When I got in last night, I sat down on the sofa...and did not get up again. So depleted of energy was my body that I half-sat half-lay in a state of near comatose until, eventually, I summoned up the testicular fortitude to turn on my Xbox...before falling asleep. What marathon of physical exert...
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Much as people who don't go to the gym like to think of working out as mindless pumping of iron (which it is for some) the reality is that, as with everything, once you progress beyond being a beginner, there is much more to the activity than perhaps meets the eye. It's the same feeling I get fro...
Continue reading ...Whether it be scaling a rock face to find a vantage point, descending into an abyss whilst hunting for treasure, or escaping up a tree or whilst being pursued by a wild boar, climbing is an invaluable skill for the freelance adventurer. Luckily for me, there are plenty of climbing walls within an ...
Continue reading ...Pancakes be praised! It's FINALLY the end of the working week and, therefore, time for my final installment of "This is more or less how I like to train"; a guide for anybody bored enough to be interested. So, here is Friday. Or Frīġedæġ, in Old English - so named after Frigg, wife of Odin. ...
Continue reading ...I'm nearly there!. This is installment three of four in my "I kinda try to train along these lines" guide for anybody interested in how I train. If anybody out there is actually interested, I will eat my own hat. As a man who owns no hats, I'll also have to go out and purchase a hat. This I fear...
Continue reading ...It's the mid-week entry of my "This is a good way to train...I think" diary. I call it Wednesday, which comes from the Old English Wōdnesdæg or 'Day of Wodanaz'. Wodanaz also goes by the name of Odin (O'din't you know? <--- that's a joke.) Being Odin's day, Wednesday is a blessed day ...
Continue reading ...Behold. Now cometh day two of "Sometimes I train like this..." - my attempt to summarise roughly how I like to train on a good week. It is subject to change and outright lies. Today I shall explain the joy of Tuesday, or Tiwesdæg in Old English. This means Tyr's Day, which is lovely. (Tyr bein...
Continue reading ...OK, so here goes my plan to explain how I train on each day of the week. I know, I know - it's boring as hell. But here goes...Monday, or Mōnandæg as it is in Old English. It means Day of the Moon, essentially. That's pretty cool, eh? Now, as everybody knows, the Guild have ten times their no...
Continue reading ...Having a distinct lack of anything interesting going on in my life at the moment, I have decided to write a little bit about my fairly new training routine. Why? I have no idea. The idea is to explain what I do on each day of the week and why. Somebody, somewhere might be interested... I will ...
Continue reading ...[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MdAGqQi96I&w=420&h=315] At wrestling this evening, we worked on shooting for a double leg (a classic) and shooting a high crotch. A high crotch essentially involves going for a double leg takedown, with your head on your opponent's hip, but shooting your a...
Continue reading ...Last Monday and tonight make it three weeks back at boxing training for me, and I'm starting to get my eye in a little. There are a few old habits, however, that refuse to die. I blame them on wrestling. In wrestling, I stay low and circle my opponent, looking for a moment to catch him off guard ...
Continue reading ...[caption id="attachment_1189" align="alignleft" width="287"] Jump more than 20 times and a row and you will actually melt off your own skin.[/caption]Yesterday night, at pro wrestling training, I decided to test my vertical leap. Well. I say "decided"...I actually ran at something and leapt onto i...
Continue reading ...After boxing on Monday night, I decided to spend Tuesday freestyle wrestling at Genesis Gym in Marlow. Although they have had their wrestling class running since early in the year, I haven't been able to attend very often because the class has been on a Friday night. Now, however, it has been move...
Continue reading ...The day after boxing, Simon and I returned to the same club for Jiu Jitsu. Not having Gis, our training was slightly different from the rest of the class. Luckily, however, it involved learning a basic escape from a full mount, which will prove very useful in lots of types of combat. We call ...
Continue reading ...This month, the other half of the Murderbeers Fight Team, Simon 'Bunn Slayer' Lowe, is back in the local area. As such, it makes perfect sense for us to brush up on our combat skills at some of the local classes. Having decided to document some of these classes, I have also decided not to go int...
Continue reading ...Getting back into shape is not going well, friends. Having quit my job and turned freelance, I technically have more time available to get to the gym, go fighting and perform great deeds. However, it just doesn't seem to be working out that way. In fact, I seem to be in worse shape all around! Y...
Continue reading ...Getting Back into Shape, Day Three. Having put myself through some torturous gym sessions for the first two days of the week, I decided Wednesday was time for some intense cardio. What better way to achieve this than by a couple of hours at my logo dojo, Genesis, for the killer brazilian jiu jits...
Continue reading ...After Monday night's painful chest and back experience, I decided Tuesday morning needed a shock to get my body going... ...so I did the same again! That's right, just to totally mess with my mind and body, I went back to the gym and did another session targeting the exact same muscles. This time...
Continue reading ...I've decided I need to get back into shape. The next wrestling show is on the 28th of July and I've lost around 5kg of good weight and seem to have collected some bad along the way. I'm not happy with the trade off...I must have been drunk when I agreed to it. So I shot down to Apollo Gym in Hig...
Continue reading ......and by "enough", I actually mean "not enough". I have come to the realisation that, through a combination of eating atrociously, drinking far too much, doing a very stressful self-employed job AND suffering grave vehicular-related misfortunes on a daily basis, I have fallen from shape. Now, i...
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