⭑ The hidden strength of muscle power - see item #1.⭑ Holy mackerel - these foods repair your eyesight - item #2.⭑ Building strength to fight sarcopenia- simple resistance routine - item #3.⭑ Walking - slow down to thrive - item #4. All strength to Ukraine 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 Hello, I trust you are well and active. I was reminded of the importance of muscle power by an email from a reader. Our muscle power declines most rapidly as we age, here's how it goes: Fastest Decline - Muscle Power...
11 days ago • 5 min read
⭑ How to balance consistency, identity and outcomes⭑ My wife says I'm stubborn, I say I'm consistent - what do you say? All strength to Ukraine 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 Hello, I trust you are well and active. This week's newsletter is abbreviated due to, as they say, circumstances (at least half) beyond my control. This got me thinking about how I balance consistency, identity and outcomes.Today was panning out well. I went for a 6km run this morning, then took Steve to the coffee shop, made a (real)...
18 days ago • 3 min read
⭑ I like shuffling should I start jogging? - item #1⭑ Be amazed - jogging, running - which burns more calories over 5km? - item #2.⭑ No "correct" style for running, but how you swing your arms matters - item #3.⭑ How to find your own unique running style - item #4. All strength to Ukraine 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 Hello, I trust you are well and active. It's springtime down under. I love seeing more people running, especially since I'm back running myself following my slow-healing hamstring injury. I...
25 days ago • 5 min read
⭑ 117 years old - 3 yoghurts a day, what can we learn? - see item #1.⭑ These superfoods boost your gut health - here's how - item #2.⭑ Best to time your prebiotic foods with your circadian rhythm - item #3.⭑ Two exercises which boost your gut health - item #4. All strength to Ukraine 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 Hello, I trust you are well and active. Maria Branyas Morera died last European summer at age 117. What was her secret? Lucky for us Maria made one last request. “Please study me,” she said to Dr...
about 1 month ago • 5 min read
⭑ It's time to counter-steer your exercise - see item #1.⭑ Training your brain as important as your muscles - here's why - item #2.⭑ How integrating brain and body sharpens your reflexes - item #3.⭑ Cause and effect - the living proof - item #4. All strength to Ukraine 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 Hello, I trust you are well and active. I'm devoting today's newsletter to an idea, perhaps a profound truth, that should change the way you think and do your training for the rest of your life.By pure chance...
about 1 month ago • 5 min read
⭑ High blood pooling in legs - it's fixable - see item #1.⭑ Lymph buildup that drags you down - flush it through - item #2.⭑ Bones losing density quietly - these drops to the rescue - item #3.⭑ Tendon aches that linger - here's "eccentric" long-term relief - item #4. All strength to Ukraine 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 Hello, I trust you are well and active. This week's newsletter comes from a place of curiosity rather than personal drama—unlike last week's virus saga that had me shivering in three...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read
⭑ A fever is how your body survives viruses ✔ Let it run⭑ Headache driving you nuts? ✔ Medical research recommends one drug⭑ Your viral headache can be safely reduced ✔ This works All strength to Ukraine 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 Hello, I trust you are well and active. A short newsletter this week as I have been hobbled by a virus and it's hanging over. It hit amazingly quickly, 6 am Monday at the coffee shop I actually thought to myself that I felt especially bouncy today. 7am home for exercise....
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
⭑ The muscle "spark plug" which keeps you strong ✔ Reliable research⭑ Why Vitamin D3 and Whey powder make bigger muscles ✔ Plenty of evidence⭑ Cheap supplement found to keep muscles metabolically fit ✔ It works⭑ An everyday overlooked exercise to reduce knee pain ✔ At home All strength to Ukraine 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 Hello, I trust you are well and active. Leucine and Vitamin D are on the radar today, only because I found this on our kitchen bench one morning this week. Taurine - what is this? My...
2 months ago • 5 min read
⭑ A little more meat has more benefits as we age ✔ New research⭑ Your new daily protein goal, and why ✔ The floor, minimum and ceiling amounts⭑ Muscle mass in healthy adults aging faster than age ✔ Turn this around⭑ Measure benefits of eating more protein with this exercise ✔ Keep track All strength to Ukraine 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 Hello, I trust you are well and active. This week's newsletter picks up on the benefits of eating more protein, prompted by a study which found that eating a little...
2 months ago • 5 min read