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...

7 Exercises To Do While Sitting

Two newsletters ago we went through different sitting positions that actually help your posture and I gave you some simple ways to stretch while working at your desk. Along similar lines this newsletter has seven exercises you can do to strengthen your muscles without...

Exercise, Rest & Recovery

I spent the weekend in Turkey enjoying the mountains just outside of Istanbul. It was a great rest for my body after a nice training block since my last Hyrox. This brings up the topic of how you should balance exercise with rest and recovery.    This conversation is...

Four Ways To Sit To Help Your Posture

We spend most of our days sitting down so wouldn’t it be great if we could find a way to improve posture while doing it. Surprisingly, it is not as hard as you think. There are four stretches that you can do which you would barely notice while sitting at a desk...