Tag: Goals
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Setting and reaching goals
In may of this year, after returning from Myanmar, I had lost a lot of weight – and not in the good way. I had been training, maybe 1 or two times a week, during the month I was gone – which normally is adequate, to keep me somewhat in shape during holidays. But the […]
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Standing for sleep, faces for mood and self-experimentation
If you want to skip through this piece quickly, read the parts that are bold and then determine whether you want to read the entirety of this or the article I discuss. The link to the article is in the bottom. As probably a lot of you do, I find myself reading through a lot […]
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Focus on one thing at a time
When I returned from my month of traveling in Myanmar, I found myself having lost quite some muscle and weight. I had brought my gymnastic rings, had been working out rather regularly, with bodyweight, which in the past had been adequate on vacations, to somewhat keep my physical condition. But this time, I think one […]
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Having bodyweight goals with barbell routines
This is fifth part of a series of posts about going from bodybuilding/barbell training to bodyweight/gymnastics(BG), the first part is here, second part here, third here and fourth here. So we arrive at integration. How to incorporate these more complicated movements into our existing barbell routine. This is where the fun begins, where critics and […]
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Barbell bodybuilding to bodyweight gymnastics
Over the next coming weeks, I plan on doing a little mini-series, on going from “classic” barbell strength work, to implementing some bodyweight gymnastics, to form a hybrid or perhaps go all the way and stick to only bodyweight exercises. I will touch upon the “why”, giving you some pros and cons, on implementing a […]
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Does overtraining exist?
Overtraining – how used that word is, and how worryingly often that word is used, by the wrong people. Does overtraining even exist? Or should you always just keep pushing? Is overtraining just that last excuse, when you lost the battle with your mind, and cannot push yourself any further? Having spent 5-6 weeks preparing […]
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Defining fitness
The problem If you ask ten different people to come with their definition of the word fitness, you will most likely end up with a broad variety of answers. Those answers will most likely include, something about being strong, being fit etc. Now th…
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