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
A couple of months ago I wrote about magnesium. This is a mineral that is essential to life but is also frequently missing from the diet of modern humans. Since I wrote my previous article Chris and I have both been taking Epsom Salt baths 2-3 times each week and have found ways to build [...]
Something I noticed when I was doing a Fitday analysis of my new liver dinners was that my magnesium levels were incredibly low. I was already aware that I was showing some of the symptoms of magnesium deficiency before this, but having such a fantastic increase in almost all my micronutrient levels made it all [...]
Tags:Magnesium·Sleep·Supplements
Last week didn’t quite go to plan. I had a serious case of fatigue, muscle weakness and nausea over the bank holiday weekend which I believe was brought on by over-dosing on magnesium (in an effort to resolve magnesium deficiency). I’ve decided to take a break from the diabetes series this week to provide an [...]
Cortisol is an awkward inheritance. Once upon a time it had a very real purpose. Even today it still serves it’s original purpose when given the correct opportunity, in situations like earthquakes, tsumanis, attempted murder, robbery and the humble, but basic, accident. Depending on what you read it may also regularly serve it’s purpose by [...]
Tags:Bone density·cortisol·Insomnia·Magnesium·Recovery·Rest·Training·Women
During the last couple of weeks of the cutting diet I was reminded of an unpleasant side-effect that I suffer from when I’m cutting. I start to find I can’t sleep properly. Right now it is 5am on one of these sleepless nights and I’m writing this instead of sleeping. I always go to bed [...]
Tags:Diet·Insomnia·Magnesium·weight loss
