I’ve been exposed to weight training since I was about 14 years old, when my older brother bought a bench, a barbell, a set of dumbbells and some weights, which we proceeded to take over our dad’s garage and turn that into our gym. We trained pretty much every afternoon after school for about two [...]
Why work hard to make money and die young? Why work long hours only to grow old and be so feeble you cannot enjoy the fruits of your labour? Here are 3 Methods for Staying in Shape and hopefully live longer, live better and enjoy life more… Yetti Chiu presents 3 Methods for Staying in [...]
I know it sounds completely bonkers, especially when the conventional wisdom dictates that one should do cardiovascular exercise to lose weight, but it does actually make sense.
If you were to follow an all over body workout three times a week, you would see strength and size gains as well as fat loss. By exercising with [...]
There is a lot of talk on this blog about interval training and how great it is - I should know, I’ve researched and written about it - but what about the other end of the scale? If sprint interval training is the highest level of intensity in cardio training, then it should stand to [...]
I’ve also been doing some interval training lately after reading up on how effective it is at burning fat and raising cardiovascular fitness. I’ll write about my findings in more detail soon but they generally tally with Tristan’s research. I’m looking forward to his imminent free E-Book!
I copied Tristan’s recent sprint training yesterday and it [...]
I went out for a few beers over the weekend, actually, it was Cider but what the hell! I was still very drunk by the time the pub chucked us out in the early hours of Sunday morning. The following day, when I woke up I did have a bit of a hangover, if I’m [...]
Alexandra Kolinsky presents 6 real weight loss tips to help you make the most of your weight loss program posted at Weight Loss Info Blog - Only Useful Information.
The Smarter Wallet presents Should Your Weight Loss Diet Plan Include Diet Foods and Drinks? posted at The Smarter Wallet.
Tyler Larkin presents a good article about interval [...]
It doesn’t matter what your goals are, you should always look to have a high protein breakfast. Proteins are the essential building blocks of your body, if you don’t eat enough of them, your body will simply cannibalise the existing proteins that can be found in your muscles and various other parts of your body.
As [...]
Shoulders
Started off with a few warmup sets of shoulder press, 40kg, 50kg, 60kg for 10 reps each set. Did some stretching exercises and rolling of the shoulder joint to make sure that it was all warmed up and loose before doing my working sets.
70kg x 10 reps
70kg x 10 reps
70kg x 10 reps
Next up for [...]
Got up this morning and went for sprint interval training before breakfast. Well, actually, I had a protein shake and a banana before my run, watched an episode of Scrubs (my favourite!) while I was waiting for my shake and banana to go down and then went down the lanes before 8 am.
Where I [...]
