I remember my daughter being born. I wasn’t well at the time and some of the other events at the time are a blur, but her birth is crystal clear. She wasn’t breathing at first and she was blue. Right now I’m looking at the the blue ‘Publish’ button in the WordPress window. That’s the […]
April 2016
This isn’t the post I had planned to write today. I’d actually started on on a completely unrelated subject but it just didn’t feel right. It felt forced. Which is why I’m writing this instead. I have plenty to write about but some subjects seem to ‘click’ better than others. Take my post on ‘Boring […]
Boring but Big is one of the most popular variations of Jim Wendler’s 531 – a strength training programme that has been around for over a decade. You can read more about my experiences with 5/3/1 here. I’m no personal trainer. Just a regular Dad who is trying to improve physically as well as personally […]
It’s a Thursday night and I’m standing wearing nothing but a pair of satin shorts, boxing gloves and shin guards. In about 30 seconds, the Emcee is going to call my name. I’ve trained hard for this. Harder than anything before in my life. But the fear I feel at this point is like nothing […]
Shattered by Timo Fischer is a brand new ebook that deals with life, love, relationships and conflict. Timo is a blogger and author from Germany. His self improvement blog focuses on things such as Personal goals and success Bodybuilding, nutrition and fitness Mindset, mood and motivation for younger men His brand new book Shattered: Breaking […]
On the 9th of April 2016, the latest in a series of Mike Cernovich’s Gorilla Mindset Seminars was held in San Francisco. The seminar was filmed as part of the footage for the upcoming documentary Silenced: Our War on Free Speech and was made available to subscribers to Cernovich’s site Danger and Play. Being a […]
When you were young making progress was easy. You had near limitless time, energy and motivation to do the things you wanted to. You could learn any new skill quickly and easily. Technology didn’t baffle you and making friends was a cinch. Added to that relationships were easy and straightforward. And you didn’t have kids. […]
I’ve climbed mountains since before I can remember. Before I could walk, I was hoisted up various hills and peaks in a 1980’s baby carrier called a papoose. It was metal frame and brown canvas and weighed a ton. Thankfully things have moved on. I grew up walking and hiking in some of the UK’s […]
A few weeks ago I wrote what I thought about other Dad blogs. (If you missed it, you can read it here). Since then I’ve been underwhelmed by the numbers of avid readers who have rushed to the defence of the archetypal Dad-blog. I’ve actually had zero responses. Either I’m right or Dad-Blog readers are […]
Nick Searcy is a Hollywood and TV actor. He’s won awards and starred in numerous movies and TV shows such as Castaway and cop drama Justified. However when I tweeted about how much reading Gorilla Mindset had improved my life, he replied to my tweets calling me a ‘sucker’ and a ‘stupid loser’. (I can’t […]