Jun 04 2007

Smokers Unite

Category: In The Media,Personal — ChrisM @ 6:12 pm

If you remember I recently posted on New Curbs On Smokers In The UK, and how it is not such a one sided argument.
It would appear that hundreds of bars & inns are to symbolically flout the ban this 1 July – see the Telegraph’s article here. The normal arguments have been wheeled out for the debate in the comments section at the bottom of the page. The one that particularly caught my attention was someone called James who posted ‘If I break the law on July 1st, I might go to jail….good food, satTV,
personal trainer and I can SMOKE!’ 🙂
I just hope Kazakhstan does not decide to do anything similar. At least not until I’ve given up…

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May 02 2007

Dave Barry’s Stay Fit and Healthy Until You’re Dead

Category: Books — ChrisM @ 2:31 pm

Dave Barry’s Stay Fit and Healthy Until You’re Dead – Dave Barry

If you read the previous book review, you may have guessed that there will be a ‘few’ more Dave Barry books critiqued in this blog.
His style of humour is certainly quite direct, with little clever word-play or surrealism, but personally speaking, I occasionally like to dip into so called ‘low-brow’ humour and not have to actually engage to much of my brain to the book in hand.

This book takes a look at the fitness fads that go through cycles of being and in and out of fashion, and just what you should expect of them. Just don’t forget this is written by a funny man, not a personal trainer.
Whether your interest is in nutrition, running or weight lifting, Dave has it all covered, basically detailing why you should leave most fitness regimes until after Easter. (Just make sure it isn’t NEXT Easter 😉 )

If you know a fitness-nut, and think they need to take a step back from the seriousness of it all, I’d recommend giving them this book. (Read it first by all means, just try not to dribble any coffee stains on it when you laugh too hard – it will look obvious)

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