Here’s a sobering fact: you can lose up to 40% of your muscle mass between your 20s and your 80s. That might sound outlandish, but it’s a natural part of ageing. Known as sarcopenia, this is the gradual loss of muscle mass that occurs as we age. Alth...
Protein is an essential part of a healthy diet. It helps us build and maintain strong muscles and bones, helps us better recover from illness and injury, and reduces likelihood of falls and fractures. But, as we age, many of us don’t get enough prote...
Body image concerns among men are increasingly common and can have a serious impact on mental health. And for an estimated one in ten young men who go the gym in the UK, these body image concerns can result in a mental health condition known as muscl...
One of the biggest misconceptions in fitness today is on nutrition and how you’re supposed to go about it. When you saw the title of this post, I’m sure you thought it would be about some insane diet or workout program that no one has ever heard of b...
A newer concept of health known as “allostasis,” which means “stability through change" has immerged. It argues that rather than simply striving to preserve a steady state of internal balance, the human body and brain are designed to anticipate and m...
This is really the law of nature, this is natural law of the universe, evolution and everything. As we go through life, we get feedback, we make a mistake, we trip over, we scrape our knee and it stings… and we learn. “Okay, watch where you are going...
Crisis will reveal what you do not deal with yourself. The people who have built a measure of success but they didn’t earn and never dealt with the issues that lie deep within. Those things ALWAYS come out in crisis. Don’t be these people – invest to...
If you have the best food and access to the best gyms and the best everything, but the foundations of your health and fitness practices have issues with them, it doesn’t matter how good anything is. It’s going to fall over and it’s going to fail. In...
What would it be like if we were able to focus on the things that are consistent and normal, yet also profoundly great. What would happen if we were able to consciously focus on simple things and less stressful days. How often do you sit down and con...
Understanding sleep, the power of it and how to get as much high-quality sleep as possible is one of the healthiest things we can do. Sleep is a naturally recurring state characterised by reduced or absent consciousness, and the inactivity of nearly...