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Blog-watch: incontinence

August 5th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Psychology, Training

Earlier this year I wrote a little about suffering from incontinence, specifically suffering from it when I was extremely active, such as a multi-day hike.  A couple of things have come to my notice since then and I thought it really needed a single post to bring the different strands together, so here goes: Let’s [...]

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Powerlifting progress 2010: week thirty (bodyweight 1)

August 2nd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Training

Anyone who read my Work-Life balance post last week will know that I have radically changed my program.  I had two main reasons: work-related things at the moment mean that it would be handy to have a bodyweight equipment-free workout that will be effective and which I can bring out whenever I need it – [...]

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Work-Life balance

July 28th, 2010 · 7 Comments · Psychology, Training

Last weekend I cracked.  On the Saturday I finally admitted a temporary defeat and decided to completely re-write the training program from scratch.  I had two main reasons: work-related things at the moment mean that it would be handy to have a bodyweight equipment-free workout that will be effective and which I can bring out [...]

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Powerlifting progress 2010: week twenty-nine

July 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Training

I am serious about wanting to qualify and compete at powerlifting.  When I started out on this series there were several key problems, such as poor hip mobility.  Having had some reasonable successes at the end of 2009, fixing the remaining problems while also driving up the strength numbers are now the priorities of the program. [...]

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Lessons learned: keeping training records

July 21st, 2010 · 2 Comments · Training

Many trainers will tell you that it is vitally important to maintain training records.  I was starting to think about changing my workout and putting a few new exercises in recently.  As a result I had to dig back through my training records which reminded me about the importance of keeping them.  What to record [...]

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Powerlifting progress 2010: week twenty-eight

July 19th, 2010 · No Comments · Training

I am serious about wanting to qualify and compete at powerlifting.  When I started out on this series there were several key problems, such as poor hip mobility.  Having had some reasonable successes at the end of 2009, fixing the remaining problems while also driving up the strength numbers are now the priorities of the program. [...]

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Blog-watch: some pregnancy articles

July 15th, 2010 · No Comments · Diet, Psychology, Training

Since I’m a woman and am aware that I am trying to write this blog for women, articles about pregnancy always catch my eye. Here’s a pick of some of the best or most interesting that I’ve seen recently. It seems that BBC News has been getting excited about pregnancy at the moment.  The first [...]

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Why I squat

July 14th, 2010 · No Comments · Exercises, Training

A few weeks ago I did a post about back squat form.  Building on this I was going to do a post about the different types of squats and what they are beneficial for, but it struck me that there are more than enough of these types of articles elsewhere on the internet.  What you [...]

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Powerlifting progress 2010: week twenty-seven

July 12th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Training

Oh dear.  This post would be better titled “Powerlifting regress”.  Last week I ended up with only one workout at my disposal due to work commitments.  I used the session to find some new depths that I could squat to and deadlift from.  As a result I went into this week with my eyes wide [...]

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Weight loss progress and ongoing success

July 7th, 2010 · No Comments · Diet, Psychology, Training

Weight loss – part 9 This is the ninth, and final, part in a series about weight loss including diet, exercise, measuring your success and keeping the weight off when you stop. Over the last few months I have found out about all sorts of diet and exercise related issues that should help with weight [...]

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