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Making the best use of your money in the Great Depression

An Estate Agent Pictured Yesterday Hot diggity! It’s 1929 again. No more dancing the Charleston in those speakeasies, it’s a recession ya hear! I have a mate who lost his job before Christmas and got a nice redundancy packet. Then, in January after taking some time off, he got a new job on 10k more … Continue reading →

The Missing List

Are you on it? I try not to whine and moan too much, I don’t like people who do. But sometimes I just feel the need to vent. Since the time I started coaching, I’ve tried to compete alongside it. It’s not always easy, most of the time it’s really hard and I have to … Continue reading →

Good Week So Far

It’s Friday and I’m mightily relieved. It’s bee 10 long weeks of waiting for a contract to be signed on my new house and during that time I’ve lost a lot of sleep. But today the contracts were signed so you can expect to see a moderately less stressted me in the coming weeks. That … Continue reading →

I'm Having Difficulty Holding My Tongue

I have a secret. I’m busier than a busy man’s business, on the busiest day of his busy life, and one of the things I’m working on is really exciting and will change everything about the way I train and coach. It’s doing my head in keeping it schtum because as anyone who has met … Continue reading →

4 weeks to go

I’m getting closer to fighting now. It’s something I’m looking forward to, but maybe not for the normal reasons. I’m at home today looking after my son who has the chickenpox so I have some time to be introspective. If you’re not willing to be bored to tears, look away now. I don’t compete because … Continue reading →

What was the name of that movie?

There was a movie, based on a Stephen King book I’m pretty sure, and in it the machines all came alive and began attacking the humans. Can’t remember the name and I’m too damn lazy to go to imdb.com The point is that my machines are now attacking me. Last month my mobile phone clapped … Continue reading →

A few more rounds in the tank

“All the performances of human art, at which we look with praise or wonder, are instances of the resistless force of perseverance; it is by this that the quarry becomes a pyramid, and that distant countries are united with canals. If a man was to compare the single stroke of the pickaxe, or of one … Continue reading →

The Saturday Session

AKA the Wife/Husband carrying competition. Today we did this session: Farmers walks/runs Basically, there are pairs of plates ranging from 5kgs to 20kgs for a total of 120kgs at one end of the mat and you have to bring them all the way up to the top of the room, and then all the way … Continue reading →

Right

I’m going to do a video tour of the gym tomorrow night as suggested on the forum. I need your help. Should I:a) Do it seriously, and just go around listing stuff offb) Do it in a faux- cribs style, even though that’s done by everyone.c) Wear my gi and be ultra serious like an … Continue reading →

I kep forgetting to bring my camera to training, and when I do bring it I leave it sitting on my desk while we train. I promise I’ll be a bit more disciplined this week and bring it to some sessions. I’ll actually try to do a video coaching session once per week on some … Continue reading →