The garage is starting to get unbearably cold now. Going in there on Tuesday afternoon I had to fight myself not to walk out again after finishing my warm-ups when I was still freezing cold. In fact I got through the entire workout and realised I was still wearing the two jumpers and hat I’d [...]
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With Christmas just around the corner, I thought I would take a moment to share with you the bits and pieces of kit, equipment and supplements) I’ve added to my life and then kept there because I just wouldn’t be without them anymore. The things I would classify as essentials now. With everything listed here [...]
Tags:Fish oil·Glutes·Magnesium·menstrual cycle·Powerlifting·Resistance training·Supplements·Vibrams·Vitamin D·Women
I keep saying in these introductions that I had a tough week but it is mostly because I really do. The thing is, each week has surprised me by being worse than the one before. The week before last finally kicked me to ground. Fortunately I’d done my workouts and written my posts for the [...]
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It has been a while since I last did an article focussing solely on those really strong women out there. However, lots of them have been interviewed on sites across the internet recently so here is some inspiration for all the women who read this blog and fight the iron. The most noticeable thing they [...]
I seem to be managing to keep going. 4 weeks left until Christmas and I’m sure I can make it. I even saw some improvement on my workouts, which was a total surprise to me, especially on my mid-week workout. Rather than put it all here I’ve put the specifics about that workout below but [...]
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This week was tough on my squats and my expectation is that it’s only going to get worse. Over the next 2 weeks I only have 2 evenings during the week when I’m home – one each week – so I’ll be doing my mid-week workout on that night no matter how tired I am [...]
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Last week I focussed on some specific links about the benefits of strength training for cycling. I felt that my own experiences over last winter had supported the studies, certainly enough for me to consider not putting myself through long cold hours on the bike over the winter anymore just for the sake of keeping [...]
Tags:Cycling
I’ve had an exhausting week, but also a very satisfactory one in the gym. We just about managed to get home on Monday from the walking trip in time to go in the gym. Crazy, we may be, but it really paid off. I must confess to having pretty sore feet as I tried to [...]
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If you have been reading my blog for a while or have read my “about me’ page, you’ll know that I like cycling and, with the exception of last winter, I do a reasonable amount of it. There have been some particularly interesting cycling articles recently and I like to think (perhaps very misguidedly) that [...]
Well my week finished with a very successful bag. I’d thought that the first workout went much better than last week too but… well, you’ll see what happened there. In general this has been a much better week than the previous one and I put that down to the magnesium. Despite the fact that I’d [...]
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