A great documentary film is due to be released very soon. It tells the story of two physically impaired, but mentally determined women who take on the challenge of climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa back in January of this year. Erika Davis, a paraplegic since 2005 becomes the first ever paraplegic female athlete to make […]
Great video featured on TED.com about controlling cancer via the diet. The theory is based on the premise of controlling Angiogenesis, the process by which new blood vessels are formed. The outcome is to eat more veg, which I think has always been great advice.
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Great video today, that outlines a solution to the problem of getting access to fresh vegetables in large cities – by growing them yourself using a windowfarm with minimal set-up costs. I love “outside the box” thinking like this, especially when its effect is maximised by embracing the global reach of the Internet. For more
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I came across this great parody of modern life today, made me smile. Reminds me of the people who spend 20 mins trying to find the closest parking space to the supermarket, instead of parking futher away and have a 2 minute walk.
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I’ve just come back from a fantastic day at Exeter University. I went with James Marshall, of Excelsior Training, to help him run a support day for gifted athletes from all over South Devon. We spent the morning running through warm-ups, circuit training and agility exercises suitable for all athletes to help improve their abilities
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That’s a deliberate misspelling on the title, to find out why you’ll have watch the source of the inspiration behind today’s post. I must admit I am sucker for tales of triumph over adversity and the film “The Pursuit of Happyness” is probably one the of the best I will ever see. Why? Because it
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Great video here from Sean Croxton from Underground Wellness, talking about disconnection. I can’t agree more and its something I am becoming more and more acutely aware of. If we take the time to put away the distractions (internet, facebook, tv, etc) and just take a step back and look at our lives…you can really
Following on from yesterday’s post about Neurodegeneration, I’ve come across these two videos. I am always interested to hear stories that make you think about not writing people off, even though their physical limitations may suggest you should. The first is about an open source project called the EyeWriter. Using open source software and cheap,
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Finally have my head around editing in Adobe and posting videos to YouTube so that they are in glorious HD. Here’s the introducton to corrective exercise video in full resolution: More videos to come soon, some topics I plan on covering are nutrition, strength and conditioning for football (soccer), training reccomendations and specialist strength routines.