Stupid. He clearly wasn't going to devote a lifetime to shotput or discuss or whatever he did. RFU should have offered a central contract. What's stupid is people thinking still he would make a great Rugby player when London Irish already released him. Power and speed alone do not a great Ruby play...

I detect a character flaw with Okoye. He didn't persist with rugby, he hasn't persisted with Athletics and now he's trying something new. It's like he feels he should naturally become a star in his chosen field and when it doesn't happen, he goes and finds another challenge. He was a wing in rugby ...

Scrambled eggs on ham, glass milk 3 mins prep max!

€99, with €5 delivery from Wexford: http://www.profitness-supplies.com/ :thumbup: They are going on the wish list. Looking at that site, I came across this Olympic lifting platform http://www.profitness-supplies.com/commercial-gym/miscellaneous/olympic-lifting-platform-pinewood-8-x-6.html 880 quid!...

Bring your own chalk stand into the gym, extravagantly chalk your hands while pacing up and down and fixing the bar with your best death stare, slap your hands loudly together and perhaps beat yourself about the chest and face a few times sending dust into the air like an Icelandic volcano, have a ...

Large dosses of antibiotics with Movicol added to keep things moving equals Chemical Waste!! Its not natural for such a plainly non organic noxious reek to come from a living thing

Just watching that video of Rip teaching the squat. When I had a coach he coached me to pause for half a second at the bottom of the squat so I wasn't bouncing out and using momentum to get out of the hole. That way I was stimulating more muscles (?), Rip is teaching it when you bounce out. What's ...

Ok, it turns out my knee is sore because, as a very experienced physio told me today, I have no ACL. The MCL diagnosis I was given turned out to be completely wrong. So, that's me f**ked - need the GP referral and NHS etc. I have plenty of pre-hab exercises to do, but if the operation is going to t...

mr flaps wrote:Having some weird lower back trouble at the moment. Didn't have an "oh fudge" moment just work up with some lower back pain that has got progressively worse. Getting some tingling down the front of my left leg.

Sciatica, welcome to the club

Bobbity is usually better at giving starter tips to n00bs, but he'll recommend that you get your hands on the book "Starting Strength". It's great for complete beginners and experienced people who want to reboot/refresh their routine or deal with specific issues. Make yourself familiar with the bas...

Just pulled the trigger on a pair of these bad boys: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-h6m1YM9K6KA/TdHUpBTIPaI/AAAAAAAAABk/eCWsf035-0o/s1600/Adidas+Power+Perfect+II+Weightlifting+Shoe.JPG Got them for €99 which is cheap I think, especially for something I'll have for years (life?). Can't wait to use them, ...

It was a fantastic result and i always enjoy watching Carter look bewildered when he's kicked out his armchair. I hope they press on from here and not have the odd one off performance. Just like a bad game doesn't mean the boot a good one shouldnt make players or management untouchable.

I'd love to know why Sir Clive was overlooked for the job. According to The Sunday Telegraph, it wasn't just Lancaster and Mallett who had interviews. McGeechan was on the interview panal so perhaps that had something to do with it??? He doesn't seem to be a fan of the RFU especially Andrew. Should...

Farrell, Barritt, Ben Youngs, Brown on the wing. Botha, Tom Johnson, Dowson. There have been lots of questionable selections over the course of the year. Although I want an England win on Saturday - I would be a little concerned that a narrow win would result Barritt, Farrell and others being given...

It's also worth mentioning that no one else of any note wanted the job. Even Mallet seemed to back out.

Openside wrote:

pandion wrote:Everybody is judged on results and performance. One of those aspects needs to improve imo.

Only One???

Both would be nice but ill take a loss with a good performance. Not a brave/plucky losers performance though.

Everybody is judged on results and performance. One of those aspects needs to improve imo.

celestialstorm3000 wrote:

Sydvicious wrote:The gloves used in MMA is really more to protect the fighters' hands.

That's my understanding of boxing gloves too. You can still feel the knuckles when you get hit in boxing.

Exactly, makes me smile when people say that gloves protect fighters heads. I ask what headguards protect then? Lol

There's not a lot of difference in the actual amount of padding on the knuckles now. Remember the early MMA stuff, 3 fights in 1 night no gloves? Broken hands galore. No wonder they bought gloves

Oh and 80% of johnny Cash

Staind and Durst; Outside

Is Lancaster fulfilling all the roles layed out in the job description?

What about Faz? How much influence has he had on the English set up?

Perhaps they'll hire Mallet for his nous AND Lancaster for his team spirit, they might make a good team Mallet top dog Lancs head coach Other coaches on part time contracts to keep em up to speed and allow flexibility if needed. Thats what I'm hoping for. WHy not Jake White? Far more impressive cre...

Fat Albert wrote:Perhaps they'll hire Mallet for his nous AND Lancaster for his team spirit, they might make a good team

Mallet top dog

Lancs head coach

Other coaches on part time contracts to keep em up to speed and allow flexibility if needed.

Thats what I'm hoping for.

An experienced international coach and administrator with in depth knowledge of the NH game and structures. In a home world cup that kind of experience with the media and expectations with a cool head will be vital. He played a flanker at scrum-half in a Test match. Yeah, that was a bad call. His r...

An experienced international coach and administrator with in depth knowledge of the NH game and structures. In a home world cup that kind of experience with the media and expectations with a cool head will be vital.

i picked up knee problems over the summer squatting 3x a week. persistent soreness on the left side - any deepish bend feels pretty bad. my first concerted attempt to improve my pathetic leg strength for a long time (got up to 107.5kgx5 :lol: ) and now even six months since my last set of squats th...

Question. I gained 3kg in three weeks.I am just wondering is that too fast and is the majority of it fat? No real change in my appearance. Are you bulking? What have you been eating? How have you been training? What has changed in the last 3 weeks? Well Im looking to gain muscle mass with the minim...

For something shorter Rome? Only 2 seasons but full on

Loved the wire. I take it you've done sopranos or dexter?