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 [...]
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Last week I wrote up some points from our experiences of wearing Vibram Five-fingers for a big two day expedition in the Lake District back in November. Within the post, I promised that I would explain how to make the funky 1980s-style ankle warmers that I created. They keep that space between the top of [...]
I struggled with what to call this and ended up going with “outdoor review”. What I was trying to capture was the fact that I spent two days living in these in November while walking on a mix of trails, roads and rough ground in the Lake District for about eight hours a day. We [...]
I’m now fully adapted to my Vibram Fivefingers. I love them, adore getting that barefoot feel outside and I rarely go anywhere without them now, although I can’t wear them for work. The only problem I’m starting to face now is the cold and wet of the English winter. I placed an order for some [...]
I am serious about wanting to meet national qualifying standards in powerlifting. I’m also aiming to compete one day with the British Drug Free Powerlifting Association. At the moment while I am also dieting for fat loss, since the progress on my fat loss is likely to impact my progress in the gym, I am [...]
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On Monday I wrote the following about my “holiday”: The reason for the inverted commas is that I was walking over half of the UK’s coast-to-coast. This is a 192 mile (307km) walk from St Bees on the west cost to Robin Hoods Bay on the east coast, crossing several of our National Parks enroute [...]
Last week I explained that I had recently purchased some Vibram FiveFingers and I worked through all the things I had done to find a supplier and get the right fitting. With a couple of weeks of living in them (and several very long walks completed) I decided that it was time to do a review [...]
Yesterday, I wrote about my new adventure into the world of barefoot shoes and the different options available to people. Having finally decided to get Vibram FiveFingers for both Chris and me, and having spent a significant amount of time online finding out exactly how to do that in the UK, I’ve decided that [...]
I’ve been after a pair of Vibram FiveFinger shoes for ages. I did the research for them over a year ago but then I was frightened off by the price. In this era of economic belt-tightening it wasn’t the time to be spending a small fortune on a pair of Vibram FiveFingers when I could [...]
I decided we should have a break from the weight loss series before hurtling into the exercise-related posts so I’m entertaining myself with a couple of “top tens”. I have the joy of having a free-weights gym set up in my garage. For the existence of this I must thank my partner, Chris, who has [...]
