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Making the Move
Hello, welcome, take a seat.In just under a month I make the transition from training alongside a full-time job to working alongside full-time training. I had been thinking about making the switch for...
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Product Review: MyZone® Heart Rate Monitor
Today I’m writing up my review of the MyZone® HR monitor! I’ve been using mine now since May and have tested over a range of activities, so now I really believe I can give y'all a fair and informative...
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Outfit of the Day: The Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup
Last Saturday I went to the Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup at Ascot Race course, mainly because Craig David was set to light the stage aflame with his silky smooth voice and great song selections. Overall...
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Why LARP?
Live Action Roleplay (LARP) is possibly the hobby of mine which most people struggle to come to terms with. From a young age I have been ‘that nerdy kid’, I was just very lucky that I made friends with...
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Product Review: Bulk Powders® Complete Pre-Workout™ and Complete Recovery™
Good Tuesday to you all,Over the past few years I’ve tried an array of protein powders across many brands and had to deal with different levels of mixability, that time in my life I decided to be vegan...
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Sports and Coeliac
Back in 2009 I was diagnosed with coeliacs disease. The diagnoses followed over a year of struggling with constant lethargy, an inability to concentrate and a stomach that had no idea what was...
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‘Product’ Review: Borough 22 Gluten Free Doughnuts!
Hello, well, yes…this is a strange one!Anyone who has spent any length of time with me will know that doughnuts are one of the things I miss most since being gluten free (that and peshwari naans). It...
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Final Frontier
This marks the last Thursday before I enter testing week at Leander. Somewhere in the back of my head plays the Star Trek opening credits theme, and in front of me there’s an erg screen which is as...
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'Product Review’: AVE Rowing Single
I am writing this post with shaky hands, as I recover from my 2nd day at Leander and the 2nd day of testing. Yesterday was a fantastic day! We started off with a 12km paddle where I was in a double,...
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They Let Me Loose With a Make Up Brush
2017 has been a year of trying new things and one of those things was teaching make up! Over the Alcon anime convention, held at De Monfort University, I was given the opportunity to host a makeup 101...
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A Week of Zen – Keeping Fit on Holiday
Happy Tuesday!Sorry for the week break in blog posts, I have had a tough time recovering from testing week and then I went on holiday – but I’m back now! Last week I went on holiday to sunny (most of...
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The Importance of Clean Sport
Come in, come in. Get comfy. Another instalment is on the way.Yesterday we had our annual 'Clean Sport 1' talk from British Rowing. If you are successful at trials you do a further session...
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Sometimes the Road is Dark
As of the past few weeks I’ve only seen an improvement in my mental health. I think there are lots of factors influencing this, but I thought I’d just write a post about how my mental health has...
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Staying Positive Despite Injury
Wow, so I wasn’t really expecting to write this post so soon. I knew there was a chance I’d go through this, but not 6 weeks into the programme. Moving from Henley Rowing Club to Leander has been a big...
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That Well Known Demon: Sugar
It is early days, but for the past week I have been struggling to cut down on the unnecessary sugar in my life. Since starting at Leander in September my weight has fluctuated, but the general trend is...
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Will You Survive? (Dread Review!)
I think I may have missed last week, I do apologise for that. I can never really tell when I’m going to have a busy week and despite being the beginning of a taper (I think?) last week’s training...
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Is there such thing as a crumb line?
If you think being a student is hard financially – try being a ‘full time’ athlete with no access to funding. No interest/fee free over draft, no wavering of council tax, no student loans or grants to...
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Cardiac Screening for Athletes
Looking after your heart is important, regardless of whether you’re an athlete or not. In recent years a focus on sudden cardiac death in athletes has seen charities and heart foundations urging sports...
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2018 - Year of the Shred
Happy 2018 to all my readers!Hope you all had a fantastic Christmas period and great NYE celebrations. My Christmas was actually pretty tame, but my NYE was certainly a little bit wavy. Big shout out...
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Do Animals Help Battle Depression?
In a previous post I spoke about my ongoing battle with my mental health. It still fluctuates hugely, but when I’m remembering to take my medication I can begin to see myself flattening out (it’s a...
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