A Year of Weights
Smiffy reflects on a year of weight training.
Audience:
Sufferers of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and other chronic illnesses, their friends, families and doctors; athletes, physiotherapists, personal trainers, bodybuilders, and others who would like to see a different perspective on lifting weights.
Published:
Tuesday, 8th April 2008;
last updated on Wednesday, 9th April 2008
Weight Training and Chronic Fatigue - Part 3
The third and final part in the series about Weight Training and Chronic Fatigue.
Audience:
Sufferers of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and other chronic illnesses, their friends, families and doctors; athletes, physiotherapists, personal trainers, bodybuilders, and others who would like to see a different perspective on lifting weights.
Published:
Wednesday, 16th January 2008;
last updated on Tuesday, 8th April 2008
Weight Training and Chronic Fatigue - Part 2
The second part in the series about Weight Training and Chronic Fatigue.
Audience:
Sufferers of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and other chronic illnesses, their friends, families and doctors; athletes, physiotherapists, personal trainers, bodybuilders, and others who would like to see a different perspective on lifting weights.
Published:
Tuesday, 15th January 2008;
last updated on Tuesday, 8th April 2008
Weight Training and Chronic Fatigue - Part 1
This may come as a surprise to some people - it is not only possible for a Chronic Fatigue sufferer to engage in regular weight training, but also to make reasonable strength gains. Oh, and it can also reduce chronic myalgia. Smiffy tells of his experiences.
Audience:
Sufferers of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and other chronic illnesses, their friends, families and doctors; athletes, physiotherapists, personal trainers, bodybuilders, and others who would like to see a different perspective on lifting weights.
Published:
Monday, 14th January 2008;
last updated on Sunday, 10th February 2008
Blogathon 2007
Smiffy returns to his writings after a three-month silence and makes some excuses.
Published:
Monday, 10th December 2007;
last updated on Monday, 1st September 2008
Gluten Free Feeds
A shameless plug for Smiffy's Gluten-Free RSS aggregator service.
Published:
Wednesday, 5th September 2007
Another Sildenafil Story: Jetlagged Hamsters
From the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a study in the treatment of jetlagged hamsters using sildenafil.
Published:
Friday, 15th June 2007
Food-Info.net
A very useful resource from Wageningen University which includes a multi-lingual food allergy dictionary and numeric food additives data (E numbers).
Published:
Saturday, 17th March 2007
Getting children's favourites on the menu
Smiffy comments on a Caterersearch.com article on presenting children with decent food when eating out.
Published:
Thursday, 15th March 2007
Strange but True: Cats Cannot Taste Sweets
Scientific American reports that cats are unable to perceive sweetness.
Published:
Wednesday, 14th March 2007