Mike Haydon's Blog

2009/6/29

An Evening with the Catholic Guy

@ 10:05 PM (4 months, 27 days ago)
Come and be inspired at an Evening with the Catholic Guy on 21 July 2009 at 7:30 at the Perth Town Hall, Perth, Western Australia.

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2009/6/12

Build Muscle by Tapping

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@ 07:51 AM (5 months, 14 days ago)
If you are experienced at lifting weights, you can benefit from using the "Tapping" technique. Basically, when you are lifting a weight, either you or your partner taps the muscle you are trying to work. This focuses your mind on the exact muscle you are trying to build and causes more muscle fibers to be activated. This works in the same way that not looking around while you're lifting weights does. I mean, when you're doing those heavy squats or bench presses, you aren't looking around checking out the hot women or comparing weights with the guy next to you are you? Tapping just takes it to the next level. You could also try putting pressure on the area, like a band, but don't do it tight or you'll risk injury.

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2009/4/23

5 Elements of a Successful Muscle Building Program

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@ 04:23 AM (7 months, 4 days ago)
The 5 elements to successfully building muscle are:
  1. Visualization
  2. Exercise
  3. Nutrition
  4. Rest
  5. Motivation
Each of these must be in balance or you will struggle to put muscle on.

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2009/3/30

Economic Models Explained

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@ 04:01 AM (7 months, 28 days ago)
Ok, so I came across this explanation for the more common economic models like socialism, capitalism, bureacracy, etc. Some of them are quite funny IMO

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2009/3/26

Wordpress Plugin Review

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@ 01:30 AM (8 months, 2 days ago)
I've been busy for the last week or so setting up a content management system for one of my muscle building related sites. It's only in its infancy, but I'm trying to get everything in place at the beginning, rather than always playing catchup. The last few days I've been finding, tweaking and sorting through wordpress plugins that will give me the look and feel and allow proper interaction between people who visit the site. Check it out here.