November 2008

Friday Fun – Bruce Lee plays Table Tennis with Nunchucks!

27 November 2008

It’s a great clip, but a terrible advert: WPvideo 1.10

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Olympic Weightlifting Warmup Practice

24 November 2008

EDIT: This post has been discussed on Mark Rippetoe’s Strength Mill here and the Functionally Fitness forum here. In preparation for this weekend’s Yorkshire North East Open Olympic Weightlifting competition I mentioned the other week, I had a personal training session with Mark Beck my Crossfit coach on Sunday. The main aims were: Practice and [...]

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Friday Fun – Extreme Dam Videos

21 November 2008

This first one is a 300 foot dam spillway drop in a kayak, it looks like awesome fun! WPvideo 1.10 And just to prove there’s always someone willing to be more extreme, here’s another one… without a kayak! (Warning, bad language) WPvideo 1.10 More complete foolishness, topless this time! WPvideo 1.10

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Should Gurkhas have a right to Live in the UK?

18 November 2008

I’m not really into big into petitions and such, but I did actually feel moved to sign the Gurkha Justice one at www.gurkhajustice.org.uk I have always had the greatest respect for the Gurkhas, perhaps because it’s pretty much one of the only stories I was told by a grandparent about the war, involved serving with [...]

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Star Trek the Movie – New Video Trailer

17 November 2008

Oops I missed the Friday Fun post on Friday. I’ve been rather busy this last week as I was in discussions with a couple of new clients. I’m also working on a Search Engine Optimisation DVD course and a similar Pay Per Click advertising DVD course. And I’m training hard for my first BWLA official [...]

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Is the Zone Diet High in Fat?

10 November 2008

I keep seeing people say that the Zone Diet is high in fat, so I thought I’d really look into whether this is true or not. Here are my findings. Firstly, what is the recommended fat content for men and women, do you know? I went to the Institute of Grocery Distribution (ICD) an oddly [...]

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Friday Fun – The Better Halloween Pumpkins

7 November 2008

Now that Halloween is over for another year, I thought it would good to have a round up of some of the better novelty Halloween pumpkins that appeared on the net: And last, but not least, my favourite pumpkin picture:

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2 New Personal Bests in the last 7 days

4 November 2008

I was ecstatic last Wednesday at getting a 100kg Clean. It’s a land mark point and as Giles Greenwood said: “You never forget get your first 100!” Ok, I didn’t get the jerk, but I was just concentrating on the cleans. And I dropped it a couple of times first, but I got it. I’m [...]

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