Health

Done my first bit of post-covid exercise last night with a brisk 3 mile walk. Felt fine this morning, and couldn't help myself with a quick weight training session at lunch - no real volume, but high intensity with some heavy singles for the deadlift (180kg) and bench press (95kg)

One of the things I like most about weight training is that the performance metrics are simple and built-in - it's all a numbers game, with weight and reps the core values that can be supplemented by speed (either subjectively by feel or using the likes of an app to

Old != Frail - these can be mutually exclusive adjectives, but it requires intervention. Image below is a great example of this. The active 40yr old and 70yr old have similar lean mass in the MRI scan, could even argue that the 70yr old has more, whilst the 74yr old sedentary

Only just became aware of this weightlifting video analysis app. I've used Kineovea in the past, but even on a decent PC it's dog-slow as it appears to do real-time processing (badly!),  but the phone app processes and caches it's data for smooth playback. The bar path tracking is pretty

Lunchtime workout volume PR! Previous PR was 10,798kg, but I'll beat that 3 times this week due to an average rep weight increase (12,015kg over 120 reps == ~100kg) - then it's a drop in volume (coupled with an increase in intensity) for a few weeks as part of

For anyone interested in getting into weight training them check-out StrongLifts 5x5. It's really just a tweak to Starting Strength, but I feel it's better balanced with rows replacing power cleans, but I really like how Starting Strength tries to apply their method to the entire population, regardless of age,