Category: apropos of nothing

Pre-comp thoughts and musings

I like to write stuff down. I write down goals, dreams, ideas, and plans. Sometimes I write for the purposes of sharing or communicating, but quite often I write things never shared just to get them straight in my own head. These blog posts (along with the “drafts” never published) function as a diary of sorts,…

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The wood between worlds

  “Well, you know how it feels if you begin hoping for something that you want desperately badly; you almost fight against the hope because it is too good to be true; you’ve been disappointed so often before.” ― C.S. Lewis, The Magician’s Nephew C.S. Lewis has always been one of my favourite authors. In one of…

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Resolve

I took a piece of paper off the wall the other day. It’s one I kept tacked up next to the squat rack in the basement and when I moved the rack recently, I noticed it hanging there. It’s a scribbled list of some of the goals that evolved and were achieved over the course of…

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Powerlifter survey part 5: I have no more words

Editor’s note: I was going to write a preamble, but it’s not necessary. Everything you need is below. In case you missed the others, here are all the posts in this series: Part 1: Female Masters Powerlifting Survey Results (the quantitative portion) Powerlifter Survey Part 2: training volume, injury, and fear Powerlifter survey part 3:…

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