I took delivery of some new barefoot trainers this week. There are so many different brands of barefoot shoe on the market now that I decided to give one of the other brands a go when my Vibram KSOs finally gave way. With a huge hole in the sole I decided I finally needed to [...]
Over the last few years I’ve made a lot of changes to my life – this is a brief piece that was originally an introduction to another post looking at the changes to my life. After all, with the New Year approaching this is the traditional time for self-analysis. ***** Go back four or five [...]
Tags:Carbohydrate·Fat adaption·Muscle gain·Paleo diet·Resistance training·Self-massage·Stress·Vibrams
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
I can be as serious as I like about meeting national qualifying standards in powerlifting and wanting to compete at some point in the future, but it doesn’t mean I don’t go away sometimes. Unfortunately for my powerlifting a trip away is rarely anything other than a thoroughly active time, usually involving some sort of [...]
I’ve been on “holiday” this week. We were walking through the Lake District, following Wainwright’s Coast to Coast route from St Bee’s on the east coast as far as Kirkby Stephen on the west side of the Yorkshire Dales. We did the rest of the route (Kirkby Stephen to Robin Hood’s Bay on the east [...]
Tags:barefoot·Diet·Figure·Goals·Psychology·Pudding·Recovery·Self-massage·Vibrams
Last week I wrote up some points from our experiences of wearing Vibram Five-fingers for a big two day expedition in the Lake District back in November. Within the post, I promised that I would explain how to make the funky 1980s-style ankle warmers that I created. They keep that space between the top of [...]
I struggled with what to call this and ended up going with “outdoor review”. What I was trying to capture was the fact that I spent two days living in these in November while walking on a mix of trails, roads and rough ground in the Lake District for about eight hours a day. We [...]
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. At the moment while I am also dieting for fat loss, since the progress on my fat loss is likely to impact my progress in the gym, I am [...]
Tags:barefoot·Diet·Holiday·Paleo diet·Vibrams
Last week I explained that I had recently purchased some Vibram FiveFingers and I worked through all the things I had done to find a supplier and get the right fitting. With a couple of weeks of living in them (and several very long walks completed) I decided that it was time to do a review [...]
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 [...]
