Lack of Posts Recently.

October 27, 2009

I haven’t updated for a variety of reasons just recently but mostly because I’ve been busy with work, that doesn’t mean I haven’t been working out though. I’ve still found time to workout and took my 3 workout staples with me, my mp3 player with the pit workouts converted to mp3, deck of cards and [...]

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Workout for 19th August.

August 19, 2009

For this evenings workout I ran up to the football pitch and worked through a deck of cards and after a quick drink, shuffled the cards and worked through the deck again. The exercises were:
Suits
* Hearts : Diamond press-up
* Diamonds : Tuck jumps
* Spades : Squat thrusts
* Clubs : Leg raises
Repetitions
* ace = 11 reps
* [...]

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Workout for 18th August.

August 19, 2009

1. Split lunge (left/right)
2. Double overhead press
3. Squats
4. Double floor press
5. Double bent over row (left/right)
6. Suitcase
7. Twisting crunch
8. Triple crush
After a quick warm up I performed each exercise for 2 minutes time or until fatigued whichever came first using a pair of 16kg kettlebells and a 20kg kettlebell taking very little rest between exercises.

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The kettlebell, dynamic and fun.

August 19, 2009
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Kettlebell workout for 10th of August

August 10, 2009

This evenings workout was the Art of Strength Newport with a 16kg kettlebell. There is a description and sample video from the workout here.

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Workout for August 9th.

August 9, 2009

No workout this evening but I did go for a cross country run, I ran 20 minutes there and then 20 minutes back, I estimate I run at between 6/7 miles an hour so 40 minutes is about 5/6 miles.

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Workout for 6th August.

August 6, 2009

This evenings workout was the pit full body workout, there is a full description here. Personally I think the 3 workouts on the DVD are great, don’t take my word for it though, read what others say about it:
Bottom line: If you buy this DVD and follow the workouts three times a week, you will [...]

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Human Growth Hormone | HGH

August 5, 2009

Human growth hormone. A slight tingling in the back of my left thumb led me to HGH or human growth hormone. Just recently I’ve been experiencing an occasional tingling down the back of my left them, googling this led me to Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), or median neuropathy at the wrist, one of the causes [...]

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Blood Donation.

August 4, 2009

I didn’t workout today as I donated blood. It only takes about 30 minutes to donate about a pint and it may save a life. Donating blood will not only help the recipient, it may also help you achieve better health.
While the obvious health benefit of donating blood is the sense of well being [...]

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Tabata sprints.

August 2, 2009

You may of heard of the ground breaking Tabata Protocol used to train Japanese winter olympic speed skaters. The original Tabata Protocol requires the following:
* 5 minutes of warm-up
* 8 intervals of 20 seconds all-out intensity exercise followed by 10 seconds of rest
* [...]

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