RedFox Blog: Different Standards.

Post 781 7/1/21

We have now fully left the EU and now we turn to our farming friends who will find the European Market even harder to sell. The EU will stay the same but the UK government is set to change the standards that we operate. But! those standards will be dumbed down because we will have to compete with better quality meat and dairy products. Competition in this area is very tough. But as an independent trading nation we will have to find a market for our farms. America is one such market but the very problem is that our meat and dairy products are very expensive.

If we are to sell our products there we will have to cut our standards and sell cheaper meats. But then comes the EU our main customer. They will then put tariffs onto our meat and dairy products because we have diverged from their standards. We cannot win. But we should really be protecting our EU market rather than the U.S Market because they are nearer. If the divergence is bigger the more expensive our products. And that would mean that farms will lose money. This was not explained in the battle for Brexit and something no one really thought of.

Building Muscles In A Lockdown.

This is very difficult as I am strength training or was. However the Coronavirus pandemic has other ideas. It is that UK government that has decided that all commercial gyms close. And that also goes for leisure Centre’s as well . Which means for me that my training has come to a holt. But! there are other methods that will create muscle build. You can buy a set of dumb bells and use them for training. You can get a very cheap set online and use them for training. But you don’t even have to do that. You can use other things like bags of sugar.

Training in this type of situation is always difficult. There is not the professional coaching that you would need. And definitely not the equipment to help you achieve your goals. Unless you are very lucky and have the room to build a home gym. And even better you are able to build a purpose built building to house your home gym. But if you are not rich enough or no garage to house it there is very little you can do. But there is now a sense that everyone should be made to keep fit and outside gyms are not yet being closed. Mind you in this weather you would probably not want to use it.