Author: martinjamesphd
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The high street
I will concede at the outset that “love” probably isn’t the right word here – although the same could said of other posts in the “things I love” section. Don’t get me wrong I love “Band of Brothers” but not in the way I love cats or hot chocolate! With that caveat established I nonetheless…
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The latest phase of decoration
Slowly but surely in the last few weeks the process of decorating the top floor master bedroom has begun. Two walls have been painted; those left white will be finished next year. One will be covered with a mural and the other will have wallpaper. As you can see two painted walls make a big…
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A week in workouts #4 (20th – 26th July, 2020)
I put in all 3 weights sessions this week. Results and clips from each workout follow: Monday 20th July – Arms/shoulders EXERCISE SET WEIGHT REPS CHANGE Bicep curls 1 29KG 11 N/A 2 29KG 10 Tricep extensions 1 26KG 12 Weight increased 2 24KG 13 Extra 3 reps Closed grip bench press 1 37.5KG 15…
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Home gym: mini renovation
As mentioned in an earlier post I won a TV a few weeks ago. Given that I only want one TV in the house it was a little bit redundant until I had the idea of shuffling things around in my home gym. It is now the centrepiece of the entertainment system, providing the music…
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A week in workouts #3 (13th – 19th July, 2020)
A great week of workouts featuring progress on each of my big 3 sessions: arms/shoulders, chest/back, legs (see below). Reps were up across the board, I felt like an altogether more powerful person. Fingers crossed I’ve got momentum now – that is, my muscles are used to growing and expect more of the same. As…
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Weigh-in week #9
I skipped weigh-in last week, having had a highly turbulent Friday 10th July. I try to standardise the 2 days prior to weigh-in so as to ensure that results are not skewed by something abnormal. It is basic scientific practice to isolate and control variables other than that you are interested in. The result for…
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Peak Garden
I always do my best to make the garden nice but went to special effort this year. Many trees were planted, although they will not mature for several years. In the meantime I have enjoyed the wonderful blooms of my hydrangeas, lilies, geraniums and roses. One day in the not too distant future it will…
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A week in workouts #2 (6th – 12th July, 2020)
A messy week with lots going on including guests. 😱 I had to sacrifice a weights session so I did a legs/chest crossover session on Friday to prioritise. In both workouts I was stronger (as the rep count proved) and felt more powerful. I’ve featured videos of two sets below… UPRIGHT ROW (SHOULDERS) (Monday 6th…
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Belated Easter gifts
During lockdown the ritual of in-person gift giving was put on hold. I received a cactus and a set of flutes last week having had my first house guests in months.
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Band of Brothers
Next year this seminal 10-part series will be 20 years old. I watched the original run back in 2001 and decided to re-watch it recently. This only underlined how special it is. Asides from telling one of recent histories great stories (the invasion of Normandy – told through the eyes of a US Airborne company),…
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