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Category: Injury/Nutrition

Weighing up the Pro(teins) and the Cons

Posted On 6 February 20237 February 2023 By Rich
Hemp Protein Powder

One of the things that I have learnt over the past few weeks is how important protein is and how I needed to check how much I am actually consuming. Turns out that it isn’t enough. According to various sources somebody of my size and age, who exercises regularly needs to consume between 1.6 – […]

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Category: Gym/Injury/Nutrition/Training

Time for Physio

Posted On 3 February 20233 February 2023 By Rich

I thought things were on track, I had not felt any pain in my calf for about a week. I had been able to cycle, perform weighted calf raises, squats, dead lifts and more, and not so much as a teeny, tiny, twinge had occurred. I even did a 1km run on the treadmill after […]

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Category: Injury/Training

First ‘Long’ Run of the New Year, First Injury!

Posted On 17 January 202326 January 2023 By Rich
Leicester Half Marathon

After pulling my left calf on Christmas Eve and coming down with Covid on boxing day, the Christmas training did not go well. So I rested, we even had a 3 night break in Lanzarote in the first week of the New Year. The week after, I decided to take it slow and steady and […]

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