Recent Posts Tagged With 'my training'

• Zone Diet: episode 1

  Posted on Monday April 14th, 2008 at 04:25 in diet, crossfit, my training

  Photo credit: Karimian I have recently started the Zone Diet and I thought it would be useful to post my experiences up here every so often. I found out about the Zone Diet through Crossfit; it is their prescribed diet as it is consistent with the Cr...

• My deadlift: then and now

  Posted on Friday January 25th, 2008 at 19:15 in Technique, deadlift, my training

  Anyone who has been following my personal deadlift saga might remember that I was on a mission to fix some errors in my form by dropping the weight right down and concentrating on technique. Finally, I am back to the weight I was at before I began th...

• Crossfit London sunday workouts

  Posted on Saturday December 22nd, 2007 at 08:35 in conditioning, olympic, weights, weight training, free weights, crossfit, general training, functional strength, my training, strength endurance

  Crossfit London does Fight Gone Bad I’m in London for the festive season so I have grabbed the opportunity to get some quality Crossfit sessions in. I’ve been going to the weekly Workout On Sunday sessions down in Stratford, east London. ...

• Olympic weightlifting - starting out

  Posted on Monday December 10th, 2007 at 11:57 in olympic, weights, crossfit, my training

  I have been working recently on olympic weightlifting exercises. These tend to be full body exercises and will contribute greatly to all-round strength. They are working my body in ways it is not used to and I am enjoying the business of learning a n...

• My deadlift - the quest for form continues

  Posted on Tuesday November 27th, 2007 at 18:58 in weights, deadlift, my training

  I’ve had some useful comments on my deadlift form, on this blog and elsewhere. Today was another deadlift day and I tried to put this advice into practice. Here’s a clip of my first set today, lifting 60kg. The issues I am addressing are:...

• Leave your ego at home: lifting safely

  Posted on Tuesday November 13th, 2007 at 18:51 in weights, weight training, deadlift, my training

  I admit I am sometimes guilty of ‘ego lifting’, i.e. lifting more than I can manage with perfect form just to be lifting heavier. You see it in every gym in the land but it’s a bad thing to do in the long run. After all, how cool is it to pop a...

• What’s in your gym bag?

  Posted on Friday November 9th, 2007 at 18:55 in equipment, my training

  This post was inspired by a conversation on another site about how much stuff people have to carry around with them in the gym. I flout all modern gym health & safety rules by taking my little rucksack around with me – there’s no way I’m go...