Today was my first day of training in screen combat with the British Action Academy. I booked the course months ago and have been ridiculously excited ever since. On the way to the venue, however, the exhaust fell off my car. Eventually, I managed to lash it back on using the cable that connects ...
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Aaaaaaaand, we're off! My 2014 training has started and, thus far, it isn't going too badly. After a trial run of DDP Yoga at Christmas, Vikki and I did our first 'official' session on Sunday: the Diamond Dozen followed by Energy. Honestly, it is excellent. I already feel more limber after doi...
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Hello there and happy new year! I decided to leave the blog alone entirely over the Christmas season and focus instead on getting fat. I am proud to announce that I have been rather successful; I have followed a strict two-week regime involving an excess of just about everything except exercise!...
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For some reason (possibly because I am a huge fan of theirs) I agreed to take part in the Genesis MMA Gym's December Fitness Challenge. What ensued was three hours of total madness. We started with a run through High Wycombe. Don't ask me how far we ran because I honestly have no idea. It t...
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Dear friends, Please excuse my recent lack of updates. Since arriving back in the UK in September, my adventuring has stalled somewhat - mainly due to the massive debt I have accumulated. I have sold my car (the infamous 1977 Datsun 260z) to pay off part of it, but still I am deeply in the red. ...
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Alongside the deadlift, there can be no argument that the squat is the King of Exercises (in weight lifting, anyway). Some even rate the squat higher than the deadlift, but that's a matter of much discussion. Simply put, squats rock. They ravage the majority of muscles in your entire body, burn...
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These are my trainers: Adidas Kanadia TRs. I bought them back in 2009 and they are starting to fall apart a bit, but that comes as no surprise. Excluding hundreds of training sessions, here are just some of things these bad boys have seen me through: Running 21km during Wycombe Half Mara...
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Today was nothing special - just a standard chest session at Immortals Gym in Sheffield. It is taking me a while to recover my chest strength, but this is nothing unusual - I tend to overcompensate using my arms and shoulders, which are disproportionately strong compared to my chest. The big lif...
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Today was my first dedicated leg session at Immortals Gym in Sheffield. I didn't go too overboard, however, because I have a gig later this week and I need my legs in order to leap around as pictured. With squats being my main big exercise for the day, I decided to go for a few sets at 100kg. At...
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In an attempt to get marginally stronger again, I have considered following this Guildsman's Strength routine. The problem, however, is that is starts out quite easy. Three sets of eight reps at 60% of my one-rep maximum doesn't feel like it is doing anything. I know it is, I know that I will w...
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I have not been squatting as I should. In fact, since I went travelling in March I may have only done two squat sessions... So it was that, after a mighty Volbeat gig the night before, I awoke in the same house as fellow Guildsman Simon Lowe and thus resolved to lift mightily after a fine breakf...
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My third session at Immortals Gym in Sheffield was quick morning chest session. Once again, I probably started too heavy to get through the number of sets I had in mind. Lacking any dip bars, I used chest press instead and finished the session with some extra work on my right side, which is lagg...
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A Guildsman must be strong. This is vital. So behold: a fairly solid Guildsman's strength training routine. It is based over 14 weeks of training four times per week. Follow it and ye shall become mightier than ever beofre. To prepare for this routine, take about a month to get into condition...
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My second session at Immortals Gym in Sheffield was a quick session, focusing on back and biceps. At the end, I did some leg curls out of sheer guilt. Once again, the lack of weight markings on the plate stacks means I have had to record the number of plates rather than the weight for some exercis...
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My first session at Immortals Gym in Sheffield was a chest and triceps affair. Then I threw in some squats at the end, for fun. Being one of my first sessions backs after months and months, I overestimated myself and started far too heavy. As a result, I failed to achieve the number of reps and...
Continue reading ...For the last seven weeks, I have been suffering with somethingorotheritis. I picked it up in Cambodia, threw up multiple times every day for a month and have since been incapable of eating anything much without suffering with cramps, sweats and blurred vision beyond about four feet. This ailment ...
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I need to get fit. Much as I have loved the last 5 months of adventuring, it has not been good for my health. Too much beer, too many cakes and too long sitting on long-haul transportation has done terrible things to my body. I am fatter than ever before, my muscle has shriveled to the point of u...
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Dear friends. After more than TEN YEARS of searching, I have finally found the ultimate workout plan. Having dedicated the last decade of my life to exercising, rocking and partying, it is frankly staggering to me that I couldn't come up with this myself. It all seems so simple now! Behold: [yo...
Continue reading ...I've always said I struggle with handstands because I simply don't have the wrist flexibility. Sometimes, however, I wonder whether that is just an excuse for having poor balance and core strength. After watching some DDP Yoga, I remembered a different move that places no pressure whatsoever on y...
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Today, after dropping my brother at Gatwick airport to go adventuring, I had my first ever training session at Monster Gym in Cheshunt. One of my favourite things about Monster Gym is that, alongside its enormous weights room, dedicated cardio area and boxing/MMA gym (including bags, ring and...
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