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This is fascinating reading. For me, anyway, i think strength training these days has got too heavily business marketed. I love reading how you guys got the job done with no frills! Thanks,Colin.

Greetings from Northern Ireland Ray! One side of my family is descended from Scotland. I visited Bourgas a few years back to watch the European Junior Weightlifting Champs whilst staying in a Black Sea tourist resort. Best wishes,Colin.

Sad news indeed.

Nice one! I must say i feel 50% like laughing and 50% like shouting when i think of the money i wasted from various muscle mags when i was young and gullible. The magazines themselves, the supplements, the training routines, the false role models etc etc.

Hi Peter, do you still do martial arts? And do you still do martial arts derived stretching? Thanks,Colin.

Thanks Chris and Peter. Oblique still sore, improved greatly during day, but night time in bed is the killer. Im not generally a fan of physiotherapists for injuries, but i make the exception for one which is only about 30mins from me. She is very gifted at myofascial release, and is refreshingly un...

Class picture!

Well my training has been terrible all year and longer. I cant seem t get my fire back. So this week i thought it would be the perfect time to start a minimalist routine. Its a Dick Conner 2 day routine ( training only twice per week) i got from a Stuart McRobert book. Starting very light. Im also d...

Friday:
Took a heavy head cold last week, so Friday was first night in shed. I walked in just to get some blood flowing. Wound up doing light Power Snatch, Power Clean, then some muscle pumping. Olympic lifts - what??? Going to literally train instinctively for a while. Thanks,Colin.

Agghh its happened again. I have lost my training motivation yet again. This week i couldn't train as my best friend died- ie my pet Budgie, Mr Joey Mac. Its been a sad, and quiet house. But i haven't missed the training in the slightest. I feel i need a new fresh physical challenge, but i dont know...