Tips for training ring muscle ups
Muscle ups – they seem to be the thing (apart, of course, from a “bikini body” *retch*) that everyone wants this summer. I think ring muscle ups are actually easier to...
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Getting a stronger back
Every month I get an email from my gym, Fitness First, telling me I’m in the top 15% of members for attendance. One day in February, I was bored and feeling...
Tips for dieting: The practical side
The most important factor in eating well is making it easy – both practically and mentally. So these tips are designed to overcome what, for me at least, are the things...
Tips for dieting – the mental side
This was initially conceived to be a collection of useful tips for dieting – “take healthy snacks with you into work”, “tupperware is your friend”, that kind of thing. But as...
Dieting: some blunt advice
Sometimes I just can’t keep the rant in. I blame the lethal combination of being a Sagittarian and my Dutch background ;) Whilst I can, for the most part, keep the...
How to do a pull-up
Pull-ups are one of the staple exercises in a bodyweight training routine, along with dips and push-ups. Since I’ve just re-launched the blog to be much more focussed on this type...
Getting 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...
Why 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...
Getting better at sport (Part 2)
This is the half-sister post to this one, which looked at how breaking down and analysing the physical movements in sport can help you to understand and become better at it....
Simplicity
Recently I’ve been asked advice on training (bar calisthenics) and nutrition by a few people. Generally, details aside, I always give the same piece of advice: keep it simple. Most of the time...
