Everyday Systems

I heard about the protein thing, and I took to having half a can of tuna immediately after the workout for the last couple of weeks. Whilst it's impossible for me to judge if it actually improves the muscle gain, what I have noticed is that my muscles never hurt the next day anymore. Reason enough i...

You've been doing this about as long as me so I can't help much. I've noticed muscle growth too, and would also be interested to know how far just 14 minute shugging 5 days a week gets a person. If you haven't seen Tim's work though, you should look at this website . He tells me that up to the end o...

HELLO FRIENDS, Despite the fact that shugging isn't exactly new these days, it's not exactly a common practice either. Most of the friends I've told about shugging have reacted with "Shovel-what?" or "You're swinging a sledgehammer around your house? Is that a good idea?". Therefore, the more feedba...

Hi Jay, thanks for the advice; the pain's since gone and according to my hardcore gym going friend what I was experiencing was actually just a kind of muscle soreness that gets worse the next day. The reason he thought this was because the pain was absent except when I was trying to straighten my ar...

I've given myself a case of golfer's elbow with this. I figured a rest day would see me right but it's been two days and it still hurts. I'm sure it'll just clear up on its own but as I am a lazy bum that doesn't know the first thing about exercise-related injuries, how long should I wait before I s...

Thanks for the reply Jay, I should clarify though. I'm adopting a sitting stance, not sitting. A sitting stance is a common position in martial arts: http://taekwondo-training.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Taekwondo-Sitting-Stance.jpg I find that it forces me to keep my back straight. I think your ...

I just finished my first round of shovelgloving; I did 7 reps of the canonical movements one each side before I was exhausted. I saw a lot of threads with people who'd thrown out their back so I adopted a sitting stance and focussed on keeping my back straight. Effectively, I forced my back not to m...