About Perfect Manifesto

I kind of picked up on the WordPress Zero to Hero challenge a bit too late. It gave some 30 day steps and I thought it would be a good idea to help shape my blog. Of course I messed things up completely by day two, which was to tell the reader what your blog … Continue reading About Perfect Manifesto

The Punk Rock Training Playlist

I really love my punk rock.  The first time I went to a show was to see the Bouncing Souls support the Dropkick Murphys. I liked the Souls from the start, I gradually worked my way through their back catalogue, even eventually purchasing the reprint of their rare debut album - The Greenball Crew. I … Continue reading The Punk Rock Training Playlist

Six Annoying Characters You Encounter At The Gym

If you're not up yet with the blog,  I go to the gym.  During my time going there, I've encounter a number of annoying character types who go. Here is who to look out for: The Hogger Now I understand the need to have time on the bench.  But a good proportion of my weekly … Continue reading Six Annoying Characters You Encounter At The Gym

The Importance of Diet With Exercise

What the hell are we putting into our bodies? About three years ago I was having a 'recovery' drink in the form of a very sugary, high glucose Lucozade. I had started getting into the habit of looking at the calorie content of any food I ate and was kind of shocked to see this … Continue reading The Importance of Diet With Exercise

One Simple Trick To Improve Your Pull-Up Power

I remember a time for many years at the gym where I could not do pull-ups and because I would struggle to do a couple this was something that I neglected for years. But then I came across advice on how to do more pull-ups and this got me able to do more than a … Continue reading One Simple Trick To Improve Your Pull-Up Power

Don’t Quit

I was running the Spartan race, doing a sprint distance course.  This is about four mile, which is not a difficult feat when running on pavements.  However this was an obstacle race, so I had mud, water, hills and urm... obstacles. The obstacles were not a major problem. Neither was the mud or the water, … Continue reading Don’t Quit

Go For A Reservoir Run

When I lived with my parents there was a reservoir near where we lived, it had a nice little, flat path about 2km long, that surprisingly for the number of dog walkers, very little dog shit. As we were in the country,  naturally the only thing there was to do was poke dead things with … Continue reading Go For A Reservoir Run