Travel. Copenhagen

My itinerary for my visit to the Danish capital was jam packed with activities, and I was excited about my arrival. From my experience in visiting other European cites, mid-summer is a great time to arrive, very much the height of tourist season, but the upside is the potential for pleasant and warm weather.

Copenhagen didn’t disappoint on the weather front and that suited me fine and the majority of my activities were planned for outdoors. Now, let me start with my first day in the city.

Lunch at Torvehallerne Food Market

After arriving around midday, I checked into my centrally located accommodation and settled…

Muscle. Fitness

Building muscle isn’t necessarily easy, it can be a complex process. It’s true that there is a role played by genetics and some people will find it easier to build muscle as compared to others. The more type 2 muscle fibres you have, the more real estate there is to build muscle. Regardless of this fact, there is a process to follow to maximize your muscle building potential.

There is no doubt that some will take shortcuts to enhance their physique, but this guide will explore the natural journey. How much muscle you can build will ultimately be dictated by…

Workout. Fitness. Chest

Developing a powerful and aesthetic chest requires work. However, not only hard work will suffice, it’s critical to train smartly also. Achieving these targets requires variation. A huge limiting factor to holding back your potential is sticking to the same old routine with little to no plan for progressive overload and another while I’m at it, is not introducing accessories that can add tremendous upside to developing both strength and power.

From a muscle building perspective, it’s appropriate for a brief anatomy lesson.

The chest can basically be split into 3 areas, those being, upper, mid and lower. Why is…

Fitness. Training

One of the biggest limiting factors in committing to regular exercise is lack of free time. I get it, you have numerous other commitments that take priority over fitness. Work and family commitments are 2 common variables that come to mind. The bad news is that you are making a mistake when not taking time out to focus on a consistent fitness regime.

You may not notice it in the short term but in the long run it will impact your health and general wellbeing. People tend to have the preconception that if the workout isn’t 30 minutes or more…

Travel. Wine. Austria

I was intrigued by the possibility of doing a wine tour in the Austrian countryside on my visit to Vienna. For me, it definitely sounded like a fun way to spend a day. The cycling element of the tour was the dealbreaker and I excitedly signed up.

It’s a big commitment to take a full day out of a brief visit to Vienna. Should I have stayed in Vienna and explored more of the city or did I make the right call with countryside escapades? Time to find out!

Morning of the Tour

I arrived to the meeting point early as I wanted to…

Travel. Berlin

I had previously visited Berlin on one occasion, back in 2012, and I remember thinking at the time that I’d like to return again. Several years passed and the opportunity to visit for the second time arose.

Visiting mid-Summer also was a different dynamic from my first visit. The plan was to have a totally different experience to the first visit. On that front, I think the goal was accomplished.

Bad Start to The Trip

Arriving super late in the evening, well after 9 pm local time. I took an Uber to the accommodation about 40 minutes away from the airport. Hotel Berlin Berlin. Nice…

Travel. Paddleboarding

I’m not going to lie, paddleboarding wasn’t something that I was overly familiar with until my last visit to the US. I remember seeing people paddleboarding on the canal in Dublin city centre from time to time and that was the height of my experience with paddleboarding.

My first experience with paddleboarding was in Lake Powell, Utah, and while I thoroughly enjoyed the experience, my paddleboarding game was well below par.

Standing up on the board was a problem and when I did manage to stand up, I fell back into the water immediately. …

Personal Development

From experience, I know how easy it is to forget something I planned on doing. It’s hard not to get caught up in the daily grind called life, right? So, it’s easy to fall back on excuses when productivity and focus aren’t where they should be. I’m a firm believer in the saying that sometimes you have to take one step back to take two steps forward. In this case I’m specifically talking about a brain dump.

So how can a brain dump possibly make a difference? Well the main investment you make is some time and when the process…