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real girl sport: eating for sport
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Food and nutrition can come across as such complex topics but unless we understand what's going into our bodies we can't take part as well as we'd like. It's all very well to say eat healthily but what does that mean? So this is a list of fact-sheets I've found useful for on my personal diet; from two reputable sources. One is the Irish Nutrition and Dietetics Institute. The other is the Australian Institute of Sport. What to eat, when to eat. Carbs, the facts. Food and fluid for marathons. Three Iranian...
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real girl sport: about
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Niamh Griffin PIC Paula Bronstein Getty. This blog grew out of frustration really at the lack of coverage for women in the majority of media outlets. I say this as a journalist myself now ; there have been some changes but not enough or fast enough so I blog . I live in Ireland now, working as a health journalist. But sport is a huge passion as you can see here - for myself and encouraging women to find their sport! This blog is personal only, no links to where I work. And in this National Geographic doco.
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real girl sport: blogging tips
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There's so little written about women in sport by newspapers or shown on TV compared to male sport - thank goodness for the internet! If you've got a sports or fitness blog, and want to make it grow maybe these tips I've picked up (the hard way! Over the last few years could help you out:. Build a blogging community. Making contacts and online buddies is the way to grow your blog – read, read and keep reading blogs until you find ones you like. Use free photo-editing sites like PicMonkey. By using the "A...
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real girl sport: World Champion boxer Deirdre Gogarty visits Ireland
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Tuesday, November 13, 2012. World Champion boxer Deirdre Gogarty visits Ireland. The walls of St Saviour’s Boxing Gym in Dublin are covered with photos of tough-looking men, gloved-up and ready to fight. But next to Muhammed Ali, there’s a photo of Deirdre Gogarty. With a World Title belt around her waist. World Champion 1997 Irish Boxer Deirdre Gogarty (this pic from 1994). 8220;I kept a letter she sent congratulating me on wining the world title. And at the bottom she said maybe one they will let u...
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real girl sport: photographs
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Victory in Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand (yes, that's me). Do you have great photos of women doing sport? This blog is part of the Wordless Wednesday. Hundreds of bloggers who post up photos every Wednesday. Some are professionals, others just point'n'shoot. You can see the photographs here. Some of these photos are mine - from my phone when I'm out and about, and some via a 'big' camera. Promote Your Page Too. Niamh Griffin. Muaythai addict. Ireland. Blogging mostly on women in combat sport: read it, do it!
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real girl sport: Muaythai on the Olympics road!
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Wednesday, December 7, 2016. Muaythai on the Olympics road! Wednesdays are usually wordless posts given over just to photographs, but this week is a little bit special. As you probably know from reading this blog, muaythai is the sport closest to my heart (and to my broken bones but that's another story! Boxers under IFMA are already preparing for The World Games in 2017, and now there's another goal! You can read more on the IFMA website here. Phone video - I watched these girls from Poland. Caley Reece...
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real girl sport: Muaythai or dancing, it's all fun for Shauna Nicole
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Friday, October 7, 2016. Muaythai or dancing, it's all fun for Shauna Nicole. Shaun post-fight with her Dad and the trainer at Patong gym in Thailand. Shauna Nicole (16) fights in two weeks on the Siam Warriors Muaythai Supershow. In Cork Ireland. She talked to me about fighting in Ireland and Thailand, football and dancing with the Montfort school. She started training at 13 with Cobra Thai in Cork. Even fighters love a bit of pink! Trying to explain why she loves training so much, she says: ‘It&#...
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real girl sport: Most popular blogposts on realgirlsport in 2016
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Friday, December 30, 2016. Most popular blogposts on realgirlsport in 2016. How was your 2016? There are many tragic events to reflect upon but maybe that is why people are gravitating more and more towards inspiring sports stories. Are we looking for a ballast in a world gone mad, or looking for a spark of humanity in the mayhem? Stats time: these are the posts and the sports women on this blog which you read the most in 2016:. 5 Climbing in Alaska with Ti Conkle. Is your favourite post not here? On Sat...
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real girl sport: Training smarter; Elaine McElligott on MuayThai wisdom
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Monday, May 16, 2016. Training smarter; Elaine McElligott on MuayThai wisdom. Elaine and her Cork Martial Arts Award. On June 4th Elaine McElligott (Irl) steps into the ring against Krisinta Hopper (UK) She talks about fighting, retiring and now fighting again with a wiser approach to her body. About a year ago Elaine was retired, months since she’d left MuayThai competition burned out from two intense title bouts. 8220;Because it was a title nothing but winning would do.”. And when the chance came last ...
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real girl sport: Climbing in Alaska with Ti Conkle
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Tuesday, July 26, 2011. Climbing in Alaska with Ti Conkle. Ti Conkle works full time as an internal auditor/investigator for the government in Alaska but every chance she gets, she find ways to get outdoors and explore the world outside from every angle. And she means every chance . she commutes to and from work on her bike during the spring, summer, fall and parts of winter until it gets colder than -20F/-29C. She blogs at Element 22. Medical gloves and cucumbers,. Headlamp and Kleenex,. Come back on Th...
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