Some of you may recall that one of the experiments I was going to do at the start of the year, following giving up my full-time desk job, was to go shampoo-free. After nearly 4 months, it is time to let you know how it has gone. Reasons to be shampoo-free I had quite a [...]
Tags:Paleo diet·Shampoo·Supplements
I’ve been wondering about creatine for a while now. Chris keeps some in the cupboard and I’ve considered taking it from time to time. So far, despite the creatine being in the cupboard for several years, I’ve not tried it. Part of my reluctance comes from a poor understanding of what it might do to [...]
After a few weeks of studies about sedentary women, the impact resistance training can have on their weight and how good new trainees are at adhering to their training programmes, I have decided to move the topic sideways. The main reason I took up weight training several years ago was because I wanted to be [...]
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 [...]
