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No, I've stopped betting on the horses. Far too unpredictable.. Lol yes i agree! But if im there i might as well stick a few quid on them!!

Any one got any tips for tomorrow at cheltenham?

What do people think of Kilmvurry in 1.30 at newbury? Its around 26/1

Cv i will be giving the newbury ones a go tomorrow! Hopefully will be a good day. How often do you actually go racing? Where do you? I really like cheltenham on new years day.

I've got to say I've really enjoyed reading all this. Fair play CV you really do know your stuff! its very impressive, i'm pretty tempted to start following your tips (just need to get paid first so I've got some funding behind me!) I'm off to Newbury Races on friday (i know nothing about racing) so I'll look forward to see if you tip anything for that.

Not so much the language that I'd worry about with him its that people tend to stand up and he might see very little - trinity lower seats as close to the front as you can is my advice . Or as you can pick your seat online, pick a seat in one of the first few rows of the holte upper, on the end of the asile is possible and then people standing won't be much of a problem! Holte end would be a must for me personally if it was a once/twice in a life time sort of thing

thats some good figures! My last complete figures are; Squat - 77.5kg BP - 47.5kg OHP - 40kg row - 45kg DL - 90kg

BOF you've been doing stronglifts for a while now haven't you? how are you finding it? what are you lifting on it all? I've pretty much done week 11 now and while i've failed a couple of times of the OH press and the barbell row (completely started again on this a little while ago as I decided it was my form that was off) but in all ive enjoyed it and progressed quite well

yeah I've found this one tough going and i'm only on 40kg!

I'm following the stronglifts programme and my legs are a fairly strong part of my body so I'm probably not at my highest point I could be squatting. I'm doing 75kg at the moment. And to be fair, I didn't say how much running I did whilst at five a side

My day; 7:00am - Protein shake (1 scoop) 9:30am - 1 sachet of porridge & a handful of sultanas 13:00 - Chicken salad - (i.e - a few bits of precooked chicken tikka chicken from Aldi, table spoon of sweetcorn, 1.5 table spoons of chopped mixed peppers, four sugar snap peas, half a grated carrot and three chopped cherry tomatoes). A 125g yogurt, a packet of crisps of some sort finished with a banana) 15:00 - an orange 18:00 - dinner - this can really can be anything! from pork hash, to pork spag bol, pork chilli, chicken fajitas, chicken curry (only use fat free yogurt so not too bad) chicken stew (have you noticed I only eat chicken and pork meatwise?!) spread out throughout the day; 10 cups of tea 5 pints of squash 2 glasses of water absolutely no idea caloriewise what that is to be honest. exercisewise - mon/wed/frid - 5x5 stronglifts mon night - 5 a side football

Thats cool, is made me wonder if I'm just not eating enough. I'll do a typical day for me in a sec. I see you've only included for one cup of coffee? I take it you don't drink much in the way of hot drinks? I have 9 or 10 cups of tea a day! you are also having lots more protein shakes than me too. I do one scoop of shake in 250ml (I think, basically about a third of my shaker!) of water after my workout.

How do you track your calories? Do you have an app on your phone or do you just roughly calculate it going on the back of the packet and stuff?

I've read the links on here before regarding diet (I think stevo you posted them didn't you?) but I'd be interested to know what you guys are eating on a typical day?

Interesting stuff and shows where Lambert wants to take our playing style next season. We've sorely needed someone who can shoot from distance for a while now. Interesting you say that. I do kind of agree but then actually if I think of how many goals we scored from outside the area last season it was a fair few... Benteke vs Liverpool, Benteke vs WBA, N/Zogbia vs West Ham, Lowton vs Stoke, Lowton vs Swansea, Gabby vs Norwich, Weimann vs Arsenal (& Man U??), Bent vs Wigan. Not bad really, and I may have missed a couple. What we really need is one of the central midfield trio to be able to shoot better. With the exception of N'Zogbia and Lowton, all of the other goals were scored by the strikers, not midfielders, granted Gabby didn't play striker as he was wide-forward but they are not midfielders or wingers and Lambert probably wants players who can play deeper and still score a goal from further away. And of course there was Vlaar against sunderland!

So its time for a phone upgrade, what do you guys recommend?

I think it was at the final whistle against Newcastle. Despite the loss the Holte still rose as one and clapped the players off and I honestly believed it gave every single on of our lads a belief in themselves and it helped bring every one that bit together. For weeks after every interview with the players and the manager seemed to mention it and I honestly believe it kicked started our season (even if we only drew, won and then lost two immediately after).

Coda, did you resolve the notice period issue with your gym? I had my first fail today (embarressing when you consider the low numbers I'm lifting!) It was the Barbell Row, which wasn't the one I was expecting to fail on first! I failed on 37.5kg, which I realise is rubbish but I will just have to give it another shot next time I'm doing workout A. I wasn't too far off I suppose, I failed on rep 5 on set 4 and reps 4 & 5 on set 5 I'm slightly concerned I'm going to fail on my overhead press on friday too as I've been struggling on that one, would really make it a rubbish week if I fail on two!

I remember it being one month but I could be wrong and can't prove it anyway. I've heard a lot of gyms are struggling due to these new cheap no contract competitors. I just get the feeling they're trying to get every last penny before I leave. How about asking to see a copy of the contract you signed? Then you can have a read through the cancellation terms in that, if they cannot produce it then just say your giving them a months notice as you believe thats reasonable?

Thanks Steveo, that will help me no end. I am a complete beginner so any tips I get off people all help!

So I finally got to the gym this morning to do my first strong lifts work out! Its taken me since september to get around to it with one thing and another (broken fingers, illness and christmas!) A couple of things I've noticed; squats - the top (front) of my legs are hurting already. I'm assuming I haven't stretched out enough before I did it. Its hard to tell if your form is right as the only mirror is in front of you so you cannot see the side on view which would show me my shape better and would help me know if I'm going parallel. Bench - I seem to wobble with an empty bar! this does't seem to bode well when I put some weight on it. I've noticed a few people at the gym (and mendhi off strong lifts) arch their back while doing this, is this the correct form? Rows - I really need to watch some more form videos on this one, as I didn't feel as if I was doing it right at all! Hopefully though now I will be able to keep it up and keep it going! For you guys who have been doing it a while, have you noticed your body changing? have you put muscle on? Have you lost any weight? I've got pretty much no muscle in my arms at all and a bit of a beer belly (although I'd like to point out my not fat anywhere else), will I see some results in both areas?

I'm going at the weekend and hoping to go to see Ajax's game against FC Zwolle. Is our best bet going to the stadium to get tickets or I hear that you can go to a ticketbox shop? Anyone ever used them? there is one two minutes from our hotel so I'm thinking that would be easier than going all the way over to the ground the day before the game.

Someone tell Tim flowers its guzan not guzzman

I agree. I was just the otherside of the dugouts in amongst the swindon fans (only way i could get a ticket!) and I thought our fans were very quiet. It was something me and the two swindon fans I went with talked about after the match actually. I think the trouble was, despite the fact we were 2 up for a lot of the game you could just feel it was a matter of when rather than if Swindon scored. As soon as they go their first you could feel they would go on to get the second as well. I dunno if you guys in our end could hear but Swindon's fans in the far end did try to get a rendition of "one stiliyan petrov" going as well in the 19th minute which I though was a nice touch even if it didn't properly get going! Our defence looked quite poor and seemed to be lacking in midfield, that said however I think when we went forward we broke with pace and looked threatening.

I work with a Swindon fan (who i'm going to the game with) and a Fulham fan, both of them are predicting a Swindon win. I've suffered a fair bit of abuse this afternoon so I'm hoping for a nice big win. Summat like 3 or 4 nil would be great. The problem is I have this nagging feeling that we might get beat I can definately see James collins Jnr scoring against us if he plays tonight! I also think that bent might get a goal tonight