Following on from my post on How to improve your pull up power, I thought it was worth sharing this video from Calisthenic Movement to answer the question "I can't do any pull ups - how do I get started?" Please see there video below https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnWrvWZDJTo Although points 2 and 3 may be a bit … Continue reading The 3 Most Important Pull up exercises
How to Improve your pull-up power
There was a time at the gym I could not do pull-ups and because of this I neglected to even try doing this. Then I came across some advice on how to do more pull-ups and I was able to achieve more than mypathetic two pull-ups. So whether you were hopeless like me or on … Continue reading How to Improve your pull-up power
15 years of the gym
I realised the other day that I have been going to the gym for over 15 years. It all started when my dad started encouraging me to join the gym he was going to. I was a shy, quiet, overweight Eighteen year old. I knew if I didn't take action I was going to get fatter. … Continue reading 15 years of the gym
Why We Need To Stop Laughing At Gym Fails
I was browsing fitness videos on YouTube yesterday and I came across this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FT0Qi-vWBY If you don't have time to watch, basically it is a guy making sarcastic and amusing comments of people working out - doing stupid routines, dropping weights, etc, etc. I am not sure if I should laugh, because if you are … Continue reading Why We Need To Stop Laughing At Gym Fails
Sweating over weight loss
When I woke up and realised that I had gained a lot of weight, I knew it wasn't going to be easy - I didn't have that same motivation or self-control and I certainly wasn't as fit as I used to be. I had gone up to 14 stone 6 lbs (91.4 kg). This … Continue reading Sweating over weight loss
That gym exhaustion feeling
It's been a hard few weeks at the gym. I feel that I have really improved over the last few week and as an added bonus it has been good to start have a consistent weight loss. I have gone from doing sessions where I was struggling to last more than an hour, to getting … Continue reading That gym exhaustion feeling
Gym Bitches
Following on from my post about fearing the gym, I thought I would share this story of when I did experience the thoughts of sheep. I had recently finished a graduate placement - because of the recession the market for jobs in the sector I was looking for had dried up. I had put on … Continue reading Gym Bitches
The danger of Fat Acceptance
With my weight gain, it made me realise how it easy to lose control and gain wait. More worryingly I could neglect this or have an accident that stops my ability to exercise more than I consume. Fortunately I have that level of control where I think enough is enough and do something about (usually … Continue reading The danger of Fat Acceptance
Fearing The Gym
I read a number of blogs about many peoples first experiences with the gym, or from the perspective of someone who has lived a unhealthy lifestyle and is trying to find a new way. Many of these are the fears they have - that people are looking down on them because of how they look, … Continue reading Fearing The Gym
10 Reasons To Run-Cycle Outdoors
I have recently got into doing more outdoor cardio. I have found myself a number of times sitting/standing in a fixed position looking at: Mirror image of myself Uninspiring motivational poster/advert Boring view of the gym car park This was all something that made gym cardio really tedious, hardwork. This resulted in a significant reduction in … Continue reading 10 Reasons To Run-Cycle Outdoors
I Hate (Gym) Cardio
I really can't pin down the point when I decided that I hated gym cardio. It could have been when I got my foot injury and had to lay off the running - instead sacrificing the outdoors for staring at the wall on a cross trainer for 30 minutes. Or if as my life became … Continue reading I Hate (Gym) Cardio
Things I Wish I Knew When I First Joined A Gym
I have been going to the gym for a long time, along the way I have learnt a lot of things - some which took longer than others. Here is a list of things that I wish I knew when I first joined the gym: The Importance of Nutrition: When I first joined the gym … Continue reading Things I Wish I Knew When I First Joined A Gym
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