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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 →

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 →

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 →