Stop Telling Yourself This…

The first section of my book was as much about unlearning misinformation as it was about teaching you new things. There are various things we say to ourselves that can keep us stuck. Three of these areas are outlined below.    Making Changes Requires More Than Just...

Avoid Tripping & Falling Forever

Over the 18 years since starting this newsletter I will include an article on preventing falls when I see someone trip over which reminds me to talk about it. I saw two trips last week, the way to fall well and the way not to do it.    On Sunday I was in Clapham, for...

Eating Your Vitamins & Minerals

Last week I wrote about the factors that most influenced life expectancy and health. One of these was eating a healthy diet, one aspect of which was whether you are eating adequate amounts of vitamins & minerals. Many people are missing out on certain specific...

Living Longer – Most Important Factors

While in Turkey last month I stayed in the hotel where Global Wellness Day (June 8th) was created. I had never heard of it to be honest but after searching I can see that it is quite an event, celebrated in 170 countries supported by the likes of Oprah, Do Oz and...

The Effort Curve

I was chatting this week about the effort curve. This relates to how your health & fitness results do not have a linear relationship with effort. Instead, there is this weird S-shape pattern where you may get limited results despite putting in a nice bit of effort...