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 [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Recovery'
Work-Life balance
July 28th, 2010 · 7 Comments · Psychology, Training
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 [...]
Blog-watch: sunshine and Vitamin D
July 8th, 2010 · No Comments · Diet
Another blog-watch in the Vitamin D collection. It seems that this is going to be a regular blog-watch theme, but there is so much new information always appearing about this particular vitamin and it appears to be so crucial to performance, that discussions about Vitamin D become central to a blog like this. I have [...]
Lessons learned: regular physical assessment
June 14th, 2010 · No Comments · Training
I mentioned in my Powerlifting Progress post on Sunday the problems that I’ve been having with knots in my lats and rotator cuff muscles (and my rhomboids and deltoids and… the list is endless). In fact, any muscle above my waist, with the exception of my spinal erectors, facial muscles and forearms, were solid with [...]
Blog-watch: Vitamin D – more links!
June 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · Diet, Training
I would like to apologise for doing yet another blog-watch on Vitamin D only three weeks after the last one. Actually, no I’m not going to apologise. Vitamin D is an important topic for everyone and especially for athletes since an enormous number of people are deficient and deficiency impacts heavily on performance. The only [...]
Lessons learned: side-effects of building muscle
May 24th, 2010 · No Comments · Training
I mentioned the other week that I had some interesting side effects from the cycle touring holiday. In particular my legs really suffered. I thought I’d set out here what happened and what I believe caused it. You can let me know if you agree with me. Exercise on the holiday The holiday involved a [...]
Blog-watch: lower arm strength
May 20th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Training
I have been blessed with lovely feminine and slender wrists and ankles. They’re a feature that I’m really proud of – I always have been. However, my slender wrists are also a potential weakness in the complete system that makes up my body mechanics. My hands are an interface with everything I do in the [...]
Tags:Arm strength·Grip·Injury·Recovery
Powerlifting progress 2010: week nineteen holiday
May 16th, 2010 · No Comments · Training
I am serious about wanting to qualify and compete at powerlifting but that didn’t stop me from having a holiday last week. What were we doing? We were cycle touring round the far North East of Scotland. When I say far North East I really do mean far North East. We drove for nine hours [...]
Lessons learned: office survival
May 10th, 2010 · No Comments · Diet, Training
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 [...]
Lessons learned: getting work capacity right!
May 3rd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Training
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
