Having monitored my glucose response to certain individual foods, I wanted to see how it fluctuates across a full day. What better day to choose than one of indulgence – Christmas Day. A reminder that in my initial testing a large baked potato on its own was responsible for my highest peak of 7.8 mmol/L. Blood Glucose – What’s Normal? …
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Blood Glucose Testing (Non-Diabetics)
It was quite hard to find out blood glucose testing results for non-diabetics to know what a “normal” response is. I’ll share the video below and then talk you through the basics. Husband vs Wife: Measure Blood Glucose for Different Meals What is Blood Glucose? When you eat carbohydrates, or a large portion of protein, it gets broken down by …
Read More »I Tracked My Activity Every Hour For A Week
I consider myself to be quite a productive person and decided to find out if that’s really true. I noted down what I was doing across each day for a full week and tallied up the hours of each activity. The total is 108 hours (60 being sleep), equivalent to around 15.5 hours per day, and this is what it …
Read More »100 Push Ups & 50 Pull ups – 21 Day Results
This challenge involved doing 100 push ups and 50 pull ups for six days a week over a total of three weeks. The challenge looks like this: Push up & Pull up challenge, download here The Exercises Push ups: chest to floor on every rep, performed at speed and a focus on pulling the shoulders apart at the top of …
Read More »30 Day Glute Challenge Results
This 30 day workout challenge was completed by my fiancee to see whether it improves her glutes and thighs. The program looks like this: 30 Day Glute Challenge, download here The Exercises There are four main exercises, which are divided into two pairs: A1 Body-weight Squat: Slightly wider stance and toes pointed out at 30 degreesA2 Hip Thrusts: Support the upper …
Read More »How I Improved My 2k Indoor Rowing Time In 8 Weeks
I started by researching online for training programs designed to improve my 2000m rowing time. The first articles I found pointed me towards either The Wolverine Plan or The Pete Plan. Both seemed like quite intense training programs and I was hoping for a less time-consuming alternative. After creating This Spreadsheet to collate a few other programs, I settled on a …
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