slides from BI-lecture

The slides from the BI-lecture held March 17th are available on this page. The slides are in Norwegian.

keeping in shape

As somebody who spent the a large part of his life as an obese person, the need to stay in shape has become more and more important. Not in the least because keeping up with my sons' activity levels demands it.

After a while of “slack living” I restarted my active living in April '05, and at the time of writing this (February '06) I'm 36 kilos lighter and in excellent aerobic condition.

While there are many ways to keep yourself healthy, and none of them necessarily “better” than others, the ways I have chosen, and that works for me, are divided into three sections:

bicycling

What I'm talking about here is Mountain Biking; specifically Cross Country MTB. To do this I rely on Scott Cycles; for the time being the Scale 40 XL, which fits both me and my wallet perfectly.

scott scale 40

Once the bike is in place you sometimes need parts, and I tend to get them from cyclecomponents in Sweden. They've got a large stock and react quite quickly to all my questions.

Finally. The bike is there, fully equipped. Now what to do? Well, you could join a club, but I prefer a more solitary approach with higher quality trainers, so Chris Carmichaels trainright.com suits me fine. Great advice, great trainers and great follow-up. If it works for Lance, it works for me!

You still have to do all your own cycling though ...

resistance training

Say “resistance training” and most people think you're talking about weight training. Well, you are ... and you're not. You don't need a gym to get stronger. Sometimes your body is enough (ever try 50 push-ups?). And then you've got boulders, snow-shuffling, tire-flipping and a lot of other fun activities.

terje & the tire

My approach to resistance training is based on functionality (training with “natural” movements and exercises) and experimentation. As such, inspiration is important, and that I get from a lot of sources. Here I'll mention a few to get you started:

and my great friends the personal training business;

martial arts

I've spent more than 25 years doing some form of martial art. Japanese ninjutsu and aikido. Chinese wing chun and tai chi. Western boxing and more modern knife and stick work ala Sayoc. Just to mention a few of the styles I've been studying.

However, most of my time at the moment is used promoting the old viking art of Glima (as the Icelandic call it), or Broktak, as it's known in Norwegian lore. There's a whole site dedicated to this art, so instead of going on about it here, why don't you just have a look for yourself.

need advice?

Although I'm no personal trainer, I do know more about training than most people I know, and this knowledge I'm happy to share with you. All you have to do is ask.