Heading off to the Geelong area today to meet up with my Camino training buddy Nadine. We’re staying the night with Nadine’s friend so we can get an early start to walk the Bellarine Rail Trail tomorrow. We will be walking with a group of friends who are also interested in hiking, bushwalking and health and […]
How Not To Give Up On Your Workouts
Previously I’ve posted that I start my exercise routine on weekdays at between 4 – 4.30am. The reaction this gets always astounds me. Non-exercisers just don’t get it. Why would someone get out of bed when it’s still night time to exercise? Of course they decide on the spot that I must be a raving […]
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Weight Training Exercise No 1 – Bicep Curls
Every now and then, I will post a demonstration of my favourite weight training exercises. My all time favourite is the Bicep Curl. This trainer has the most amazing arms!
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The Way starring Martin Sheen
The Way starring Martin Sheen and Emilio Estevez This is a very touching, beautiful movie. Of course, I’m slightly biased for three reasons: I’m planning on walking The Camino in 2014 I’m a huge fan of Martin Sheen My son died in an accident when he was 18, so I can understand the heartbreak underlying […]
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Spanish Language Lessons
The time has come! There is no putting it off any longer. I need to get busy, knuckle down, and start to learn to speak some sort of basic Spanish in preparation for the Camino de Santiago de Compostela Pilgrimage trail across Spain that I’m planning to do with my friend Nadine. By deciding to […]
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Weekend Exercise Jan 12&13
Saturday am: 28.4K Walk around Bendigo carrying backpack weighted with 8kg. I’ve been using the backpack on my 10k walks. But this is the longest walk with it so far. I was really pleased that I felt fine during the walk and pulled up well the next day. Saturday pm: 30k Road Cycle: […]
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My New House
The details and nitty gritty of the new house I am having built in 2013 are now finalised and the build will be started very soon. Probably in the next two weeks, with a completion time of about 5 months. Now all the planning is done, and the choices made, I am quite excited and […]
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Fad Diets
There are so many fad diets around these days. Just a scan of the magazine covers, spruiking this diet or that diet, while waiting in the queue at the supermarket is mindboggling. An article appeared in The Age this week, titled Worst diets of 2012. Dieticians around Australia were surveyed and three diets in particular […]