I have the good fortune to live in a village between two large towns. While I am conscious of the light pollution of these towns when walking after dark on the hills outside the village, we aren’t close enough to notice a significant “glow” at night. Our bedroom is on the back of the house [...]
Tags:Mental health·Muscle gain·office·Recovery·Sleep·weight loss
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. When I started out on this series there were several key problems, such as poor hip mobility. Having had some reasonable successes at the end of 2009 and some [...]
Last weekend I cracked. On the Saturday I finally admitted a temporary defeat and decided to completely re-write the training program from scratch. I had two main reasons: work-related things at the moment mean that it would be handy to have a bodyweight equipment-free workout that will be effective and which I can bring out [...]
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 [...]
In previous weeks, I have covered various specific nutrition, workout and clothing techniques to ensure that you are in the best state possible to do a good quality workout when you get home, I am all too aware that there are times when things just don’t seem to work out the way you want. Here [...]
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 [...]
Following on from part one’s tips on how to improve your nutrition at work, this week I’m continuing the theme with tips 5-8 covering workouts, stretches and other cunning things that I’ve found I can do at the office without anyone noticing, to keep me loose. 5. Keep a tennis ball in your desk drawer [...]
I have a desk job. I am, unfortunately, also a bit too conscientious about my desk job. As a result, if I’m engrossed in something I can easily find myself getting through the entire day without leaving my chair. Or at least, I used to. Over the next four posts I’m going to share with [...]
