Getting More out of Outdoor Play

I love the outdoors. I can’t remember a time in my life when I didn’t love being outside. As a child I’d play out in the garden – rain, sun, snow – all weathers were suitable. In gym class, I used to prefer playing football and doing athletics in the rain. I think it felt […]

Why Dads Need to Break the Pornography Habit

How can you kick your porn habit? That was a question that bothered me for nearly fifteen years. Until I found the answer. Now I’m living porn free and it’s great. Want to know how I did it? Read on. It’s only fair that I start this post with a disclaimer of sorts. I know […]

What do You Want for Your Daughter?

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 […]

Opportunity Takers Have No Regrets

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 […]

Want to be Boring (But Big)?

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 […]

How to Overcome Fear in Your 30s

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 […]

3 Things I Learned about Life from Shattered by Timo Fischer

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 […]

Gorilla Mindset Video Seminar Review

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 […]

How to Make Progress Later in Life

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. […]

Mountains, Memories and my Father

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 […]