Today the wife and I enjoyed a lazy Sunday and decided to finish it with a traditional aussie Sunday roast for dinner. There are two great things about a roast for dinner, firstly it tastes great, secondly once it’s prepared you pretty much leave it in the
Read more →It’s a Saturday night, a night at home on my own with the kids. So many choices of what to do, should I watch my favourite tv show ‘True Blood’, should I watch the football, or should I get my arse in ‘The Pit’ and train. I
Read more →Today was the first chance since I had been away to train with my wife (Mrs Niko). It had been well over a week since we trained together so it was good to be back together training in ‘The Pit’. Mrs Niko and I have been training
Read more →Back in Brisbane and another day at work. As usual I pack my bag for work which includes all my meals for the day and my training gear. At the start of the day I’m not sure if I will have time to train today but as
Read more →Today is my 34th birthday and also a day off from training. The last 6 days have been a bit out of the ordinary because I have been away from home. Being away from home I had a bit more spare time than normal, so I took
Read more →Today marks my last day in Cairns, can’t wait to get home. Last night I worked until 11:00pm and I’m back at work at 8:00am. While I’m working I run into Scuba who invites me to play a game of touch football. He tells me that a
Read more →Today illustrates the beauty of shift work, it’s a part of it that I enjoy, it is also a massive reason why most people don’t like it. My shift today doesn’t start until 2:00pm. To me it’s a chance for a bit of a sleep in and
Read more →I don’t have the luxury of a commercial gym membership, which allows me to train at various locations around Australia and possibly the world. So instead I alternate between my home gym which I have named ‘The Pit’, friends home gyms and a gym at my place
Read more →My normal day at home involves getting up to the kids, doing the usual Dad thing, getting ready for work then commute on a train for almost an hour into work. Today was a bit different; my body clock still woke me up around 6:00am. Instead of
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My name is Niko. I’m a 35 year-old happily married, shift working, father of two boys. My whole life I have been involved in sport, through high school and my early to mid-twenties I was heavily involved in playing Rugby League and weight training. 
