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Fitness this week, #4 2026

Hi there! Spring-like conditions have continued here even if it's been with mixed winds, drizzle and more flooding in certain parts of the country. This week...
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Fitness & Strength

Fitness this week, #3 2026

Welcome to spring! Today is the first day of spring according to the Celtic tradition (while according to the modern calendar it's the 20th of March)....
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Everyday Life

January - kittens, music and tech

It's not good to wish time away, but I can't help but be happy every year when the month of January is over. It's such a...
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Everyday Life

Do I have a word of the year for 2026?

The last few years at the beginning of the year I've chosen a "word of the year", a special focus to help me guide my mindset...
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Fitness & Strength

Fitness this week, #2 2026

We're generally boring right now, mostly staying at home doing our workouts, working, setting up new computers (I got a new laptop this week), doing other...
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Fitness & Strength

Fitness this week, #1 2026

Happy New Year everyone! In much of Europe there's some true winter with temperatures around or below zero, and heavy snow falls in some areas. Here...
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Hi there, I'm Susanne

After a mostly inactive life, I started strength training at 48 and started discovering how much it improves wellbeing, confidence and quality of life. Here I share my fitness journey, strategies to feel good and overcome self-doubt, and some of the other good things in life such as dipping my toes into hiking and our travels to Italy.

"If you think lifting is dangerous, try being weak. Being weak is dangerous."

Bret Contreras