Emerging from winter
Finally the weather here in the normally dull and grey city of London is turning. The birds are singing, annoying the crap out of me whilst I try and sleep, the...
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2012: My year in review
This year has seen some pretty dramatic changes for me with regards to my training, and whilst I would normally avoid these tedious “Year in Review” posts I feel like I...
Read moreBirthday reps
It was my birthday last week. The traditional Bar-barian birthday thing is to do muscle-ups, one per year of your life, but since I’m injured they’re off the cards (although given...
Read more60 seconds of fame
Neill Timms of Incite Fitness has been travelling around the UK making 60 second films of the countries best bar athletes. A few weeks ago he was up at Primrose and took...
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1RM – 20 and 25kg
1RM means “1 repetition max” – the term for the amount of weight you can lift for one rep (and the way that the winners of powerlifting competitions and so on...
Read moreGetting better at sport (Part 3)
[You might want to read Part 1 and Part 2 of this series, if you haven’t already] Sometimes I write posts with specific people in mind. Whether they realise that’s...
Read moreWhy keep a training log?
I started keeping a training log back in June, and when I got the new domain decided that I’d move them here from their previous home on the Bar-barians forums. I used...
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Being challenged
Being part of the bar calisthenics community has meant making friends across the world – sharing workout tips, motivating each other and generally being part of a global scene via Facebook,...
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Training away
I got back earlier in the week from a short family holiday to visit one of my sisters (who I will just call “L”, for the sake of privacy) who lives...
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