Throwing myself in at the deep end with my research plans for this year, I thought I would start with a bit of technical reading about the bench press. On my hunt for material I found a research paper in the Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition that seemed highly appropriate. In the [...]
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
There seems to have been lots of information out there about omega 3 over the last few months so, a little belatedly, I thought I would pull it together into a short blog-watch. There’s not a huge amount but omega 3 is one of those things that those of us who dabble in the strength [...]
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 [...]
It has been a while since I last did a Vitamin D update and my RSS feed has filled up with articles I’ve been saving up to do with Vitamin D. In fact my RSS feed has been filling up with related articles on a few other topics too so this may well be the [...]
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
I’ve seen a few pregnancy-related bits and bobs over the last few months so I decided to pull them together in one place for those who want to know about such things. There seem to be lots of pregnancies among my friends at the moment – probably something to do with my age. We’re all [...]
Some of you may have noticed that I went for a really high protein, low fat, low carb approach to my last fat loss diet with great effect. The logic behind that decision was that I was already very well adapted to burning fat for fuel and therefore consumption of dietary fat just went directly [...]
It seems hardly any time since I last had a blog-watch on Vitamin D, but for some reason my RSS reader filled up with Vitamin D posts and articles during January. I think one of the main reasons for this was that, with the northern hemisphere settled into the depths of winter, the horror stories [...]
Tags:Supplements·Vitamin D
Scott Abel wrote a fascinating article at the start of this year which I felt warranted a bit of attention through a blog-watch post. Who is Scott Abel and why was he writing about hypervitaminosis? Scott Abel is a former physique and bodybuilding competitor who now coaches other bodybuilders and figure athletes to get them [...]
Tags:Diet·Figure·Supplements
