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FOR THE FIRST TIME in over a year, I’m sick. Battling a head cold. Really annoying. Since taking daily cold showers, I felt almost invincible. I guess the Christmas indulgence of booze and my achilles heel – Ferrero Rocher’s – helped accelerate my downfall. Just gonna have to take a little better care of myself from 2018. […]

Strength Training for a Broken Wrist

18 MONTHS ON from my jaunt down Death Road which ended in a broken and dislocated wrist with three metal pins inserted, I’ve slowly had to rebuild my arm strength again. Being right-handed and single at the time, well intentioned friends assured me that a subscription to Bangbros would soon whip my wasted forearm back […]

Rating and Dating an Ex(ercise)

BIG GYM AND I have been dating for the best part of ten years. Truth be told, I haven’t been a good partner – flaking badly on dates, failing to return calls, blaming my deviant behaviour on a lack of time, work stress and even atmospheric conditions. Matters weren’t helped by my flirtation with others.

One Hundred Push-Up Challenge

After nine months of backpacking I returned home six weeks ago, the lightest weight I’ve been in years. The scales showed 188lbs which was none too shabby for someone my height – 1.87 metres (6 ft 1.5). The pounds rolled off quite easily in the last few weeks of my holiday hinting at a six pack underneath […]

Swapping Snickers for Sneakers – Marathon Training for Virgin Runners

The first (and only) marathon I ever completed was eleven years ago. I was halfway into my college course at University and firmly entrenched in the student lifestyle of boozing, binging and exercising my fingers on speed dial for the local Chinese takeaway. Fortunately I had enough self-awareness to catch myself and realise that I needed to haul ass out […]