The other week I alluded that there were lots of things going on in my life. This was impacting on the time I had available for the things I wanted to do, such as writing blog posts, researching technical material for the blog, getting my workouts in and so on. At the time I said [...]
There’s a high risk that any of us who live and eat by a westernised lifestyle may get diabetes at some point in our lives and on reading further I’m convinced that, with some basic understanding, we should be able to prevent it from happening. This is therefore the first in a series of three long [...]
Following on from last week’s article about my state of mental health in relation to stress I thought I might do a bit more about the subject of stress. When I reviewed Robb Wolf’s book, The Paleo Solution, I explained that one of the areas that hit us both hard, especially Chris, was the chapter [...]
Tags:Mental strength·Stress
I was really glad to have a two week holiday this summer. Usually I just take a single week but this year there has been a lot going on in life with so many parts of life bumping up against each other and creating different stresses. It wasn’t until I got away from it all [...]
It’s a bit of an odd post this week. Especially after my post a little while ago, Dedication to your Goals. I’d like to say right at the start that I am still as dedicated to my goals as I always was. However, an article by Scott Abel a couple of months ago got me [...]
Tags:Figure·Motivation·Psychology·Women
Over the last few weeks I’ve been posting up a mammoth interview which I did with Alli McKee. So far we’ve covered motivation, inspiration, diet and contest preparation training. I really recommend you go back and have a read if you’ve not had a chance to do so yet. This week is the final installment where [...]
In last week’s part of the interview, Alli McKee told us some more about herself and got us into the mindset of some of the more invisible tools in her kit for making it as a Figure competitor – a woman with determination, drive and a bagful of very motivating quotes and music for those [...]
Tags:Diet·Figure·Motivation·weight loss
Not long after the Arnold Classic I invited Alli McKee to do an interview for Not Just a Man’s World. I’ll let her introduce herself properly in a moment but Alli has been competing very successfully in Figure competitions for several years now while still demonstrating a commitment to genuine strength in the gym. Unfortunately [...]
Tags:Figure·Motivation·music
I’ve been on “holiday” this week. We were walking through the Lake District, following Wainwright’s Coast to Coast route from St Bee’s on the east coast as far as Kirkby Stephen on the west side of the Yorkshire Dales. We did the rest of the route (Kirkby Stephen to Robin Hood’s Bay on the east [...]
Tags:barefoot·Diet·Figure·Goals·Psychology·Pudding·Recovery·Self-massage·Vibrams
I’m stuck at my desk while I listen to hold music from the phone company. They’ve cut off our broadband for some reason. Anyway. To fill the time while I listen to their suitably soothing hold music I’ve decided to draft a post about something I was contemplating the other day. Dedication to your goals. [...]
Tags:Diet·Figure·Goals·Motivation·Training
