Go and sign up to my new blog. It’s so much better. — I’ll keep this short and sweet. This blog is like a branch that grew strong and mighty over the course of a single summer. Since then, winter has come, and it has withered and died and fallen to the ground. …

Was it actually worth it? (Hint: not really; at least, not in the way you’d think.) — Introducing Myself I’ve always wanted to do academia. As a teenager, I was always under the impression that I didn’t like talking to people, that I didn’t like sports, and that I did like studying. My, how that has changed. Tomorrow is my first day at work. My job essentially involves talking…

Is it really that cringe? It certainly doesn’t have to be. — I just opened Medium for the first time in a few weeks. I know, I know — I should really be on here more often. But I have an excuse. I have just finished my final exams and am soon to be graduating with my Bachelor’s degree. In 7 days…

I know that days off are really good for you — necessary, even — but I hate taking them properly. If I get to the end of the day and haven’t done any exercise, I’ll go on a quick run. …

Thoughts from a language-geek-turned-fitness-addict. — My brother’s sporting success For most of my two full decades of life, I didn’t see much point in this whole ‘sport and fitness’ thing. My older brother, Jonah Cockshaw, was both huge on his bodybuilding and also… well… just huge. …

Big-time ethical philosopher, me. — You crave beans. You crave exactly one tin of beans. On the table in front of you are two tins of beans. Which do you eat? Any reasonable person might flip a coin. You don’t care enough to go quite that far. …

This new, grueling fitness competition is rocking the fitness world… and I’ve just entered it. — As a rower, I’m pretty familiar with my quads being filled to the brim with lactic acid. I have finished 2km ergo tests and been unable to walk (or speak, for that matter) for minutes. In fact, every time I finish such a test, I’m left a quivering, blubbering wreck…

Why aren’t we more vegan? — I went on a jog up and down a local river this evening, listening, as often I do, to a podcast. It was Rich Roll’s latest episode. Now, if you’re not familiar, Rich Roll is an American 50-something-year-old guy, a former lawyer, who was deeply unhealthy for much of his…

To break my stereotype. — My workout schedule is, ahem, intense. I keep a retrospective calendar of all the exercise I do each day. Here’s a snapshot from the end of March, 2022… March 21st: 12km run + 2 hour push session in the gym March 22nd: 2 x 2.4km run + 10km row March…