Archive for the category: ‘General Fitness/strength’

Breaking down men’s health magazine

“You too can fight fat and win” “LEAN muscle fast” “17 day abs” These are just some of the rotating covers lines from Men’s Health magazine which is hands down the most popular fitness/health/strength trainer in the world. Forget about [...]

The choc ice diet

“I have a story for you that you will enjoy”,  he said as sat down beside me sweating. I like to maintain a membership to my local commercial gym for a few reasons  – 1) We take our three year [...]

Running – are you doing it all wrong?

From around March to May every year you will notice a surge in the number of runners out pounding the roads as a means of getting ‘fit’ or in perperation for the many races held throughout the Summer. As you might have noticed from reading articles on my site I am not the biggest fan of using running/jogging as your sole form of exercise and I think for many people it can do more harm than good. If you still don’t believe me then you NEED to go back and read my article – why your cardio is keeping you fat and out of shape.

Hidden dangers of reusing water bottles

I was in the gym last week and got to chatting to a guy about training/diet etc and noticed that he had a very battered looking water bottle that he was reusing all the time so I decided I would dig up this old post I did on the dangers of reusing water bottles (the plastic ones and many others that do not state that they are BPA free).

Your cardio is keeping you fat and out of shape

I was recently in a sports shop having a browse around and couldn’t help myself from listening to a couple that were standing beside a treadmill being given a sales pitch from one of the staff members. They wanted to buy a treadmill because [...]

Muscle it up!

Muscle ups, they look like a simple enough movement until you actually attempt them. Plus you just might get a tiny peep through the key hole as to how hard those dam gymnasts have it and how bloody strong they actually are.

Best of 2011 – sexy and I know it!

However, this is way more impressive – 156,776 page views

That’s the total number of page views my site has received in total for 2011. Thanks for reading everyone. I’m a big believer that good content will always get people to share your info, recommend your business and return back as customers. Last year I think I wrote a handful of high quality articles and to be honest filled the rest with cat pictures, crossfit photos, me with my shirt off or general ramblings when I drank too much coffee!

Want to avoid the xmas fat gain?

Research has shown that the average person can an amazing gain 5-10lbs of fat over the xmas period.

It’s very easy to let the weight one can gain over Christmas creep into the new year and beyond so here is how you are going to stay on track.

Weakness is a crime so stop being a criminal

“No citizen has a right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training…what a disgrace it is for a man to grow old without ever seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.” Socrates

What is the quickest way to your goal?

“The quickest way to your goals is simple, NOT easy” Dan John.

In December 2009 Dan John (a highly respected coach and philosopher no less) gave a two day seminar in Dublin and since then his name has gone from being on the fringes to one of the leading fitness/health speakers in the world. If you are unfamiliar with his work just have a quick read of Goals and toilet seats for an entertaining and enlightening read – does your behavior match your goals?

I have also an old post from my review