lifting
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What Mind Games Do You Play on Yourself During Exercise?
As I’m slogging through a run, I never tell myself I’m halfway. Everything I just did, I have to do it all again? Not a helpful thought. Instead, I use some more creative maths. The first kilometre of any run, after all, is just a warmup, and the last kilometre is gravy — if you…
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Can Liquid Chalk Really Double as a Hand Sanitiser?
To protect ourselves from the coronavirus, the CDC recommends keeping your hands as clean as possible, including using hand sanitisers with at least 60 per cent alcohol when hand washing is not possible. Liquid chalk, used by climbers and power lifters to help with grip, often contains a significant amount of alcohol. So can you…
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These Are the 10 Best Things in My Gym Bag
All you need to lift a weight is just yourself, and the weight. But there are a lot of handy things that can help, and I’ve accumulated quite a few of them in my gym bag. Let’s take a tour.
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Underestimate Yourself When You Return To The Gym
Gyms in many areas are reopening, or will be soon, and a lot of us can’t freaking wait to get back to normal workouts. (I myself have a well-equipped home gym, but I dream of the day I can get back to a proper squat rack.) But let’s talk about the proper mindset to have…