⭑ Heard you need to ‘take it easy’ after 50? ✔ Let's challenge this myth All strength to Ukraine 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 Hello, I trust you are well and active and that you had a great Easter break. Today's newsletter is another one-subject myth-buster. How often have you seen "over-50s" fitness plans promoted as if you need something different to before 50? It assumes that over-50s require a completely different, often less intense, “age-specific” exercise plan due solely to their age. This...
12 days ago • 4 min read
⭑ Time under eccentric tension ✔ Your secret to stronger muscles⭑ Blueberries boost gut health, and more ✔ Eat with yoghurt for 2X⭑ Bad vision busts your brain! ✔ Why it accelerates dementia⭑ Breath deep - it calms SEALS and it can calm you ✔ Here's how All strength to Ukraine 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 Hello, I trust you are well and active. It still seems like summer down here in Melbourne and yet we're into Autumn. It's not hot but it's warm and dry. One of many topsy-turvy things happening in the...
26 days ago • 5 min read
⭑ Retraining your body to burn fat helps you live longer ✔ Try this⭑ Omega 3 slows aging, says large validated study ✔ Worth a try with real food⭑ The brain cleanup crew - ketones! ✔ Here's how it’s not too hard⭑ Brief bursts of exercise yield disproportionate gains - WHO research All strength to Ukraine 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 Hello, I trust you are well and active. I found one myth-debunking piece of research this week, which always grabs my attention, and then lo and behold another popped up....
about 1 month ago • 8 min read
⭑ Too big to ignore ✔ 30 year study of 100,000+ people⭑ How to make your diet changes stick ✔ What I've learnt⭑ Why now? ✔ Now is always the best time to start to improve your longevity⭑ 6-month plan - one step at a time All strength to Ukraine 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 Hello, I trust you are well and active. Today's newsletter is a one-topic format, because the results of a 30-year study of diet and healthspan can’t be ignored. Let's face it, most of us don’t change except in response to a threat,...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
⭑ These 3 seeds carry some big metabolic benefits ✔ Add them daily⭑ Put your snacking on the backburner by eating 2 foods ✔ Stay feeling full⭑ Sore shin muscles can be relieved and avoided with this warm-up ✔⭑ Weak calves are the source of many aches and pains - strength them All strength to Ukraine 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 Hello, I trust you are well and active. Marketing guru Gary Vaynerchuk's advice to people wanting to blog or write a book is "document your life or work, give people a...
about 2 months ago • 8 min read
⭑ When your energy runs low the brain sequests the rest ✔ Fatigue⭑ Who knew? The brain steals our energy after a bad nights sleep ✔ Repairs⭑ Real Simple tips on how small positive habits can delivery big benefits ✔⭑ How to improve your healthspan one step at time - Step-ups All strength to Ukraine 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 Hello, I trust you are well and active. We've experienced a run of hot days down under as we start Autumn. They become a bit draining, especially for my little dachshund who I have...
about 2 months ago • 8 min read
⭑ This push-up test is a window into your mortality risk ✔ Harvard study⭑ Eat less potentially live longer and better ✔ Calorie restriction works⭑ Johns Hopkins study of 89,000 people found a way to reduce dementia risk ✔⭑ How to master pushups - a guide for beginners ✔ 10 minutes All strength to Ukraine 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 Hello, I trust you are well and active. I'm stressed, well, coming back to normal now thankfully. My laptop suffered a catastrophic hardware failure on Wednesday morning. My...
2 months ago • 6 min read
⭑ Did you know strength-training is a fat-killer ✔ It kills our killer fat⭑ Endurance or strength training for fat reduction ✔ Here's how cardio helps⭑ Why strength training plus cardio burns more fat than cardio alone ✔⭑ Try this cardio plus strength combo medium to high intensity set ✔ 3 minutes All strength to Ukraine 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 Hello, I trust you are well and active. It's not surprising that people often find it difficult to know how to start exercising and what are the best...
2 months ago • 7 min read
⭑ Do this to get 20-times the health benefits from Turmeric ✔ It's super simple⭑ Stunning news our metabolism does not slow down as we imagined ✔ Research⭑ Are BCAA supplements worth it, not likely ✔ Despite claims otherwise⭑ Two stretch-type exercises that will ease your day ✔ 5 minutes All strength to Ukraine 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 Hello, I trust you are well and active. Thank you to those who noticed that my item 4 last week, headed "Correct Riding Position In and Out of the Saddle" was actually...
3 months ago • 8 min read