May 2008

The Cure for Golfers Elbow (Medial Epicondylitis)

31 May 2008

EDIT March: Wow, I never expected this post to get so busy. I’ve just checked and 18,000 people have visited this page in the last 12 months! That’s a lot of elbow pain. However I wrote this post 3 years ago and have learnt more about how to cure golfer’s elbow since then, so have [...]

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A return to Crossfit

27 May 2008

After 4 months off Crossfit with my elbow, with some trepedation, I went back to the gym today for a 1 hour Personal Training session. Mark went easy on me, and I was broken by the end of it! (Checkout the Crossfit Exercises post for videos of all these exercises if you don’t know what [...]

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My ESA Astronaut Application

25 May 2008

A couple of weeks ago I went and got my private pilots license medical certificate without any problem. In fact the Doctor said “You have the blood pressure of a teenager.” which was nice. I checked the personal medical history I keep and my blood pressure reading of 114/74 was indeed (with 1 exception), the [...]

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Friday Fun – Weirdest video ever!

23 May 2008

An astonishing use of about 5 bath tubs of paint and 2-3 weeks of someone’s life: WPvideo 1.10

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Crossfit Exercise and Golfer’s Elbow Update

17 May 2008

I tried once again to do a full warmup yesterday, this time I managed all 30 pull ups (albeit they aren’t proper one’s as the bar is only 5 foot off the ground, but they were as best as I could make them). I was definitely “aware” of my elbow but the pain was minimal. [...]

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Friday Fun – Squirrels

16 May 2008

Mission Impossible Squirrel: WPvideo 1.10 Drunk Squirrel: WPvideo 1.10 Leave me alone, I’m playing dead Squirrel: More videos from the “Contagious: Animals” channel at Heavy.com Football Squirrel: More videos from the “Contagious: Animals” channel at Heavy.com

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Crossfit – One Year On & Astronaut Training

13 May 2008

I started writing this post 6 months ago, but never got round to finishing it due to my golfers elbow injury. I have basically taken the last 5 months off Crossfit to give my elbow time to heal but as I’m expecting to get back to the gym by the end of May, I thought [...]

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Friday Fun – Become an Astronaut, yes really!

9 May 2008

Living in America, Astronaut training is probably all very passé, but in Europe, the opportunities are somewhat limited. However the European Space Agency have just announced a recruitment drive, they are looking for the next breed of Astronauts. See this trailer: WPvideo 1.10 The selection process is explained in the pdf downloaded here. The main [...]

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Crossfit Firefighter Fran

6 May 2008

I’ve just seen this video and it’s awesome, just goes to show how mad Crossfiters can be sometimes. Watchout for the little out take at 4:30 and the low air alarm at 5:30 minutes. Fire Fighter Fran If you want to see it done normally, checkout Fran on the Crossfit Workouts page.

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Limiting the Terms of Politicians is Undemocratic

2 May 2008

This business of limiting the number of terms that an elected official can serve, is PROFOUNDLY UNDEMOCRATIC but probably not for the reasons you think. Whether it be the debate over whether the London Mayor can serve 2 terms or not, that the actual fact that the president of America isn’t allowed to serve more [...]

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