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
It has been a while since I last did an article focussing solely on those really strong women out there. However, lots of them have been interviewed on sites across the internet recently so here is some inspiration for all the women who read this blog and fight the iron. The most noticeable thing they [...]
As you may know, I’m away on holiday and should be just over halfway through my thirteen days of walking now. Monday is usually my workout post but since I should be halfway up a mountain in the middle of Switzerland today and internet cafés are rare these days, I’ve written this post in advance [...]
Tags:Female·Figure·Glutes·Powerlifting·Resistance training·Training·Women
It’s a bit of an odd post this week. Especially after my post a little while ago, Dedication to your Goals. I’d like to say right at the start that I am still as dedicated to my goals as I always was. However, an article by Scott Abel a couple of months ago got me [...]
Tags:Figure·Motivation·Psychology·Women
Following on from last week, this week sees some more videos of exercises for toning our bums and thighs (less on the tums, it just fitted well with the title) as well as my conclusions on all these videos at the end. 6. Natalia Muntean Key exercises: Wide stance deep squat, Horse stance, Skier squat, [...]
Tags:Exercises·Glutes·Muscle gain·Women
This is a post just for the ladies who read the blog this week. I would apologise except that I’ve always said that this blog is written by a woman for women. With the posts over the last few weeks about the menstrual cycle, this blog is definitely going through a particularly women-centric phase at [...]
For some reason, Chris went through a phase of sharing with me millions of videos and articles containing videos produced by a collection of models, trainers, bloggers and complete unknowns. I’ve picked out some of them and done a comparison of the key exercises and set/rep schemes to see if there is something to learn [...]
Last week, I summarised the key points from an excellent pair of articles by Jamie Scott about the links between diet, exercise and the menstrual cycle (specifically the hormones that drive the cycle). There was so much good stuff that it turned into two posts, however I’m not going to repeat anything from last week’s [...]
Tags:Diet·menstrual cycle·Powerlifting·Training·weight loss·Women
I did a blog-watch last Thursday which had some posts, articles and sites which covered issues related to the interaction of diet with the menstrual cycle. However, I purposefully left off a pair of articles by Jamie Scott, also known as “That Paleo Guy”. Jamie writes an excellent blog and carries out plenty of detailed [...]
Tags:Diet·menstrual cycle·Powerlifting·Training·weight loss·Women
