September 2008

Another Weight Lifting Competition on Sunday

30 September 2008

A few months ago I went to my first Olympic Weightlifting competition at West Wythenshawe and on Sunday there’s another one, which I was really looking forward to. I don’t know if the BWLA guys will be there again, I hope so.  The thing is, I don’t feel ready for it at all. Having done [...]

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World Class Coaching Weight Lifting DVDs

28 September 2008

I recently bought 2 weightlifting DVDs from World Class Coaching. They had been recommended by one of the Crossfit Journals I got in the full back catalog I received as part of the Crossfit Certification I went on a few weeks ago. The 2 videos are: The Fastest Lift in the World aka the Snatch [...]

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My Gladiators Try Out (and Friday fun videos)

25 September 2008

I had my Gladiators try out today. It cost me a packet, due to the fact that I had to take an unpaid day off and had to pay for a London – Manchester train ticket. However, this is the sort of thing that makes life worth living. Money comes and goes but memories from [...]

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How to start the Zone Diet Eating Plan

22 September 2008

Someone has asked me to help them get started on the Zone diet eating plan, as they are finding it hard to get their head round the books. I originally sent them the example meal plans you can get off the main zonediet.com site, but the feedback was that they were too expensive for someone [...]

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Friday Fun – Bill Bailey Cockney Compilation Music Video

18 September 2008

When I first started to watch this, I thought it was going to be rubbish, but it’s one of the funniest things I’ve seen for quite some time: WPvideo 1.10 This one is good too, foreign sirens: WPvideo 1.10

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UK Gladiators Application

17 September 2008

As I mentioned last week, I applied for Gladiators series 2 on Friday. The application took about 3 hours to complete starting from scratch, including finding all the bits so of personal and medical information I needed as I needed it. E.g. name, address and contact number of my Doctors. Half the application detailed typical [...]

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Crossfit Certification – Day 2

14 September 2008
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At the risk of sounding like Bill and Ted, day 2 of the Crossfit Certification at Manchester was another totally awesome day. The day started off with a lecture from Todd on the 3rd set of the 9 core Crossfit movements: Deadlift, Sumo Deadlift High Pull (SDHP) and the Medicine Ball Clean, followed by practice [...]

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Crossfit Certification – Day 1

14 September 2008

WTF am I doing up at 3am on a Sunday morning when I should be tucked up in bed fast asleep? I’ll tell you: After being woken up by the cat puking up on the landing floor, my head is buzzing with all things Crossfit. Spending a full 9-5 day at a Crossfit Certification being [...]

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Friday Fun – Gladiators and How To Do The Jedi Mind Trick

11 September 2008

Gladiators UK 2008! Thank you for taking the time to fill out the Gladiators application form. Your application referance [sic] No. is 5106 If you have not heard from us by the end of October 31st then unfortunately your application has not been successful this time. I’ve applied for series 2 of Gladiators, woot!    [...]

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Crossfit Certification this weekend in Manchester

8 September 2008

Next week I’m attending the first ever Crossfit Instructors’ Certification being held outside of America, and I have to travel exactly 1.1 miles from my front door to get to it at Crossfit Manchester! Interestingly I’m not entirely sure how I feel about it though. One the one hand, it is in itself an exciting [...]

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