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Paul1965

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Hi everyone.
I've started a new Fitness and Diet Tips blog for Christians.

www.glorifyfitness.blogspot.com

It's in it's infancy at the moment with only a few posts under different page headings. I'm currently writing the next batch of 10 articles. 5 faith based, 5 exercise and diet.
I'd appreciate and comments or constructive criticisms you may have.
I've enabled comments on the blog, so please feel free to "tell it like it is" on page or reply here. It's a totally free site and there will be a heap of weight loss / fitness tools and widgets added in the next week or so.
Thanks for your time and i look forward to your replies.
Blessings in Christ
paul

Oh, by the way, I'm a former state and national level martial artist and am currently preparing for my Private trainers certification. I also write freelance fitness and diet articles with over 200 published online and in printed media so it is a topic I know about.
 
I like the blog. Here are a few thoughts I have:
  • The header is missing something. I like simple, but it seems a little too simple. I think a picture would make it stand out a little more. If you could add a simple picture that combines fitness and Christianity that may be really good. It could still be simple. A quick idea that I have is a picture of weights sitting on the floor with the shadow comming off those weights that forms a cross.
  • Your "about me" section reads well. It makes you credible in what you are writing. That is very important. BUT you should have that displayed in a place that people can see or get to very easily if they are visiting your stie for the first time. If someone enters your site for the first time they may never see this section since it is at the bottom of the page. I would make it a tab at the very top that redirects the reader to it. And have a short piece about you in a box that displays on the right column that at least says "writes health and fitness articles for online magazines and fitness websites"
I hope this helps. Good luck
Corey
 
Thanks Corey, I'm actually waiting for a mate of mine to finish the header the header logo (I'm not good with graphics.) It's just a simple cross made from a barbell standing on end and a dumb bell as the cross piece.Simple but i think effective.
I'll move the about me section today. Been writing some new pieces flat out this week that are in my final edit stage.

I'm writing with both Christians and people considering Christianity in mind, so I don't want to make it too heavy in Biblical quotes that it will put them off and not too light so it's just another fitness site with a few references to His word thrown in if you know what i mean. There's also a page I'm working on for more in depth discussion about health and fitness as related to Worship of HIM not self worship.
Trying to get enough hours in the day.....you know how it is. Busy, busy, busy!

Also I haven't forgotten about the t-shirts, waiting for clients to pay me:confused Do you do tank-tops at all?, Hate wear tees when working out...
Last thing,is it ok for me to put a link from my blog to your site? Early days yet, but if I get enough traffic, might give you some extra potential. Let me know when you have the time.
Cheers mate
God Bless you and your loved ones
Paul
Do you do tank-tops at all?
 
No worries Paul. Sorry, I dont have any tank tops.

I noticed another thing in case you are intersted. When reffering to a previous article (i.e. ".. In my article on calorie deficits I explained .. ) you can link the article name to that article. It makes it very easy for the reader to get around. its great for reader usability but its also helpful for SEO.

Just another thought.
 
Hi Corey, ive just been in there doing that very thing. Changed position of about me and backgrounds too.
 
Oh and yes, feel free to put a link to my website. Thanks, I really appreciate it.

I can see you are still working on things with your website. Let me know when you are done with the next round and I can review again, if you would like.
 
Not bad at all. Good info, keep it coming. :thumbsup It seems as though a couple of the titles are not bolded and the last section of text isn't bolded like the rest of the main bodies of text. I think it will look better if the formatting for all headings is the same and the formatting for all bodies of text is the same.
 
Hi Corey and Free thanks for he input. The headings keep reverting back to non bold (blogger dashboard darn it) still trying to rectify it. I'll be updating
it on Tuesdays and Fridays with new articles because I have to fit writing those in between my writing jobs for clients.
Next articles are part 2 of the "Build a strong Temple", a piece about HITT and another about Toxins in food. (that last one is using USDA figures so it might be of particular interest to Statesiders.
I'm also doing a series of Myth-buster type articles about the most popular fad diets at the moment and exposing the Male-bovine-excrement surrounding them! I've got some great 1st hand quotes from clients who push this junk that'll show just how far they will go to push their stuff
Hopefully all the calculators and other gadget will be sorted out this week grrrrrr.

A question, what did you think about the balance between Faith and fitness? Okay or not enough of one to the other?

Thanks very much both of you for taking the time to have a look at the site and giving me your feedback.
Corey I'll put your link on the site later today with a short plug bout your Tees. Is it ok to copy and past two pics to add to the plug? let me know either way and as you tell me, so it will be done.
Cheers
and God bless
 
I think the balance you have is good.

Yes, feel free to use any of the pictures. You may not be able to copy some of the pictures of the shirts because the zoom function does not allow it. So if you need anything you cannot copy, just ask me and I can send you a picture.
 
Hi Paul, I liked it and you seem like a really interesting guy. I'd try to use your strength of your interesting life as an asset cause there is so much diet info out there. Maybe a few pics of you in your prime fighting or something would help. The black on grey was a little tough on the eyes for me may be personal.
 
Hi Gordon and thanks. yeah my life has been"different" but the Lord has seen me through the worst of times and I'm still standing and stronger through Him, than I or anyone else thought possible.
I'll adjust the colour scales later tonight and see how that goes.
Waiting to get photos scanned and sent from Oz from the fighting days. Don't know how many are left because I burnt a lot of stuff from my old life because it was painful at the time...regret it now though...dumb I know...
Thanks for your input Gordon and God Bless
 
Hi everyone, I've addressed the issues you pointed out and I think it all works now. I checked the links and they are working and changed the background colour to a light aqua colour (easier to read I think)
Corey i wrote a small article about your site and included 2 links and 2 photo's of your tees on there as my featured site/business. Can you check and make sure the details are correct again and let me know of any changes ASAP.. (The bill is in the mail:))
I'm running a little behind schedule soit may be Wednesday before the next articles are up.
God's blessings to you all
 
Thaks Paul. I really appreciate it. And I think it looks good. Just one quick thing. I dont have different shirt styles for men and women. They are thes same shirt, but the shirt style I use is a shirt that is often worn by men and women. I just wanted to clarify in case you thought differently.

FYI, when I get some time (hopefully within the next week) I am going to create a seciton of my blog called "talking about us" that will have a link to all the sites that have some sort of review about the site so you will soon have a link as well.

Thanks again
 
Hi Corey, thank you. I'll change the wording of the article so there's no confusion about the shirt styles.
Blessings
 
I've just added another page to the blog with a couple of Diet / Fitness tools. There's a BMR, BMI and IBW calculator and also a calorie counter which gives the calories in a huge range of foods. More important than calories, it gives you the breakdown of Macro-nutrients (Protein, Carbs and Fats) as well as some of the more important Micro-nutrients (Vitamins and minerals).
Blessings to all on this special day
 
Hi,I've just added new post to the site, sorry it was later than i said,been a hectic week.
Blessings in Christ
 
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