Amy Gillett Gran Fondo

by Mark Ferguson

A toast, to the good humans involved in mak­ing the Amy Gil­lett Gran Fondo such a great event yes­ter­day on Australia’s majestic Great Ocean Road. Mamasan nature also came to the party, dish­ing out an accept­able degree of sun­light and wind — a far cry from her effort last week at the fin­ger tingling, sleet and hail […]

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Go Now! — Tomorrow is Too Late

by Mark Ferguson

We are now faced with the fact, my friends, that tomor­row is today. We are con­fron­ted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfold­ing conun­drum of life and his­tory, there is such a thing as being too late. Pro­cras­tin­a­tion is the thief of time, Life often leaves us stand­ing bare, naked and dejec­ted with lost oppor­tun­ity. The tide […]

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Riding Early

by Mark Ferguson

Endorphins, endorphins, endorphins! My morn­ing has been a suc­ces­sion of cheezy grins, clash­ing latte’s and telling tall stor­ies about what races and epic moun­tain rides I’m going to enter. It’s amaz­ing how actu­ally get­ting out of bed and train­ing motiv­ates you. I say tall stor­ies because you and I both know things will be dif­fer­ent later when […]

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Get Fit On Limited Time

by Mark Ferguson

Google ‘Cross­fit’ and check out what these guys do. It’s an awe­some way to stay fit through the colder months, or in times when work is just not allow­ing you to straddle your trusty car­bon steed. An hour of power keeps lard away. This video has some snip­pets of what we do in our gym — Schwartz’s […]

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How to Dead-Lift Correctly

by Mark Ferguson

Dead­lift Extra­vag­anza at Schwartz’s Cross­fit Mel­bourne from Mark Fer­guson. Cyc­ling is awe­some for strip­ping down body fat and lean­ing up for trips to the beach in your new mankini. One of the gripes I always had with doing big miles in the saddle, was rock­ing up to the pub later that night, look­ing like I’d […]

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