So it turns out Lorri is a natural at snowboarding. Me however not so much. Not only can I not go downhill for more than 10 seconds before falling and hurting my arse but I cant even stand up again without assistance. I’m going to keep at it anyway and Lorri loves it so it’s all good. It’ll be good craic once we get the hang of it I’d say. Check out my snowboarding album below (Click to expand). At the time of writing it’s pretty small but I’ll ad to it. I also plan on adding some videos so check out my video section in the future for live action shots of me crashing and burning.
Man I hate soccer. The worlds most overrated game to watch. Over payed players. Boring 0 – 0 results. On TV constantly. Diving and feigning injury. Impossible to avoid. Impossible to enjoy.
I’ve been looking around for a nice blank sheet to write my workouts into but haven’t been able to find one. So instead I decided to make my own. I’ve created it in Microsoft Excel so that you can edit it if it doesn’t suit you.
It has 3 workouts areas, all of which you can edit.
I had a pretty sore back for a few years. Sitting in one position for an extended period of time used to cause it to hurt so much that I’d be doubled over trying to get out of my chair. To fix it I tried everything, lumbar supports, sitting on a gym ball, going to a chiropractor.
Finally after visiting a Physiotherapist I discovered that the problem was simply a weak core. As I sit at a desk pretty much all the muscles that support my back were very weak. My Physio gave me 4 simple and easy exercises to do each day which have totally fixed my back. I’ve shared them with a number of people who also have bad backs and the results have been 100% positive.
I’m including instructions below in the hope that they will help other people as much as they’ve helped me.
Hip Flexor Stretch
Step forward with your right foot while keeping your left knee on the floor. Put your hands on top of your right thigh. Slide your back leg behind you until you feel the stretch in the front of the hip. To intensify the leg stretches, push your hip forward, straighten your body, and put your hands on your front knee. Hold for 10-12 seconds and then change sides.
Do this 2 times (Twice each side)
Seated Russian Twist
Sit on the floor with knees bent like in a “sit-up” position. The feet should be kept together and slightly above the ground (10cms). The torso should be kept straight with the back kept off the ground at a 45 degree angle. Arms should be held together away from the body in a straight fashion and hands kept locked together like a ball or one can hold a weight to increase the difficulty. Next, the arms should be moved from one side to another in a twisting motion, with each swing to a side counting as one repetition. Twist around as far as possible and touch your hand on the floor. HKeeping your feet off the ground at all times.
(Do 2 twists, then hold for two seconds facing forward, then do 4 twists and hold for 4, then 6, 8 and so on. Try and reach 12)
Do this exercise twice. When you can easily reach 12 add a weight.
Toe Touch Sit ups
Sit with your legs crossed at the ankles and pointing towards the ceiling. Do 12 sit-ups touching your toes at the top of each sit up. Do 12 sit-ups.
(Repeat twice)
Reverse Trunk Twist
Lie on the floor with your back relaxed and your arms out to the sides forming a “T” with your body. Extend your legs straight up in the air so your hips form a 90-degree angle with a slight bend in your knees. Lower your legs toward one side, keeping your feet together and your back on the floor. Stop at the limits of the strength of your abdominal and oblique muscles. Slowly return to the starting position. Repeat on the other side.
Just weighed myself for a work weight loss challenge. I am 85 Kilos (186 Pounds). I’ve put on 14 Kilos (30 pounds) since I got to Canada! That’s a jump from Lightweight to Light Heavyweight. Time to hit the gym and cut back on the Poutine I think.
Does this sound like you? Saturday night is looming. You’re looking to let you hair down. But the match is on at 10:00am in the morning. You know if you go out for “one or two” there is no way you’ll be able to get up and drag yourself to the pub to watch the match. And the funds are low so you don’t want to pay 20 bucks at the pub. Oh if only the TV could tune RTÉ or RTÉ Player worked outside of Ireland! Or maybe you really wanted to see the Rose of Tralee live when abroad. I don’t judge.
Well using a Virtual Private Network (VPN) you can fool RTÉ Player into thinking you are in Ireland. Or any country in the world in fact. And it couldn’t be simpler. You download the VPN Client onto your laptop, select the country you want to appear to be and in that’s it. Simple!
How does it work? Well VPN guys have a server in Dublin that will go to RTÉ Player and get the match for you. Then it sends it over to Canada to your computer.
An added advantage is that you can select the UK to watch Soccer on BBC Player, or USA to use US Netflix (which is much better than Canadian Netflix) or whatever else might be restricted in Canada (such as downloading torrents of your favourite shows). It can fool any software into thinking you are in a different country.
A quick search online give you a number of options such as surfbouncer.com, vpntraffic.com, overplay.net or ukproxyserver.co.uk. All of these allow you to pretend you are in Ireland for between 5 and 10 bucks a month.
You’ll never have to miss another episode of Republic of Telly again. And it’ll be great to hear Hook and Pope arguing during the World Cup.
Hi Rugby Fans, I made a Google Calendar with all of the dates locations and times of Rugby World Cup matches. Using Google Calendar you should be able to translate these into your local times pretty easily.
Hi Rugby Fans, I made a Google Calendar with all of the dates locations and times of Rugby World Cup matches. Using Google Calendar you should be able to translate these into your local times pretty easily.
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