Inspirational Quotes

“Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.” – Bruce Lee

“Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable.” – Bruce Lee

“Simplicity is the key to brilliance.” – Bruce Lee

“Love what you do and do what you love. Don’t listen to anyone else who tells you not to do it. You do what you want, what you love. Imagination should be the center of your life.” – Ray Bradbury

“If you love life, don’t waste time, for time is what life is made up of.” – Bruce Lee

“Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.” – Bruce Lee
 
 

Carb Back-loading: Have Your Cake and Eat It

If you have been following the Train Smart Not Hard principles and eating clean you should have seen major improvements in both your physical and mental health. Now I am going to introduce you to a concept that you will love called Carb Back-loading. The Eat Clean principles of Train Smart Not Hard are quite […]

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Getting the Most Out Of Your Nutrition

It is all well and good to follow Train Smart Not Hard and Eat Clean but there is another crucial step in order to achieve your physique goals. In order to get the most out of your nutrition it is vital to detoxify your body, particularly your colon. This is because your colon is responsible […]

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Improve The Quality Of Your Testosterone

This is not an article about how to increase your testosterone levels. This is a concept that I do not believe in. What I believe in is giving your body the correct building blocks to synthesise higher quality testosterone. The amazing thing about your body is that it will synthesise hormones out of anything you […]

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Getting the Most Out of Intermittent Fasting

I am back ladies and gentlemen! After months of worry and stress, ups and downs I have finally purchased my first home and have had broadband installed! So, let us begin with a little article on getting the most out of intermittent fasting and what happens when you take it too far. Intermittent fasting is […]

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Throwback Thursday – More Sparring

Throwback Thursday again with another shot of me sparring with an old friend. Demonstrating the much underutilised side kick. It is the equivalent of your jab in boxing as Bruce Lee would say. Train Smart Not Hard!

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Throwback Thursday – Training with Tuff ‘N’ Uff 155lbs Champ Sean Bollinger

In 2011 I had the honour of training with the Tuff ‘N’ Uff 155lbs Champion Sean Bollinger. Sean was also the second person in the world to receive a black belt from Eddie Bravo in the 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu system. He taught me some great stuff. Hopefully we can meet and train again in […]

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Throwback Thursday – Muay Thai Training with K-1 Legend Buakaw

Throwing back to when I met and trained with 2 x K1 Champion Buakaw Por Pramuk in Milan, Italy. He captured the K-1 title in 2004 and 2006. He is now known as Buakaw Banchamek and will be competing again on September 14th to try and capture the K-1 crown for a third time. Check […]

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K-Pop Celebrity Diets – Kwon Yuri

This is the first of a series of posts where I will be addressing the issue of extreme diets that Korean celebrity girl groups put themselves through and why they do more harm than good. This first post will look at Kwon Yuri of Girls’ Generation (SNSD) which is one of Korea’s most popular girl […]

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25 Years of Street Fighter

As I mentioned in my About Me I am a massive nerd and I love video games. One of my favourite video games of all time is the Street Fighter series and it is celebrating its 25th anniversary. That makes me feel really old but my first encounter with Street Fighter was Street Fighter II […]

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