October 2007

Is this the Best Crossfit Workout Ever?

31 October 2007

One of the defining features of Crossfit training for me, is its variety. Not just in the scores of different discrete exercises, but in the myriad ways they can be put together. Changing just one of the 4 (say) Crossfit exercises you are doing as part of a routine, can fundamentally alter the impact of [...]

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Why Aromatherapy Massage Works

29 October 2007

There are 2 points of view about Aromatherapy Massage: one that the powerful essensial oils are mystically attuned to your energy pathways and that massage allows their healing properties to seep into the skin, and hence you derive benefit. The other is that it’s a load of hocus pocus, and it’s just a massage that [...]

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How To Make Black Powder at Home – Part 1

26 October 2007

Bonfire night is coming up and I’ve been chatting to a mate about fireworks and the like and we decided to try our hand at making black powder (gun powder to use the more common laymans term). Actually, it’s always been a whistful dream of mine to make fireworks when I retire. I did some [...]

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Remember Remember the 5th of November

19 October 2007

With Bonfire night coming up, I’ve been teaching my daughter the meaning of it all. In a nutshell: Guy Fawkes was a Catholic terrorist, who plotted to blow up Houses of Parliament and King James I, the Protestant King of England, on November 5th 1605. They were caught when someone tipped off a Catholic Member [...]

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I Hate It When I Can’t At Least Repeat A Crossfit Workout

19 October 2007

Wednesday at Crossfit was the Olympic Weightlifting Snatch – which is basically picking the bar off the ground and flinging it over your head in one movement, like this monster 202.5 kg Snatch! WPvideo 1.10 I actually changed my schedule to make it in for this workout as I’ve been eager to beat my personal [...]

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Friday Fun Videos

12 October 2007

This is one of the best parody vids I’ve seen in a while: WPvideo 1.10 Wii Fit Parody This short video is just infectious: WPvideo 1.10 Baby laughing at the Wii These guys rig up a Wii in a Movie Theatre (cinema for us Brits), awesome! WPvideo 1.10 Wii-diculous – Playing the Wii in a [...]

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How Not to Write an Email Newsletter

11 October 2007

Last week, I offered to take a look at an email newsletter that a friend on mine sent out to his customer base, which got a terrible response, to see if I could spot anything that looked like it could be improved. I thought it worthy of posting up here as an example of what [...]

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Monthly Zone Update – Disaster Strikes!

1 October 2007

It was bound to happen eventually, and it did in September: I stopped losing weight! For the last few months on the zone diet, my fat loss / weight loss has diminished to 1% body fat per month.  In September it stopped completely and I am still 18% body fat percentage and 13st 10 (192 [...]

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