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I’m going to introduce you to new word, Fremdscham. No, I didn’t make it up. It’s German. Essentially it’s the awful feeling that you get when you begin to see the Dunning-Kruger effect in action. For those of you who don’t know what the Dunning-Kruger effect is, there’s a pretty good description here I thought … Continue reading
On Tuesday night I was surprised and proud to receive my black belt from Robert Drysdale. People often say things like “The journey only begins now” and so on when things like this occur, and they’re right, after a fashion. But the truth is you just get on the mat the next day and the same guys … Continue reading
This is my train of thought over yesterday condensed into a few paragraphs. This might sound a little miserable. Don’t read if you want to stay happy. I was chatting to a neighbour. I told her jokingly that I had a great business idea to solve the obesity epidemic and to reduce our dependency on … Continue reading
Seems like a long time since I’ve written about Jiu Jitsu, which is strange because apart from sleeping, Jiu Jitsu is the thing I do the most in life. Anyway, here are some random thoughts on training and maybe some advice (if I may be so bold) It is what it is. The better you … Continue reading
I was just hunting through my drafts for the blog when I discovered this, written in Pearson Airport, Toronto, last July. I don’t know why I didn’t publish it before, but anyway here it is now. “America’s playground” I’m just sitting in Toronto airport waiting on a distant connecting flight to Dublin after spending a … Continue reading
There follows a quick, snappy, notes on my basic training/nutrition/lifestyle chat I give to new Personal Training clients. I’ve never watched Operation Transformation, but loads of people seem to be asking me about it. I never watch reality shows or whatever it’s masquerading as. Nutrition 1. Good news, you’re probaby already 50% of the way … Continue reading
I don’t feel like it has to be one of the most damaging, demotivational statements out there. It’s a real First World Complaint. It’s only in the past 100 years or so that man has had the option to do things he feels like. I do things I feel like all the time for example. … Continue reading
I broke my diet and ate a slice of cake, I now may as well eat the whole cake. I’ll start again tomorrow. I missed training on Monday night. I may as well not go on Wednesday now and just start fresh next week. I meant to do 3 sets of benching, didn’t feel like … Continue reading
I came across this article by Colm O’Rourke on the Irish Independent website. Have a read first and then come back to me: http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/colm-orourke-muscles-must-be-flexed-to-police-new-conditioning-fad-29950686.html For those of you who can’t read the article, the basic take-home messages are: 1. The game is different to the way it was when O’Rourke played 2. Some of that … Continue reading
I’m going to throw down some random Wednesday morning-off-work thoughts. There’s no order or structure here, so if I ramble on longer on one than the other, it’s because I feel like it. I mostly train young uns Training large groups of girls is a little different to guys, but not much. I’ve trained small … Continue reading
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