Stretch Therapy

Posted by on Feb 16, 2015 in Fitness |

As many of you will know I have found Stretch Therapy’s approach to stretching quite transformational for me personally. Stretch Therapy has a couple of series for hip and shoulder mobility that are worth about 10x the 10 or so USD they cost to download (https://vimeo.com/kitlaughlin/vod_pages), there’s also a ton of material on youtube (https://www.youtube.com/user/KitLaughlin)  and the website and forum (Kit Laughlin Stretch...

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10 Minute Travel WoDs – Part 2

Posted by on Jan 18, 2014 in Fitness |

At the time of writing Im doing the “Whole Life Challenge” with the Hillseeker Crossfit family and friends.  It requires at least ten minutes of workout a day, and I decided to put together some Daily Ten Minute Travel WoDs for those with limited time, experience or the inspiration to put together their own. These WoDs are a bit different from most travel WoDs out on the interweb, 1) They are self contained and include some...

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Diets and Supplements

Posted by on Jan 18, 2013 in Fitness, Great Sites |

A confluence of factors in the last year have made me more interested in the science of diet and food supplements.  For many the Crossfit training I regularly now do goes hand in hand with “eating Paleo” (low on dairy and processed carbs), and although I don’t do Paleo myself I’ve lost almost 20kg doing Atkins-style low-carb diets in the last 12 or so months. One of my latest projects is in the area of high quality...

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Crossfit

Posted by on May 16, 2012 in Fitness |

I’ve sporadically joined gyms in the past full of good intentions, but generally spend the the last month of my annual subscription reducing my average cost per visit by 50%, then 33%, 25%,20% of the annual fee… and running or cycling for hours isn’t really my thing either. By chance Jeff at www.hillseekerfitness.com has just opened up a new Crossfit “box”.  Crossfit is a rapidly growing...

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