@ShawnPorter Have you tried the Ab Wheel/ Roller ? Not trying to be a dick, and I know you have a trainer but I'm not a proponent of using weighted ab exercises for the simple reason that the abs like any other muscle will tend to grow with weighted exercises . I would make the exception with people involved with specific strength sports as they are looking for performance over aesthetics .
@Dan S The old Stairmaster machines used to fill me with dread , you don't see em much any more and if you do they're always covered in dust . I believe they were a popular device for training the millitary elite forces .
@hogg I would be interested to know what points you brought up ? I meant to quiz you before about this but its the second time I've heard the term '"wabori " which is in fact a false term as Japanese tattooing is already inherently Japanese . In the S.O.G. book on Horiyoshi III he expands on this as a diminishing of tradition and language is usually the first thing to give . To quote Horiyoshi III " I make a point to never use the word . I use Nihon Dento Irezumi - Japanese traditional tattoo ."
Another great artist residing in London is Kanae of Nine Tails Tattoo , previously she served her apprenticeship at Hocus Pocus Studio Japan and her work is the simple , bold very traditional Japanese style .
Nine Tails Tattoo § Kanae
@Brock Varty There's a Japanese Gallery in London selling original woodblock prints that you can compare prices too ,
check out their selection of Kuniyoshi and co while you're at it
JAPANESE GALLERY, London, UK. Buy ukiyoe prints online.
Just finished Slaughterhouse 5 , and The Contortionists Handbook by Craig Clevenger , the later is apty tittled as its the story of a forger who ducks and weaves by continually changing his identity however repeated overdoses means he now must elude the grasp of his psychiatrist . It's an original and fast moving story that received high praise from Irvine Welsh of Trainspotting fame .
I was thinking Scott Sylvia should keep a stash for each time he tattoos a LSI member that way he could save on postage and said person doesn't have to wait till the end of the month to receive their shirt .