Darren Checkley – Page 7

May 14, 20250Comments

Difficult is necessary.

At Jiu Jitsu last night, I felt exhausted. I joined in situational sparring, the first sparring I’ve done with any intensity for maybe three months due to my face surgery and

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Coaching

Fitness

Health

May 12, 20250Comments

We’ve just watched an episode of “Our Welsh Chapel Dream” on catch up - https://www.channel4.com/programmes/our-welsh-chapel-dream In the episode, they were renovating a room in to a Victorian palour style bathroom. They’re

May 9, 20250Comments

Fran beat me to it.

As a regular cold water swimmer, I’ve been pretty irregular. To the extent that I’ve only been in a lake or the sea twice this year; once at the start

May 7, 20250Comments

First Aid.

I’ve been on a first aid course today. The main principle the instructor spoke of was the importance of looking after yourself as the first aider first. At first point of contact,

May 5, 20250Comments

Listen to your body but not too much.

Sometimes when we don’t feel like doing a workout or being active, we should do it anyway. Work on the discipline of consistency. With most injuries, you could still do something to

April 28, 20250Comments

I don’t know …

if I’m enough. If I can be enough. If I can do the things that I want to do, now and in the future. All I can do and all anybody can do

April 24, 20250Comments

Feeling Good …

Should be the main reason for any diet or fitness plan; more so as we get a little older. Over this Easter break of over consumption I’ve noticed my usual energy

April 14, 20250Comments

Showing off!

Our family Saturday night treat is to watch the Gladiators on BBC1; unfortunately, I was away this weekend in London studying and we still haven’t had chance to catch up

April 10, 20250Comments

What’s worse – 40 miles or a bottle of Prosecco?

We’ve been experiencing some great weather over the past 10 or so days. I love this time of year when we’ve got bright blue skies without too much heat. On Sunday,

April 3, 20250Comments

You’ll definitely miss the boring targets.

Me and the kids went for a rifle shooting session this afternoon. It was brilliant and the kids were really excited to show Fran the bullets they has fired. The instructor

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