Everyday Systems

The end of October marks a milestone for me in that I will have been shovelling for 6 months. I have not missed a single day although there has been a month or 2 heavily interrupted by me working away from home (for anyone checking my habit cal those yellow days are bona fide exemptions!). My hammer...

Whilst flicking channels last night I came across the film Rocky 2 so of course I began watching it (can't beat a bit of Rocky action). After going off the rails a bit his wife's illness kicks him into action and he undertakes a punishing training regime to get fit for his rematch with world champ A...

An interesting point I have noted (for me anyway). I have been unable to SG as I injured my knee playing football on Monday which turned out to be sprained ligaments. I don't think I'll be able to return to action until next week at the earliest. I had been shovelling for 3 weeks and now being unabl...

Well, after my initial Thursday and Friday break into SG, I have now completed my first full week and am into my second. Thankfully by the first Monday my arms had stopped aching (only just)! It's a good feeling to go through the day knowing that you have already done a workout. It is an equally, if...

Well, I managed to finally get hold of a 12lb hammer on Thursday and had my first shugging experience that evening. Awesome. My girlfriend thought I was kidding the first time I told her that I was going to wrap a jumper around a sledge hammer and wave it about but I have won her over to the idea no...

I stumbled across this website a few days ago and I can say I have never been more excited about a workout in my life! I am 26 and have always kept myself quite fit through playing football (soccer to some of you!), running, basketball and lifting weights on and off at home. However, no matter how d...