Halstead Marathon 2009

Posted on May 11, 2009 in Blog, Health Yesterday I finished off this year’s marathon (and most likely the last one I’ll do). I ran in the Halstead and Essex Marathon which was held yesterday, on Sunday 10th of May 2009 in Halstead, Essex. Halstead is a small country village just a short trip north of London. To get there from London I had to take two trains but all in all it was only an hour trip from Liverpool Street...
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LondonHlaup.com

Posted on Mar 27, 2009 in Blog, Health I have just set up the site LondonHlaup.com since I plan on running in the Halstead and Essex Marathon which is held on Sunday 10th of May 2009 in Halstead, Essex. Because I’m running the marathon I want to use the opportunity to raise funds for the charity organization CHILDREN with LEUKAEMIA. CHILDREN with LEUKAEMIA is one of the UK’s leading charities and is dedicated to fighting...
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Skyr

Posted on Mar 10, 2009 in Health I’ve never had any problems with finding food to eat while in London but there is one product from home that I miss. That is Skyr. Skyr is the perfect dairy product for busy people that need to grab something healthy… good amount of protein in a cheap and efficient package. It is also excellent for making protein shakes. Just thow one 170g can of skyr, a bit of skimmed milk, some...
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The Bear Complex

Posted on Mar 9, 2009 in Health The Bear Complex is an amazing exercise to use with HIIT/Crossfit based fat burning. I ran across it on Stronglift’s blog. Watch the video to see it in action: Note that the woman is doing everything correctly but the men are doing the front squat incorrectly. The exercise is suppose to be done with 5 set of 5 to 8 reps each with the weights increasing between sets to a maximum weight one...
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How good is your hearing?

Posted on Mar 8, 2009 in Health Two weeks back NoiseAddicts raised the question of whether or not people have retained their hearing by posting this high frequency sound file which can be heard by most people under the age of 25 but not many over the age of 25. This week they have however put together a list of frequencies from 8 kHz to 22 kHz, so you can see how good your hearing is. They note that it’s common for people...
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Heart attack in a can

Posted on Mar 6, 2009 in Health A few months ago I wrote about a protein shake which was over 2300 kcal but now I’ve come across something even more insane: Amrmour’s Pork Brains in Milk Gravy! This small can of 156 grams contains only 150 kcal of energy, 16 grams of protein and 10 grams of carbohydrates and 5 grams of fat but 3.5 grams of cholesterol which is 1170% times your recommended daily dose for a 2000...
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