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Yoga Infographic
Nice little infographic from Furniture@Work The one thing that does my tree in about working in an office all day, is how stiff my glutes up to my neck are. The stiff neck can give me pretty bad headaches. I’d recommend moving about as much as possible, and demanding an assessment from an Occupational Therapist;…
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The Power of Now Summary & Review
The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle Great book – quite intense; I wouldn’t recommend it for your first spiritual psychological type book. A better book to start thing with would be Dale Carnegie’s Stop Worrying and Start Living book, for example. “YOU ARE NOT YOUR MIND” – is the general jist of the book.…
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Too much Weights, Not Enough Speed Work
Some issues I’ve had from doing weights, and then attempting to move onto martial arts. This is a criticism of myself, and nobody else. 1. Tight Muscles I don’t know the exact science around this, but I’m guessing, the bigger your muscles are, the less room they have to move around the muscle sheath and…
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CrossFit Vs Bodybuilding
Just a quick run down / brain dump of my thoughts on the two and their pros and cons Disclaimer – This is all written tongue in cheek, please don’t take offence. Crossfit Pros 1. Olympic Lifts make you a beast. I’ve never known someone who does Olympic Lifting (a foundation of Crossfit) seriously, who…
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Dalai Lama – The art of happiness – Summary & Review
This book is written by a psychologist / psychotherapist who spent time, interviewing the Dalai Lama over a number of days. He mixes in the perspective of Western Psychology with the views and teachings of the Dalai Lama and Buddhism. Which makes it a bit more practical – assuming your a Westerner. Some things…
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Love your Enemy
Robbed this concept from my Dalai Lama book… If everyone is constantly nice to you, if your life is comfortable all the time, then you are likely to be a horrible, angry and just a general bellend. Ever noticed how people born with incurable diseases, and disabilities tend to be really positive and all round…
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Aniracetam Review UK
So I bought this supplement from https://thoughtfoods.co.uk I took one tablet on Wednesday, and had a terrible headache a few hours later. After doing some reading, mainly on Reddit, I learnt that this was probably down to not combining it with Choline. Today I took Aniracetam in the morning before training, with fish oil and choline. I…
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Dynamic Stretching & Strength
1. Study – Dynamic stretching for 30 seconds increased leg extension strength. Static stretching did not influence strength. 2. A review of studies – Generally, a warm-up to minimize impairments and enhance performance should be composed of a submaximal intensity aerobic activity followed by large amplitude dynamic stretching and then completed with sport-specific dynamic activities.…