February 2010

Sam Walton – the story of how to get from 1 franchise store to $50Bn a year!

26 February 2010

I’ve just finished reading Sam Walton’s autobiographical book: Made in America, My Story, and I can tell you it’s one of the best books I’ve read in recent years. I’ll tell you why: To be honest, I’d never heard of Sam Walton before I accidentally bought his book (yes it really was an accident!). I [...]

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Jadzia is officially the first Crossfit Kid in England

22 February 2010

See photos from the first every Crossfit Kids class in England, or even the UK.

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That’s not a plate of meat… THIS is a plate of meat!

19 February 2010

This is what a kilogram of traditional South African Biltong looks like (50% beef, 50% venison), note the fist sized apple for reference: Ok I know I’ve posted this from my phone, but I’m thinking that I need accelerate my plans to change my blog template to allow a wider layout. :-S

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Shoes for Pose Running

17 February 2010

There was in interesting article published by the BBC recently, entitled: Shoes may have changed how we run. (There’s an interesting slow motion video there showing barefoot heel striking! Worth a watch.) The basic premise is that use of big heel padded trainers have promoted the heel strike style of running and that naturally we’re [...]

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I feel awful – bad sugar!

9 February 2010

One of my news years resolutions was to give up sugar which has gone pretty well. I’ve had no sweets, chocolates, cakes, sugary deserts or drinks since 31st December. Yes it has snuck in the odd item of processed food here and there (sugar in smoked salmon and also in slices of Ox tongue would [...]

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Is this the best food ever?

8 February 2010

I ate something tonight which I’m sure satisfies on a level that most food simply can’t manage. Here’s what I did: Take a leg of lamb, on the bone. Season simply with a little oil, mixed herbs (or rosemary if you prefer) some pepper and salt if you must. Bang in the oven at a [...]

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Crossfit Kelly, Clean & Jerks and Zone Experimentation

3 February 2010

I’m experimenting with dropping my carb intake a bit and upping my fats. I’m still doing about 15 blocks per day of protein, but only 8-9ish of carbs and about 30 of fat. And to be honest, I’m feeling pretty good this week. Did 2 major WODs this week, yesterday’s Crossfit Snatch workout which was [...]

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The Longest Crossfit Workout in a while

2 February 2010

Today I did Saturday’s workout from the main Crossfit site, it looked fun: Seven rounds for time of: – 95 pound Power snatch, 7 reps – 95 pound Snatch balance, 7 reps – 95 pound Overhead squat, 7 reps 95lb doesn’t compute too well to kg, and at the last minute I had an inkling [...]

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