Travels to Portugal.

Get yourself to the Algarve, Portugal!

I’m just back from Albufeira and fuck does that place have stuff to do.

The very south of Portugal is where I was for a holiday with my girlfriend for 8 nights which was relatively cheap and affordable for top class accommodation and facilities.

First of all is the coast and the scenery which can be explored. I love climbing shit and exploring and myself and herself went into caves and non-tourist like routes. Although it was slimy, wet and sore on my feet seeing crabs crawling around the rocks was different to being lazy on the beach. Seeing the sunset from deep in the coastline rocks made me enjoy Albufeira, on the first day!

Going to the water park on the third day after a day in the sun by the pool really sent me back to being an excited child running around going on slides over and over again. With my GoPro in my hand on some of the slides looking back it was probably the best day of my travel. “Slide and Splash” water park is one you must check out if in the area.

Walking down to the old town on most nights for top quality food and cocktails, we ventured off to smoke some flavoured tobacco. It was always an aim for me to try it out and see what it’s like. If you smoke you’ll probably enjoy it, if you don’t smoke ah well you’ll enjoy the experienced.

With lots of tourist attractions myself and my girlfriend had some ideas. After many inspections parasailing and dolphins and caves experiences came into mind. For the dolphins and caves we went straight into the Atlantic and saw dolphins in their natural habitat. This was a different experience, regardless of how many TV documentaries and films you see with dolphins or any animal, in real life is the only experience. The caves wasn’t as equally amazing however provided the beauty of the untouched effects of the sea.

With parasailing on the second last day we didn’t know what to expect. Flying a hundred meters in the sky one the sea by a harness? Not your usual Monday? However when up in the air it was the most peaceful experience in the world. You don’t have to worry about e-mail, your phone, how much is in your bank account. For me it wasn’t adrenaline for what I was expecting but a feeling of stillness and awe of the scenery which can’t be seen from any other view.

Quality food, drinks and things to do in Albufeira are for anyone so get your ass down there for anyone who needs a break or an adventure for something different.

Cut It Out Of Your Life.

Get down and depressed sometimes. Yeah do do I.

It’s shit and can ruin the day or a whole week.

We don’t need this stuff in our live and some people thrive on giving bad news and spreading the negatives.

Have that family or friend who comes out with lines like these?:

    “God the government haven’t a clue, the country gone to hell”

     “Sure that’d impossible I’m too busy for that”

      “Isn’t it terrible people don’t have water or food to eat”

These people are stupid by wasting time on the negatives which bring them down and the people around them down on a daily basis.

The reality is these people speak of all the bad things that happen in life, but will NEVER DO ANYTHING TO HELP OR CHANGE THESE NEGATIVES.

Some people, usually the older generation thrive on talking about deaths or bad news. For us people who actually want to get shit done and have a positive life don’t need these people around us.

Keep it positive always because there is a ridiculous amount of negativity when there doesn’t have to be. 

Get on the Coffee bandwagon!

I’m Irish and we are known for our tea drinking habits.

Everyone in Ireland is offered a cup of tea when going to a friends or family house.

I always get it and take two sugars then have a biscuit or ten and stuff myself with sugar, it just isn’t healthy at all.

Then  I switched to coffee, no sugar, just a bit of milk. Perfect.

I used to hate the smell of it, but I experimented and got on the coffee train, drinking just near 2 cups a day, no more. 

I always thought coffee was bad but however they’re are loads of health benefits to your body and mind from coffee.

For your mind: 

1. Coffee can help delay and prevent  Alzheimer’s.  Research shows that caffeine blocks inflammation in the brain. Do I need to say much more? Drink coffee and Don’t lose your memory, Win/Win situation.
2. Coffee increases your energy levels. If your mind has that extra bit of energy to finish that essay for school or finish your work after a long day at work, your only going to have positive knock on effects and be able to get more shit done!

For your body: 

1. It increases physical performance. Coffee is a great pre-workout to get your groove on before a gym session or going out cycling/running. Also it’s a change from trying to drowned yourself with liters of water before working out.
2. Source of 1,000 of antioxidants. Antioxidants help fight cancers, arthritis, and protects our cells from damage. Now if that ain’t good for you I really dunno what else to say. A cancer fighting hot tasty drink, where could you go wrong.

For me coffee in the morning and when doing work is essential to have that extra edge to get shit done, cutting out tea has reduced dehydration and a serious amount of sugar out of my diet which can only be good!

My cup of the hot stuff also falls into my hand when I hit the books, like Bruce Lee’s Striking Thoughts, a bit of philosophy then everyone should have a look at!

 

Try out coffee guys it’s pretty good for you!

How to Crush your day!

Hate mornings?

Yeah so do I.

Feel like you get fuck all done by the time six o clock comes around?

It’s a shit feeling I know all about it and have felt guilty constantly for not doing stuff I said I’d do the night before.

Find yourself getting motivated when you go to bed?

Then not being able to get up when the alarm rings in your ear the next morning?

It happens all of us. Alot.

One way I’ve found to get into daily rituals and getting shit done quicker and more efficient than expected is to prepare.

Not to get OCD about the whole day with time, food and meeting people. But being one step ahead so you feel you get more done than you thought you ever could in a day besides a week.

Go buy a small book and write down a small to do list for the following day.

A light, small, pocket size small notepad to have on your locker or under your bed (that’ where mine is) where before bed or in bed you can jot down shit you need to do for the next day.

Keep it away from others so it’s your own personal success pad over the day.

Now for most people they jot down a million things then get nothing done and feel like shit.

To begin just put down around six or seven things that you know you can get done.

For me things such as drinking coffee, to reading a chapter of a new book I may have bought, to checking and deleting e-mails.

The checking and deleting e-mails is one that everyone should include, cut out the stress out 3,879 unread e-mails out of your life.

It seems so simple but the feeling of crossing out things on your list gives you that sense of progress and achievement.

Making this a habit and simple routine of your day will put you in the 5% of the population who actually get shit done in a day and have time to do more stuff they love rather than complaining that they’re too busy!

Cause nobody is ever too busy.

Now I gotta go tick this blog post off my list.

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Need a new exercise?

Need a new weight lifting exercise?

Sick of doing chest press with four sets of 8 reps?

Doing a few bicep curls, being bored, wasting your workout and feeling shit?

It’s boring as fuck and isn’t healthy and productive if your still lifting the same weights for the last year and your making no progress.

I mixed my routine up and switched to a “Barbell Clean and Press”.

This is putting weight on the bar, lifting it up to your quads, getting your form right by thrusting your hips and flicking the bar to your shoulders. Then the final stage of lifting and pushing the barbell up above your head.

 

Benefits of this exercies inlude:

• Uses nearly every muscle in your body.
• Glutes Quads Hamstrings Back Shoulders Arms Core
• Once you’re comfortable doing it, though, you’ll have a powerful, athletic looking physique
• Increases grip strength
• Increases all round stability
• Being cool and different as fuck to be able to throw 60kg easily over there head.

With this exercise you can then incorporate a military press which isjust resting the bar while standing and pushing it up thn returning to your chest. Also mixing this up by putting the bar behind your head will build upper body and lower body stability, espiceally shoulders and traps!

Most sites and people will try and drill reps and sets into you online to make them sound smarter than another. However for this exercise its all about trial and error to see what sets you can do along with the reps. The fact it’s an full body exercise means your gonna be different to others but in the end it’s only what you can do over time building stability and power.

The best podcasts I listen to.

Now with everyone having iPhones or some type of apple device in their house along with smart phones people are more drawn to the podcasting world. Only recently have I got into it and its something different to add to your day.

The benefits for me listening to them it there is categories for everyone and they knock away the element of staring at your phone screen twenty four hours a day. obviously they can be educational and for myself after listening to them I feel motivated and relatively stress free. Its weird, listening to someone for a half an hour or forty minutes can improve your mood.

I only listen to two podcasts just to not clog up my phone space and have information overload like on most media outlets I have on my addictive iPhone.

Numero Uno is the “Jay Ferruggia Show”.

Jason Ferruggia is one of the leading people in the world with his knowledge of fitness and his success in the fitness industry. He gives clear cut advice and cuts out the bullshit that people search endlessly on the internet for to put on muscle or lose fat. His podcast brings in different influential people asks them questions on how they improved their life and started up businesses and became succesful. His simplistic and bad ass approach to life has something to offer to anyone  who wants to better their life and cut out the useless bullshit. Probably the best thing about his work is he has started up a company “Renegade Roasting”, which if you buy a high quality bag of coffee it provides one individual in Africa with clean water for two years. That’s pretty good right ?

La Seconde – “Entrepreneur On Fire”.  

Entrepeneur on fire is what is says on the title. John Lee Dumas hosts a show where he interview successful people in all walks of life 7 days a week. He brings in multi millionaires to those who have just started off. As he has so many so many people on his show anyone can find something what interests you. The aim is to inspire the listener and they sure do. On their website they provide free services and advice such as “Free Webinar Course” and “Free Podcast Course”. A 15 module course cant be too bad to help anyone from scratch eh? In the show the “lighting round” allows quick fire questions from individuals who have failed time and time agin in business and life and bounced right back to come out on top. Check it out you’ll get inspired.

The Life In UL.

The life in UL

From the minute I entered primary school till the minute I wrote my last words in my leaving certificate exam, nothing I imagined would be like the college life. After slaving away in primary and secondary school memorizing things or languages that I would never use again, I found it extremely pointless. Although I learned many things that are still relevant in my life today, it still didn’t attract me to education such as University.     

 

For me the freedom is the element that attracts me most to college. In secondary school everything was done the teacher’s way or through some form of education cycle to learn a load of bull you would never use again. Now, I have the licence to roam, do my work five weeks before it is due, or cram before the night drinking cans of red bull to stay awake.

Last year it was a case of getting up every morning, at the same time, eating the same breakfast, the same lunch coming home and doing the same thing, repetition, repetition, repetition. However times have changed as I can get up maybe at two get my work done and relax with not a care in the world, (well some days).     

Looking at the educational side, it is a win/win situation however the recreational side is ridiculously good.  The gym, pubs, music cinemas, shopping, it all fits well into the student life to make college days truly the best days of your life. Although it all may sound expensive however we students really know how to stretch our money.

 

Another factor that in one way changes things up from previous education is the people you meet. Sorry but the friends and people I know the last ten years, will always be my friends but it’s always good to meet new people and change it up. (Even if they are from Munster).

From the day I first day I began school it was the same, returning to my house through the front door, every day for 14 years. At the start of this year, I went to “school” and returned through my own door I can say which was a great  feeling as it started a new chapter in my life.

 

 The life in UL in certainly great and I love it dearly, however home is where the heart is and its always going to be the place I return to regardless where I go.