Greasing The Groove
Choose the exercise you want to get stronger at and set standards you need to hit for a rep of that exercise to count. The key to progressing using GtG is to avoid the burn associated with muscular fatigue and treat your next rep as though it will be the best one you’ve ever done. To do this go into each set completely fresh and only perform submaximal sets
Time To Go Camping
Hell, the list of inconveniences never ends, yet these inconveniences help restore a healthy appreciation for your modern day luxuries. Once you've settled in, you'll likely find that there is something quite freeing about the limitations that camping imposes on you.
Eat Beef Liver! No Need to Quiver!
Gram for gram, and calorie for calorie liver is the most nutrient dense food you can find. It truly knocks muscle meats out of the park in every vitamin and mineral, and is abundant in many essential nutrients that are either scarce or non-existent in plant foods.
Chew the meat and spit out the bones
Chewing the meat is finding what works for you, whether that’s keto, paleo, vegan cat, carnivore or any combination. So I encourage you to experiment with different diets, find what works and what doesn’t.
The Competition
Our Biltong rests on the left side, untroubled by the meats on the right who lie in no particular order. We’ll leave our competitors here unnamed. This should save them any potential embarrassment.
Ain't No Mountain High Enough
Conquer a mountain a week and you’ll never feel weak. Bounding up steep terrain is a big bang for your buck activity. It gives you the chance to escape the hustle and bustle of daily life and work on your booty.
I try to change things up each time I make my way up a mountain.
I try to change things up each time I make my way up a mountain.
The Dowel Stretch
We’ve expressed our love for stretching before and it’s time to reiterate - being flexible will improve your daily life. Moreover, stretching is relaxing and I find that it helps calm the mind.
One of our top stretches is the dowel stretch.
One of our top stretches is the dowel stretch.
Tough Love
Those who have mastered the art of self massage know how amazing these things are. The objective is to awkwardly position yourself on the roller so that gravity can massage the hell out of your tight and sore spots.
Foam rolling is not for the faint hearted; you must be able to subject yourself to excruciating pain.
Foam rolling is not for the faint hearted; you must be able to subject yourself to excruciating pain.
Kettleburger
Barbell Biltong has usually got nothing to do with burgers. That’s set to change this week, because we’re getting prepped for the upcoming Burgers, BBQ and Beers Market in the CBR City.
We decided to celebrate the event by designing our own burger.
We decided to celebrate the event by designing our own burger.
Kumbaya
Yesterday morning we were in a melodramatic state. Doing double the number of markets this weekend appeared to be a logistical nightmare. “Everything times two! Get out of town!”, gasped Rory as he mustered all his brain power to perform the necessary calculations.
Travel & Train
Here’s a flashback to last Summer’s camping trip in Murramurang National Park. Laingy is training chinups on the gymnastic rings by the beach. Our trips were filled with adventure, training, relaxing, reading and eating lots of biltong. We’d come home from these long trips feeling great and looking tanned, lean and strong.
The Finer Things in Life
There's three things in the biltong cave we most enjoy to indulge in.
- Stretching. It feels amazing, declutters your mind, develops awareness in ones body and the added flexibility expands ones movement vocabulary.
