This is a post just for the ladies who read the blog this week. I would apologise except that I’ve always said that this blog is written by a woman for women. With the posts over the last few weeks about the menstrual cycle, this blog is definitely going through a particularly women-centric phase at [...]
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 [...]
I’ve had a few really busy weeks at work. In particular, the week before going away on holiday always seems to be particularly busy, almost as if you need to do the work for the week you’ll be away before you leave. There have been a few things I’ve been doing over the last few [...]
Hi. My name is Ammi and I wear gloves when lifting. In all likelihood I am going to get flamed and lose all remaining credibility for this confession, but I don’t care. Reasons to wear gloves in the gym I have one compelling reason to wear gloves in the gym in the winter which is [...]
It’s suddenly got a whole lot colder outdoors this week, which also means that it’s got incredibly cold in the gym. This probably has something to do with our gym being a squat rack, piles of weights plates, a bench and some plyometric boxes gathered together in our garage (with a pull up bar across [...]
Having now given you some tips on both nutrition and workouts for the office, here are some tips on clothing. For my office I am required to dress in “smart casual”. What this really means is “reasonably smart, with a suit when meeting clients, but otherwise you can get away with a smart pair of [...]
