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Reset – Workout #1
Just back from 3 weeks abroad, it was amazing but a touch frustrating too because I want health, wellbeing and fitness to be my top priority right now. I went away with vows of “lean/clean eating” but deep down I knew it wasn’t realistic. The nature of both trips militated against a non-indulgent dietary system.…
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Workout/new phone
I was planning to buy a new phone but I lost any discretion over timing. Having been dropped 100s of times the straw finally broke the camel’s back on Friday, leading to a panicked rush to get a replacement several weeks ahead of schedule Of course, with new tech comes new headaches – the size…
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Home Improvement: Before & After
Some things take care of themselves, other things don’t and home and garden are amongst them. I do not recall the last time I painted the shed, fences, etc., but it certainly was not last summer. The algae build up suggests three years at least so it was well overdue. It represents about a week’s…
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Special Buys and the German Invasion
Who doesn’t love a bargain? Well, asides extreme anti-capitalists and anti-consumerists perhaps? (which obviously I am not – although I’m all for stakeholder capitalism) LIDL and ALDI have changed the UK retail scene and from my narrow consumer perspective, they have changed it for the better. Before I switched away from the “big four” I…
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Not everything in Britain is crap: our postboxes are AWESOME!
For years now a secret army – armed only with needles and yarn – have been designing and gifting letter box toppers to the general public throughout the UK. It’s the only example of David Cameron’s “big society” I know of, although this wonderful trend has nothing to do with political losers like him. Here’s…
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Spring Cleaning
Ideally today I would be out in the garden taking care of the many outdoor tasks to be done. Unfortunately the weather has been highly variable, with regular showers getting in the way of anything useful I might do. So I have shifted my attention indoors and towards the long-overdue task of sorting my bathroom…
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Bank holiday workout
It hasn’t been a vintage bank holiday Sunday so I’m happy to have got a workout in, so that it is at least constructive. I focused on chest and back in terms of anaerobic and cardio featured in the form of bag work, trampolining, kettlebell swings and medicine balls slams. An hour or two later…
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Why can’t I spend more time doing this: working out
One of the challenges we all wrestle with is what to prioritise. By definition you cannot prioritise everything, although it’s hard to miss the societal pressure to be perfect in every domain. In the abstract we know that health and wellbeing should be our priority. Our loved ones and dependents cannot depend on us otherwise,…
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Getting it in before I’m gone from UoB: Edgbaston Reservoir
The countdown is well underway and I’m getting through my University of Birmingham bucket list of things to do. Today’s agenda was Edgbaston reservoir, which I’ve thought about walking around many times but I’ve never quite got around to it. It was a little cold and cloudy, although this didn’t diminish the experience. I’ll hold…
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London Town & City, University of London
It’s pretty rare for me to visit London spontaneously but this was only planned at 18:30 the night before. I had to get some important administration taken care of. It was a case of sooner-the-better, so I jumped in the car and got it done. Of course, it’s a long way to go for a…
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Dr Martin James 