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- Trainers galore
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- Who needs McDonald’s?
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- Ever wanted to learn to run?
- Strange times #2
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- Things to do during these times of COVID-19
- Balloch to Clydebank Half Marathon 2020
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- The importance of fuelling for the long run
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- Start as you mean to go on …
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- 9.6 miles in the rain and cold 🥶
- Elephant savings 2019
- Wk51 until the end…
- Some light at the end of the tunnel
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- Super 8s Strength Workout
- Winter Strength Workout Challenge
- Why worry?
- Walk the WHW in 3 days!
- Strength & Barrathon Half Marathon Training
- Run in the rain with me!
- Intermittent Fasting 2:5
- Walking the West Highland Way: Tue 3rd April!
- Winter Training Plan 2014
- Super Lean Regime
- Summer 2014 Super Strength Challenge
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- 8 year life cycles?
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- 5k PB Challenge Time
- My Glasgow Marathon 2013
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Archives
Monthly Archives: November 2013
Focus on Strength: Wk47 into Wk48
I’ve spent the last few days being sore. Sore from Strength on Tuesday and Hills on Wednesday. Sore glutes, hamstrings and calves…not to mention my sore forearms – presumably from my Clean and Presses on Tuesday. So I took Thursday … Continue reading
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New 16kg KB
Santa is buying me this for my Christmas. A 16kg kettlebell, it got delivered today. 🙂 This one will go nicely with it’s smaller 12kg sister. 25 days until I get to use it. (I had one before but took … Continue reading
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Sore = time to rest
The plan this week was to alternate running with strength work as follows: Mon: Run Tue: Strength Wed: Run Thu: Strength And then I’d have a long weekend (off Friday) and do what I wanted with Fit Girl over the … Continue reading
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Kaizen’s 3 Rules for Weight Loss
As some of you may know, I’ve worked closely with Kaizen Active in the past. Well today, the lovely Gordon from Kaizen posted this simple and straight to the point video, and I thought I’d share it with you. 🙂 … Continue reading
Bananas – good or bad for you?
Someone asked me today: ‘Are bananas bad for you? Someone told me they were.’ Bananas could be considered ‘bad for you’ because of their high carb / fructose content. Fructose is the name for the sugar contained in fruit and … Continue reading
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Obesity levels increase in Scotland
Jeezo… Obesity levels increase in Scotland ‘The number of children and adults in Scotland considered to be overweight continued to rise last year, according to new official figures. Between 1995 and 2012, the proportion of people aged 16 to 64 … Continue reading
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Be grateful, and thank someone
Have you ever thought of writing a letter to someone you wanted to thank? Someone perhaps from way back, from in school, at work, or in life who helped you become the person you are today? I have. Today I … Continue reading
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My Training Plan until Christmas
I used to get a little obsessed, shall I say, about my training plans and sticking to them. But in the last year and a half, I’ve become more flexible and less obsessed about it. Sometimes I plan my weeks, … Continue reading
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