It’s not often I get to write a blog post like this, but this will be a short celebration of the fact that I had learned my lesson last time I tried to increase my work capacity and workout density. I applied those lessons and as a result I managed to smoothly move into my [...]
Tags:contraceptive·menstrual cycle·Recovery·Rest·Training·Work capacity
I had a tiring reminder this weekend of the impact that my menstrual cycle can have on my physical activity levels. The usual activity levels In a standard week I usually do a bike ride on Saturday and Sunday mornings and a weights session that lasts about an hour and a half on Tuesday, Thursday, [...]
Tags:menstrual cycle·Rest·Sleep·Training
Regular readers of this blog will be aware that I have an enormous amount of time and respect for Robb Wolf. He has a great wealth of knowledge about diet and training which he has gathered together from his years of training as a biochemist and also from his equally important years of experience in [...]
After listening to several radio interviews with Randy Roach, a personal trainer who eats a raw food diet, and starting to read a book that argues the case for human evolution being closely related to, and dependent on cooking our food, I’ve become fascinated by the raw food debate. What does a raw food diet [...]
Tags:Cookery·Diet·Meat·menstrual cycle·Muscle gain·Raw food·weight loss·Women
Merry Christmas everyone! It’s been an interesting year for my training which has had some highs but also some impressive lows. This year has also seen my start this blog. As the year winds to a close, here are the top 5 most popular non-recipe posts that I’ve written this year: How to do the [...]
Tags:Cookery·Diet·Glutes·menstrual cycle·Paleo diet·Pull up·Upright row
As I sit here writing this, I’ve just got out of the gym. I’ve got tears running down my cheeks and I’m feeling depressed. In fact, I’ve been crying on and off since the second exercise in the workout. This isn’t because I dropped a weights plate on my foot (though that would seem a [...]
Have you ever been caught short without a spare tampon or sanitary pad when you needed one? Do you hate that time of the month when everyone in the office knows it’s your period because you take your handbag to the toilet? Do you suffer from dryness or irritation from tampons or dislike the odours [...]
Tags:menstrual cycle·review·Women
Have you wondered what impact changing your diet would have on your menstrual cycle? Do you suffer from extremely painful cramping every month and look for natural ways to reduce it? One of the most surprising things I’ve found over the years is how much changing my diet has impacted on my menstrual cycle. When [...]
I got back from a week of cycle touring in northern France this morning and the first thing I saw when I got home and opened the back door was our neighbour’s cat, Jake. He immediately padded into the house and coiled himself round my legs, mewing pitifully about having been abandoned for so long. [...]
