Category Archives for Strength and fitness

Pacing Well is a Game Changer For CrossFit Masters

How average CrossFit Masters can disproportionately improve their scores by making small changes.Perhaps you’ve noticed that some Crossfitters end up top of the leaderboard despite not being exceptional at anything? If you have then it’s possible they may be harnessing the strategy that I’m about to show you here PacingWe all know that crossfit workouts are […]

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Thinking outside the ‘CrossFit Box’

Henry Ford’s lazy employeeThere are many stories and quotes attributed to Henry Ford some of them including this one may actually be true. Much like the BBC I don’t like the truth getting in the way of a good story. So here goes.Henry Ford was giving a tour of his offices to some executives, one of […]

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CrossFit Masters: Win By Losing More

You don’t have to win every battle to be victorious in the war. Crossfit is a demanding and challenging athletic discipline that has grown in popularity in recent years. Crossfit training combines weightlifting, gymnastics, and cardio exercises to build strength, endurance, and agility. Crossfit competitions have categories for athletes of different ages, genders, and skill […]

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How To Protect Your Wrists Whilst Pressing

Training at home is sometimes seen as being inferior to training in a gym or purpose built emporium. After all they charge the big bucks so they must be effective right? Not so fast. If you know what you’re doing and with a little bit of equipment you can achieve fantastic results. Working at home […]

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Why The Biggest Losers Can’t Keep The Weight Off

A recent article in an American Newspaper blamed a broken metabolism for the stars of The Biggest Loser not being able to hold on to their slender physiques. Can you mess about with your diet so much that you actually damage your metabolism? Well I’m afraid that this is one of those yes and no cop […]

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Squats: How they may save your life one day.

Think bodyweight exercises done at home are the poor relation of gym workouts? Then think again. Why should you squat? Squatting is one of the most important movements that we perform as humans and maintaining the strength and mobility necessary to complete this movement will assist in later life. You may think I’m being a little […]

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Over Forty? How and Why Your Fitness Regime Should Change

I read an interesting book over the weekend Olympic Weightlifting for Masters by Matt Foreman. Now I realise that not everyone reading this will be as enthralled by weightlifting as I am, however there were some good takeaway lessons that can be applied to fitness in your forties. There is something deeply satisfying when you […]

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Nutrition vs Digestion

Apologies in advance today is a little heavy hitting on the diet gurus out there. Yesterday I read an interesting article on the human intestine. It’s up to 28 feet long and due to the villi within, has a surface area larger than your skin! Well it impressed me anyways and got me thinking. You see […]

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Training in your 40s KISS

Ralph Waldo Emerson puts it better than I ever could “As to methods there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The man who grasps the principles can successfully select his own methods. The man who tries methods, ignoring principles, is sure to have trouble.” When you’re trying to get back […]

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