A Website Dedicated to the Study of Strength, Health, Fitness and Sport Across Centuries, Countries and Contests.
I like to consider myself to be a semi-decent researcher. Coming up to nearly a decade of historical work, I've spent quite a lot of time studying the origins of certain exercises, foods and workouts. Don't get me wrong, I love it ... Most of the time. Research for this exercise was not one of... Continue Reading →
Picture the scene. It's cold outside, there's 30 teenagers, hormones raging, running back and forth in an old school hall. As a lovable, but somewhat crotchety, teacher screams at the teens to run faster beeps can be heard echoing throughout the hall. The rapidity of the beeps grows. Where once there was a 15 second... Continue Reading →
As a teenager the advice I got when it came to diet and exercise was often problematic to say the least. We lifted too heavy, with terrible form and took far too little rest. This, we were told, would make us better rugby players or something to that effect. When it came to diet, we... Continue Reading →