Three mobility test and exercises

 Tom Morrison's The 3 Essential Mobility Requirements For Everyone (Yes, you too!)

Getting up

Bow position

Standing on one leg

Three exercises to help the knees

 Tom Morrison's Bad Knees? Try these 3 exercises - no equipment needed!

 

 

Shoulder Flossing

 Tom Morisson's short video on why you should do shoulder flossing more often.

 

 

Another core exercise

 SquatUniversity's short video on a core exercise using a plate or kettlebell:

A few knots

 The Alpine Buttefly: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mHf4_IEFFRI

A knot for carrying things: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fBsDvZRjk1E

A quick release knot, the Bellringer's Knot, also called the half a sheep shank: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GjL6xy_kX5g

A bowline: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VboK2spg7Eo

 

 

Some more knots:  https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xm4DkK223EY

Recipe for Soy Sauce Pan Fried Noodles

 TiffyCooks has a recipe for Soy Sauce Pan-fried Noodles (15 Minutes!). This is a vegetarian version, but meat can be added.

 

Ingredients

450g noodles: Chow Mein, Frozen Udon or Shanghai noodles

3 tbsp of soy sauce

2.5 tbsp of dark soy sauce

2 tbsp of sugar (this was a bit too much, try using 1)

4 tbsp of water or vegetable stock

6 cloves of garlic (sliced)

3 stalks of spring onion

1-3 red chili

1.5 cups of bean sprouts

Faster Spaghetti & Meat Sauce

 Brian Lagerstrom has a video on The Faster, BETTER Way to make Spaghetti & Meat Sauce (25 Mins!).

 

Ingredients

▪1lb/450g 80/20 ground chuck
▪8oz/225g hot italian pork sausage (O use 2 links)
▪200g or 1 med-lrg onion, medium diced
▪20g or 4 cloves garlic, minced/pressed
▪Coarse salt
▪1g or 1/2tsp dried oregano
▪1g or 1/2tsp red chili flake
▪75g or 1/3c tomato paste
▪15g or 1Tbsp beef better than bouillon
▪28oz/800g can crushed tomatoes
▪28oz/800g water (enough water to fill tomato can)
▪7-8g or 2tsp granulated sugar
▪10g or 3Tbsp fresh basil, chopped
▪12oz/340g dried spaghetti (broken in half)
▪50g or 1/2c grated parmesan + extra for garnish
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German white bread recipe

 Schnell Lecker Kochen demonstrates making bread in My grandfather showed me this bread recipe. An old German bread recipe. baking bread.

Burrito Recipe

 Let's Eat Plants has a burrito recipe in the video Genius Hack to Eat Healthy for $5/Day. She starts on the burrito at around the 2:15 mark.

Ingredients

75g (uncooked) black beans $0.15 (I cooked 300g in total for 4 servings, and still had some leftover)
1 tsp. chili powder $0.02 (I recommend adding a pinch of salt here as well)
40g (uncooked) rice $0.09 (I cooked 250g in total for 4 servings, but had so much leftover, I've reduced the per serving amount to 40g uncooked (160g uncooked for 4 servings))
50g frozen veggies $0.17 (I cooked 200g in total for 4 servings but had a lot leftover with the rice)
1/2 cup salsa $0.14
Tortilla $0.39
Total cost per serving = $0.95
Optional: add onion, cilantro, jalapeños, extra spices, salsa or hot sauce

Exercises to stop tripping when you walk

 HT Physio – Over-Fifties Specialist Physio has two simple exercises in his video How to Stop Tripping When You Walk (1 Simple Trick).

Explaining Harmony

Nahre Sol on How I wish HARMONY was explained to me as a student.

Improving your VO2 Max at home

 The Running Channel have a video on How to IMPROVE Your VO2 Max AT HOME | 4 Key Workouts To Increase Cardiovascular Fitness.

Pasta with Peas

Sip and Feast's Easily The Best One Pot Meal In Under 30 Minutes.

Ingredients

1 pound (454g) ditalini or tubetti
½ cup (120g) extra virgin olive oil
1 large onion - diced
½ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
16 ounce (180g) can tomato paste
4 cups (960g) water - plus more as needed
1 teaspoon kosher salt - plus more to taste
12 ounces (354g) frozen peas
¾ cup (90g) Pecorino Romano - grated

Using your lats in pullups

Andrew Alinda in Can't Feel Pull Ups In Your Lats? | JUST DO THIS has some tips on using lats in pull ups.

Garlic Mushroom Pasta

 The Mediterranean Dish has Garlic Mushroom Pasta Without the Cream.

Ingredients

200 grams dry pasta I used Toscani-shaped pasta
Kosher salt
⅓ cup Extra virgin olive
1 tablespoon butter
2 shallots minced
5 garlic cloves minced
200 grams Baby Bella Mushrooms sliced
200 grams white mushrooms sliced
200 grams portabella mushrooms roughly chopped
black pepper
1 teaspoon dry rosemary
3 tablespoons of tomato paste
¼ cup merlot wine
½ cup of grated Parmesan
½ cup packed parsley
⅓ cup chopped walnuts
Red pepper flakes to taste optional

Pomodoro or Tomato Sauce

 Epicurious has the The Best Tomato Sauce You'll Ever Make (Restaurant-Quality) | Epicurious 101 with Lish Steiling.

 

Ingredients

1 red onion

1 carrot

6 large cloves of garlic

Large piece of parmesan cheese rind

800ml can of whole tomatoes

Fresh basil

Salt

Olive oil

Growing Shoulders

 How I Grew My Shoulders... QUICK by Colin Murray.

Catalyst Episode on Extreme Weather

 An episode of ABC's Catalyst, called Extreme Weather, explained how "global warming can produce extreme droughts, floods, heatwaves, and even blizzards". 

Mushroom Ragu

 From the Bon Appétit channel comes Chris Makes Mushroom Ragù | From The Test Kitchen | Bon Appétit

Pasta and Chickpeas

Pasta e ceci or pasta and chickpeas from Sip and Feast at The Easy and Best Pasta For Busy Weeknights.

Ingredients

1 medium onion

1 medium carrot

2 sticks of celery

5 cloves garlic

1 cup of canned plum tomatoes - crushed

4 cups of vegetable or chicken stock (low sodium is fine), but may need more stock or water later

4 400g cans of chickpeas

220g small pasta

Sprig of rosemary

Rind of Parmesan or Parmigiano cheese

¼ teaspoon crushed dried chilli flakes