⭑ Clicking tendons? ✔ Why, what it means and what to do about it.⭑ Walking doesn't improve tendon health - do this instead ✔ Exercise review⭑ Our joints have brains - they need constant stimulation ✔ Here's why⭑ Four fabulous tendon-strengthening exercises ✔ At home or gym All strength to Ukraine 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 Hello, I trust you are well and active. Strong tendons matter! In a blog post from 2020 I wrote "Keep Your Tendons Healthy And Your Balance Will Look After Itself", which I'll...
14 days ago • 5 min read
⭑ Correlation, association, causation... which is the fairest of them all?⭑ Do extraverts really live longer than intraverts ✔ Good news⭑ Consistency beats fads every time ✔ It's no secret⭑ Crawling your way to longevity ✔ 2 minutes at a time All strength to Ukraine 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 Hello, I trust you are well and active. Thursday's MIND lead article in the New York Times captured my attention "The One Quality Most ‘Super-Agers’ Share". It reported on 25 years research of a group of people -...
21 days ago • 5 min read
⭑ Even decaf coffee improves your brain health ✔ To a point⭑ Winning food synergies with bananas ✔ My favourites⭑ Why max muscle counts less than active muscle for longevity ✔⭑ Rare squat builds your strength and flexibility ✔ At the same time All strength to Ukraine 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 Hello, I trust you are well and active. In a complex world I find that exercise helps steady my thinking - as long as I focus on the exercise and not the Youtube that might be playing. I start my day at the local...
28 days ago • 5 min read
⭑ Tripped getting out of the car? ✔ Here's the most likely cause and cure⭑ Hip flexor tightness linked to fat gains ✔ You can avoid this⭑ Good circulation requires hip flexor mobility ✔ Important for your healthspan⭑ Boost your posture and breathing ✔ A simple everyday exercise All strength to Ukraine 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 Hello, I trust you are well and active. In an email this week from kettlebell king Pavel Tsatsouline he promoted the hip flexor stretch as a lost powerhouse exercise which he...
about 1 month ago • 5 min read
⭑ Why I add pepper to my protein shakes ✔ You should too⭑ Boost iron absorption 5X by this food pairing ✔ You have the ingredients⭑ 3X the power of onion to repair our cells with this food pairing ✔ ⭑ This olive oil has anti-inflammatory action of ibuprofen ✔ No side effects All strength to Ukraine 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 Hello, I trust you are well and active. I'm hitting a single topic today - food synergies. What do I mean? By food synergies I mean the hidden power of 1 + 1 = 3, or sometimes 1 +...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
⭑ Your brain needs not just enough sleep but better sleep to recover ✔ Research⭑ Creatine found to improve brain energy ✔ A safe well-researched supplement ⭑ Duke Uni found brain aging spotted early can be reversed ✔ Lifestyle factors⭑ Decrease your mortality risk with this really simple standing exercise ✔ All strength to Ukraine 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 Hello, I trust you are well and active. Today's newsletter has a "brain" focus, mainly because as I dug deeper into my initial topic it led to the...
about 2 months ago • 5 min read
⭑ This fat burns your brain, you need to reduce it ✔ Omega 3 helps⭑ How protein can lead to more inflammation as we age ✔ Here's what to do ⭑ You healthy gut is responsible for feeling good ✔ The gut brain connection⭑ This exercise stimulates your gut to release serotonin ✔ Feel happy All strength to Ukraine 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 Hello, I trust you are well and active. Preparing this week's newsletter took an unexpected turn. A Youtube caught my attention. Since Covid - when we were restricted to...
about 2 months ago • 6 min read
⭑ For strength gains do cardio second ✔ It's a metabolic fact⭑ If you want to lose calories faster avoid the fat-burning zone ✔ Here's why ⭑ Healthy fats are an essential part of a healthy over-50's diet ✔ Research⭑ Build fast reflex and big muscle strength with this one exercise ✔ All strength to Ukraine 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 Hello, I trust you are well and active. Item #1: A newspaper article prompted me to respond to their click-bait "revelation" that doing cardio before strength training was a...
2 months ago • 5 min read
⭑ I read this and changed my sitting habits ✔ You should too ⭑ Tempeh is next-level tofu ✔ Tofu plus the fibre great for gut health⭑ Check out the various ways non-genetic causes effect brain health ✔ Research⭑ This video will bring you up to speed on brain prevention in 100 seconds ✔ All strength to Ukraine 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 Hello, I trust you are well and active. I have been sticking my head in the sand about sitting too long and making up for it with exercise, it seems. You might think...
2 months ago • 5 min read