Category: Play

  • Why I Was Wrong About Strength Training (And Why It Changed Everything)

    I used to think strength training was bonkers. Not the casual “oh, that’s not for me” dismissal that most of us give to activities we can’t be bothered with. Proper bonkers. I’d watch Sohail—a friend who’d become completely fixated with powerlifting—and think he’d lost his mind. All that grunting, all that focus on shifting increasingly…

  • Reading – Thought Provoking Links

    I’m trying something new. Since Twitter isn’t a thing any longer I’m collecting the links that were interesting or thought provoking that I might have shared there into a single monthly post. Clearly posting them doesn’t mean I agree with everything said here; only observing that I thought that they were potentially worth a read.…

  • 2019 in Lists

    2019 in Lists

    Books The Good Reads Reading Challenge. Childish I know but it seems to work – I read more when I’m reminded about this. 10,000 pages? Books of the Year? Principles by Ray Dalio and Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles. Music Nice graphics but quite random. Either their data is messed up or this family…