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« Previous EntriesThe lions face
Monday, March 1st, 2010I attended an amazing event on Saturday evening at the Corn Exchange in Brighton titled The Lions Face symposium.
This event was a preview of an opera which is going on tour soon and in addition a presentation and opportunity for the audience to ask questions of the creators.
There was one very different thing about this [...]
New gym opening in Brighton
Monday, March 1st, 2010The Gym Group plans to open a new gym in Brighton this Spring.
It’s great to see a new gym opening in Brighton and the best thing is, they appear to have taken on board most people’s gripes which is usually associated with restrictive memberships.
They will be offering memberships with no joining fees and you will [...]
from “big mick” to “fit mick” saturdays kettlebell class
Sunday, February 21st, 2010Yesterday’s kettlebell class was hard work, however, as I am often prone to saying these days, their is no growth in comfort (or being comfortable) you have to keep pushing.
Part of our warm-up routine consisted of the following.
10 press-ups
10 kettlebell explosions
10 sit-ups
10 kettlebell chest press
10 double handed swings
We worked in pairs, writing down our times [...]
From “big mick” to “fit mick” let the boxing commence
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010In my pursuits of my fitness goals and also my future career I have taken up boxing. Yesterday was my first session with Paul “the punch doctor” who is the boxing coach at ZT Fight Skool, based in Hove.
I have to say it was the most enlightening yet humbling experience I’ve had for a while.
I [...]
From “big mick” to “fit mick” hungry between meals?
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010One of the things I discovered was that the mind is unable to differentiate between the signals it receives from your body about whether it is hungry or dehydrated. We tend to think it’s the former and grab a snack or similar.
What I learnt to do was to have a large glass of water when [...]
Making changes
Monday, February 8th, 2010Leonardo Da Vinci wrote that “When a bird lands in a tree, the whole world changes.”
That is because everything effects everything else, our actions change our reality, and that reality is the world around us.
Someone once said “everybody wants to change the world, yet nobody wants to change himself”.
It’s true, think about how [...]
From “big mick” to “fit mick” extra calories cause weight gain
Sunday, February 7th, 2010I guess the title is a bit bleeding obvious really.
However, when you look into just how few extra calories you have to consume, to put on weight, it is quite staggering.
A daily 60-kcal cookie would be expected to produce 0.2 kg (0.5 lb) weight gain in a month and therefore 2.7 kg (6 lb) in [...]
Boxing clubs in Brighton and Hove
Saturday, February 6th, 2010I’ve been doing some research in the last few days to find a boxing coach and here is what I’ve come up with about boxing clubs in Brighton and Hove.
Whitehawk amateur boxing club
Cheetah’s Gym
Chris Kent’s Martial Arts Centre
Brighton City Amateur Boxing Club (BCABC)
ZT Fight Skool
