Barbara Pleasant has published Banish Leg Cramps With Homemade Pickle Juice with recipes for creating three types of pickle juice: Carrot with Ginger, Cucumber with Celery and Mint and Apples with Allspice.
A Voice From The West
Opinions that don't matter.
Tuesday, 18 August 2026
Thursday, 6 August 2026
How to compete with Chinese manufacturing
David Heacock with I Run a US Factory. What I Just Saw in China Should Terrify You.
Basically:
- China is looking to the next two decades, not the next quarterly earnings report
- China has built an ecosystem to support manufacturing, they have agglomeration
- China is a competence factory with systems optimised for industrial learning speed
- Everyone in Chinese manufacturing is used to moving quickly
- China's advantage is in industries where speed to iterate matters most
- To compete with Chinese factories look to produce products where you have a competitive advantage, eg. products that are bulky and expensive to ship, or where proximity matters most
BBC's Oat Bars
In Six easy swaps to help you avoid ultra-processed foods the BBC has a simple oat bar recipe. Just use rolled oats, some nuts and dried fruit with honey, peanut butter or mashed bananas to bind them together.
Monday, 1 June 2026
On the war against competence
Iris Meredith has an interesting essay on The attack on competence.
Friday, 22 May 2026
Tumbleturns
A couple of videos on tumbleturns:
MySwimPro with How To Do a Flip Turn In 5 Steps
AuraMove with How to Tumble Turn (Flip Turn) and Common Mistakes
Effortless Swimming with Why Most Swimmers Run Out Of Air In Flip Turns
Sunday, 17 May 2026
Patellar Tendonitis Exercise
Sunday, 10 May 2026
Shoulder stability drill with kettlebell
Sunday, 19 April 2026
Tendon repair and strengthening
The Movement System has several videos on
Tendon Training: What Actually Changes in 7 Days, 30 Days, 1 Year
Tendon Training: Best Exercise for Every Weak Tendon
Hamstring (5:44 in the video):
Long lever bridge. The progression is starting with a glute bridge, to a long lever bridge, to a single leg long lever bridge, to a heal elevated single leg bridge.
Medial elbow or Golfer's elbow (10:10 in the video):
Wrist flexion, but prefers hanging or using a wrist hang board
Wrist pronation with something like a golf club
A Coaches Guide to Tendon Training
Thursday, 29 January 2026
Sit Thru to Thoracic Bridge
Redefining Strength breaks down a sit thru to thoracic bridge in The Odd-Looking Exercise That WORKS: Sit Thru to Thoracic Bridge.
Sunday, 25 January 2026
Rotator Cuff Exercise
Will Harlow – Over-Fifties Specialist Physio has The Exercise That FIXED My Patient’s Shoulder Pain for Good (50+).
Tuesday, 20 January 2026
Deadlifting 405 pounds
SquatUniversity has acquired a video of a woman "deadlifting" 405 pounds in Her Lifting Was SO STRONG!
Sunday, 4 January 2026
Improving external hip rotation to prevent back pain
ChristinaNicci on How to Test Your Back Pain: The Simple Leg Raise Check and then exercises to improve external hip rotation.
More scrambled eggs
America's Test Kitchen with The Only Scrambled Eggs Recipe You'll Ever Need | Techniquely with Lan Lam.
Exercise to help with lower back pain
arthritisadventure has a video Master this to help with lower back pain and stiffness to help take pressure off your lower back muscles.
Start with 10-20 alternating lifts.
Warming up your hips before squats
SquatUniversity She Did This Before Heavy Squats (Hip Game Changer)
Technique tip for bent over rows
SquatUniversity in She Was Lifting Heavy AND THEN gives some tips on improving your technique and protecting your back when doing bent over rows.
More on hinge technique Your Bad Hinge is Causing Your BACK PAIN!