The best form of exercise in the world.
Image credit: Wade Griffith One of the questions I get asked a lot is “what is the best type of exercise?”. Generally, people who don’t know me seem to expect me to...
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Tagged: training
2014 – A Year To Learn (things to do and not do)
One of the things I realised in 2014 was that I would like to “help people be more awesome”. There is a lot to “awesome” (besides being an overused and increasingly...
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Bands vs. negatives (and some philosophising)
The two most common methods of learning to do a pull up are to either use a resistance band, such as the one in the photo below, or to do “negatives”,...
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,...
Read moreSimplicity
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...
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Small steps, and lots of them
When trying to reach a big goal, it’s much easier to get there by taking lots of smaller steps. I spend quite a bit of time thinking about how to get where...
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Little update
Some cool things have been happening in the past few weeks… The seminars were a massive inspiration and helped cement both short and longer term goals for me. I’ve made some modifications...
Read moreBarbaric seminars
This is a slightly delayed report of the two day seminar I recently attended at the Crossfit box in Northampton, given by UK Bar-barians Jay, Lee and Sai and their New York counterparts...
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