We all remember what a joy bicycle riding was when we were children. Now, cycling to work and errands has become a necessity to save money. With gas, car maintenance, car finance and insurance prices skyrocketing, owning a car is becoming a luxury. Cycling provides not only huge savings advantages, but tremendous health… Read more
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5 Fitness Mistakes to Avoid
Summer is upon us and everyone is trying to showcase their beach body. We probably have an idea of what we want to look like on that beach and inevitably most of us fall short of coming anywhere close to what we envisage! I can’t help but snigger as I browse the fitness magazines at… Read more
A Secret World – Diving Angelita and Calavera (Temple of Doom) Cenotes
Hola Amigos! A couple of days back I took you on a diving adventure into the Mayan underworld. Together we explored the caverns of Casa and Grand Cenote and the hidden wonders within. To avoid repeating myself, I am going to assume that you all know what a cenote is and understand that Mexico has… Read more
Combining Freelancing with Fitness
Freelancing certainly has its upsides: flexible hours, flexible working methods and the right to choose where you work and when. It’s not only bloggers and graphic designers either; 21st century communications make it possible for administrative and secretarial roles to be performed remotely as well. Increasingly, companies are creating more and more home-based roles for… Read more
Change Your Life Series – Step 2 Eat Healthily
Have you joined the cool kids as a subscriber of SavvyScot.com yet? ——–> Last week we started the Change Your Life Series; a series of ten blog posts that (if followed) will change your life – guaranteed! The first post was centered around Exercise. For the last seven days you have been slowly increasing… Read more
On Fitness and Life
Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure As regular readers of this site will know I am a bit of a fitness fanatic. I want to draw your attention to a post that I wrote a few months back which summarises the Top Tips to Attain Your Workout Goals. If you… Read more
Mission Failed..
If you read my last post ‘Sunday Update‘ you will know that I was supposed to be climbing mountains around the UK all this week. Unfortunately not everything went to plan.. Here is a quick recap of what happened: We departed Edinburgh at around 7am on Monday morning. This allowed us plenty of time to… Read more
Sunday Update
Sunday Update Hello everybody. I write this post whilst at 30000ft, for today I am flying to Edinburgh. This week I will be taking part in a crazy 3 part challenge in an attempt to raise £1000 for charity. I’m supporting Shelter, a homeless charity that does some fantastic work in the UK. Myself… Read more
SHHH Did you hear that?
Hola! It has been a busy few weeks after returning from honeymoon. I haven’t stopped! I only just properly realised that taking vacation from work is very different from University / School holidays: School / Uni Holidays are holidays – you pick up where you left off on return Work never stops – and it… Read more
Lessons in Negotiation
As I mentioned on my last post, Mrs Scot and I decided to take out a contract at our local gym. With some successful experience in sales (through a part time job), I consider myself to be quite a good negotiator and my secret is to use a diverse range of tactics. I’ll start with an example. When… Read more
My New Life
Hello! After being warned of how bad a drought we are in over the last few weeks, nature sure has made a point of proving a point. We have had SO much rain! Saying that, the sky is blue, the birds are singing and it is set to be a beautiful day! The weekend has… Read more
ParkatmyHouse / PetrolPrices / Fitness Challenge / Further Reading
Got a mix-match post today: First up, Mrs Scot and I went to Wembly Arena in London on Saturday night to a concert. One of my pet-hates is getting stuck in traffic, especially when it is expected. Therefore parking at the arena was out of the question – especially at a cost of £25 ($40)…. Read more