Reducing Calories Extends Life

According to a news report I spotted on the BBC site it looks like reduced calories over long periods will increase your lifespan. Some startling pics show how two monkeys of exactly the same age have aged very differently.

The monkey on the left was allowed to eat as it pleased. The monkey on the right [...]

What’s Coming

I’ve got the following ideas for this blog and I’d be interested in hearing other people’s thoughts and ideas too:

Fitness, health and fighting book reviews.
And DVD reviews too.
Ashtanga yoga info and how it affects fighting ability and general fitness.
Koryu/Kobudo experiences.
Ju Jutsu experiences.
Suggested training routines for different people, different sports and outcomes.
Training routines of the rich [...]

Woah – Losing Focus

Well its obvious considering the lack of posts lately that I’m losing focus of my goals. With not posting I’ve lost the much needed monitoring the stay motivated. So here’s a quick update on what I’ve been upto and what I plan on doing this weekend….
On the 9th (Friday) I did a 13min conditioning workout [...]

Fitness Goals of 2009

New Year resolutions are silly.  Everyone breaks them, but I do believe in planning my year ahead and setting goals – something I recommended in a previous post.  Well I thought I’d put up my physical goals on here…
Skills

Learn fencing – Booked and starting on the 8th January.
Ju Jutsu – Attain green belt by December.
Iai [...]

Lay Off Split

I’ve now finished 5 rounds of my 6-day split so its time to have a lay off period and this following split will be more relaxed to help my body recover some.
After this I’ll be taking up the new programme I made after learning loads over this first period.
I’m also trying to integrate more exercises [...]