Longevity, training, and food — what I'm learning about staying strong and living well in the second half.
Blood pressure responds to what you eat, and breakfast is an easy place to start. This is the smoothie I make most mornings: a banana, a big handful of frozen mixed berries, and enough milk to blend it smooth. It's cheap, takes about thirty seconds, and it's…
Read→One of the things that pushed me to take longevity seriously was finding out my blood pressure was higher than it should be. Nothing dramatic, no scare — just a reading creeping into the range you don't want it in. The sneaky thing about blood pressure is you…
Read→I've become a bit of a Hyrox convert. I wrote before about what my first one taught me about pushing through — but the more I train for these things, the more I've realised something else: beyond being fun and brutally competitive, Hyrox is almost perfectly…
Read→I've always loved fitness — but especially the kind you do with other people. Group workouts, outdoor activities, anything where you get to push yourself alongside others rather than alone in a corner. There's something about it that brings out the best in…
Read→I've written about why I think Hyrox is such good longevity training. Muay Thai is the other side of that coin for me — and it earns its place for completely different reasons. If Hyrox is about building the engine, Muay Thai is about staying sharp, learning…
Read→Are we trying to solve longevity for a select few, or for everyone? That question has stayed with me for a while now, and it's the reason I started writing any of this down. Longevity has become one of the most fascinating topics of our time. Scientists are…
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