Importance of retaining muscle and bone mass As we age our capacity to retain muscle and bone mass becomes diminished for a few reasons: Firstly, we tend to become less active and this means we don’t load the body as frequently as we should. ‘If you don’t use it, you lose it’ is certainly true […]
Mental Health The topic of mental health is one that is very often difficult for people to talk about. Mental health issues can manifest themselves through all stages of our life, but at certain times we are more at risk than others and what was once often passed off as a ‘mid-life crisis’ can, for […]
Mindfulness As a man who is practical and logical in nature, I used to find terms like ‘mindfulness’ a bit cringey. However, as I have read more into what mindfulness is, it is an idea that I have now built my own tools around to help control my emotions, stress levels and generally try to […]
Is all stress negative? I’ve previously posted about how and why stress can be damaging to both your mental and physical health if we don’t gain appropriate control over the situation. But, is all stress negative? Many people see all stress as equal and view it as negative. However, one of the most important shifts […]
Importance of nutrition: Stress can be both caused and amplified by poor nutrition habits. This can create a vicious spiral of even more stress and even worse eating habits. Stress typically goes one of two ways in regard to nutrition; it leads to comfort eating, typically on high calorie foods leading to weight gain, or […]
The Importance Of Sleep Sleep is incredibly important, I’m sure you know this… but many people do not understand why. Yes, lack of sleep might leave us feeling overtired and under recovered but it actually comes with some pretty bad news health wise if we don’t get enough of it! Unfortunately, stress causes lack of […]
Why Stress Can Impact Sex Drive. You may not realise it but stress can impact on so much more than just your mood state. One of the biggest issues stress can cause, especially as we enter our forties is reductions in libido. Reductions in sex drive are often attributed to natural reductions in testosterone as […]
High Stress Levels and their impact on health. Middle Age: Although our Forties can often be the time we are likely to be entering our period of greatest professional achievements and maximising our earning potential, the associated stress that is often part and parcel of the added responsibilities can have huge negative impacts on our […]
Testosterone Levels. One of the most under-appreciated aspects of making sure that we stay healthy and support our testosterone levels is nutrition. From our 30’s onwards our body’s testosterone levels are lowering through age and other life stressors. Therefore, both exercise and nutrition become increasingly important factors to make sure we keep ourselves, fit, healthy, […]
Stroke Recovery Great to see Michael Johnson, one of my Athletics heroes, back on TV following his stroke last year. Being acutely aware of his body he felt irregularities during a training session so went straight to hospital. Crucially, this meant he was diagnosed, received the correct treatment & was able to begin physical therapy […]