Disappointment and dieting seem to go hand in hand. Failure and fitness has a pretty good ring to it too. But why, even though we want the results we know come from exercising and clean eating do we struggle to see through the commitments we make to ourselves? Take new year. It starts with a […]
A while back someone struck a pretty sweet deal with nature. If you lift heavy weights, eat some food and rest you’ll be rewarded with bigger muscles in the morning. If you’re already doing this you’re on the right track to building muscle. You can probably do this for a while and keep seeing progress […]
This is a real quickie – my go-to soup recipe when I want a filling and warming soup. Fast. It takes a few minutes to prepare (not even any peeling of veg!) and about 15-20 mins to cook… Ingredients: [list type=”arrow2″] 1 large or two small sweet potatoes, chopped into chunks (washed but not peeled) […]
Bungee Cord Sprint Make your legs faster. Build acceleration and faster reaction times. The idea is to do as many shuttle run sprints as you can in 60 seconds, whilst attached to the bungee cord to provide resistance. Each go is one, one minute set – this would work as a replacement for one of […]
Maybe you’ve vowed to get your health and fitness on track. You’re fed up with not being happy with how things are right now and you’re set to do something about it. This pretty much sums up how I felt about finances. I’d been in debt for as long as I’d had a bank account. […]
Having ‘how to’ info at the touch of a button is amazing. Want to lose weight? tone up? feel healthy? get fitter? no problem. Google (and the media) has got your back. Most articles give us advice on the Best stuff we can do. Now I love getting advice. And it’s certainly good to know […]
Overhead barbell push press Test your strength endurance The idea is to do as many overhead push presses as you can in 1 minute with 50% of your body-weight. The main muscles this works are the shoulders and other muscles are quadriceps and triceps. Each go is one, one minute set – this would work […]
Fitness and working out mostly feels horrible. Legs shaking. breathlessness. Arms burning. Add doing the same old exercises in the mix and yeah, I can see why it’s hard to get motivated. At the same time exercise gives us something we want. In return for the discomfort it shapes your body. Makes you feel more […]
Found some classic footage of Lyz lifting weights that made us both laugh. Well, I obviously showed Lyz, waited till she laughed then tentatively joined in. I remember at the time these weights were suitably challenging. Here’s the clip.: Fast forward to 2014, and for a similar exercise to challenge her in the same way […]
Now the days are getting a little colder, salad just isn’t cutting it for me come lunchtime. So bored of the standard sweet potato and butternut squash soup I usually make, I decided to look for something new – not that new as it happens but sufficiently different to satisfy! This butternut and squash soup […]
