mark Sisson) and wonder if I could maybe find a chance to try it one day.
- A great article from Bret Contreras and Keats Snideman this week with videos and technical information about doing screening and assessment. While this is principally aimed at screening and assessing other people there is no reason why, with a little help from a friend, you can use it to assess yourself too.
- Have you heard of meatza? Meatza is pizza made with a minced beef base, almost like a slice of meatloaf with pizza toppings. I can’t say I’ve tried it yet, despite being told that it is really good. However, I was interested to see Richard Nikoley posting up a video about a restaurant in France that is embracing Paleo eating and serves up meatza which, I have to admit, looks absolutely fantastic.
- I have been on a quest for two years now for a pair of hot pants. I reckon I’ve got legs I could be proud of now. My problem is that the UK shops seem to assume that anyone with a waist as small as mine also has stick-like legs, so I can either have the legs of the hot pants cutting into me and making me look like I have tree-trunk legs, or I can have something that fits my legs but gapes around my waist so that people can see down my hot pants. I’d concluded that the answer may be to buy a pair of jeans form a charity shop that are two size too big, cut the legs off and then spend a weekend adjusting the waist and hip fitting, however I’m wondering if these merino hot pants might be the answer instead.
- I really enjoyed reading the top ten reasons why men and women over 30 should compete in bodybuilding. There’s a few duff reasons in there, but some of the logic is really sound and it’s something worth passing on to friends and co-workers who say they aren’t interested but who you think would actually buy into these reasons.
- It’s been a while since I wrote about cholesterol. I was aware that the amount of cholesterol in the blood was regulated by the body but I was interested to learn that some of this regulation is done by the brain.
- This week’s pussycat picture features a slightly larger cat than usual. Chris posted this series of photos up on his blog last week and I loved it so much I just had to share it with everyone else this week.
- I got a great laugh reading the abstract of a recent study which found that men are perfectly able to implement key dietary messages when going onto a weight-loss program as long as they don’t involve eating more vegetables or reducing alcohol.
- Everyone at work seems to get excited about their Wii. They come into work raving about how they spent the previous evening “bowling” or “playing tennis” in their front room. I’ve been a bit scathing about these things, but then I wonder whether, actually, a bit of physically interactive gaming is actually a good thing. At least they are moving about rather than sitting about on the sofa all evening. Son of Grok seemed to reach the same conclusion in an article that was posted up a few weeks ago.
- I am fairly proud of the definition in my back, however I know I’ve got a long way to go in improving my shoulder packing. The nice thing about these articles on shoulder packing is the excellent accompanying videos of the Prone Y (a picture or video can provide better explanation than pages of words) I particularly like the fact that it’s a woman in the videos. It provides a great example of the beautiful way definition in the back can enhance a woman’s figure.
Tabitha Klausen is a relatively new IFBB Figure (Bikini) Pro. I found this video interview where she talks about how she got into Bikini (while we get to watch her upper body workout) really interesting. To see more videos about her, try following this link.
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I never wash my hair. The only difficulty is finding a salon that will cut it without washing it (some refuse ‘for hygiene reasons’, heh.)
I’ve been getting my hair cut on a “dry-cut” basis for years now since it keeps the cost much lower (if I had the choice I would cut my own hair, but I don’t fancy my chances of successfully cutting in layers at the back without looking like someone attacked me with garden shears).
I’ve not found anywhere that wouldn’t do dry cuts, although I do tend to approach the little hairdressers that are down back streets rather than any of the flashy high street ones. Interesting that this is something you’ve had more problems with – perhaps it’s a location issue?