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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 →

I'm a Busy Man Dammit!

Which I hate. Anyway apprently I’m “in the well” on boards.ie’s fitness forum. It’s this idea where one significant poster to the forum a week gets asked loads of questions. To my dismay, none of them have been about my magnificent facial hair, or carrying off thinning hairlines successfully. Paul was kind enough to ask … Continue reading →

Not a lot of time but enough for today's music selection

Currently rockin the ipod dock in the gym is this little number by Mark Mothersbaugh, better known as one of the guys behind Devo. This is obviously a bit truncated but I love Bill Murray’s little dance. If you haven’t seen this movie you’re missing out.

New Tongue Biting Record Achieved

Yup I have a really inflamed tongue today thanks to biting it twice in the last 3 days. Biting my tongue, as in the idiom, is not something I’m known for so I didn’t do that. What I did do was actually physically bite my tongue. On Thursday when grappling with Shayn, I passed guard … Continue reading →

So you may have noticed…

… that I’ve started to tag my posts. Yup, I know, it smacks of organisation and order. Not something you’d normally associate with me but I was reading about Will’s efforts to organise his blog and it suddenly occurred to me that the 1,000 people (yup I know, but I think 900 of them are … Continue reading →

My gym is in someone else's hands tonight

What will I do? I reckon at about 8pm tonight I’ll want to ring and see if everything is okay. Did Paddy get in the door alright? Is everyone taking their shoes off on the mats? Will someone get injurred? Will he know to turn off the lights? The gym is my baby and tonight, … Continue reading →

Heard on The Premiership tonight:“Oh poor clearance by Cech. He deserves to be punished!”Interesting insight into one commentator’s secret life. Today was the last day of serious training and sparring. It was a good session, but I watched it with my eyes half shut half expecting to see someone turn their ankle or twist a … Continue reading →

Last interval on the rower here. Grant calls me bald, old and fat. I think from this video we can verify the first of those things… However I disagree with the old and fat thing. Santa just has to bring me one of these heart rate monitors, here’s the HRM data from yesterday’s session. The … Continue reading →