Introduction to the ketogenic diet
This article provides a brief introduction to the ketogenic diet, focusing on its use in a non-therapeutic setting.
And it begins with making your bed
A while ago, during one of my many Youtube rabbit hole voyages, I stumbled upon a video of a speech given by retired United States Navy Admiral William...
The Pursuit of Perfection can be The Enemy of Progress
The pursuit of perfection is an admirable quest. But perfection, certainly in terms of health, fitness and performance, is a subjective term.
Educated effort = results, Understanding the reality of weight loss
Dieting itself isn’t that hard. It’s simple math. You calculate your calories, track your food and body weight daily for 1 or 2 weeks then assess, did...
Mobility Drills – Why, how and when?
Mobility is a very important component when looking after our joints and movement quality. If we want to be lifting / running / performing to the best...
Rhodiola Rosea: Optimise your physical and mental capacity
In this article I want to focus on Rhodiola Rosea – a herb that has been shown to help with improving physical and mental performance. This is...
5 top tips for lower back pain
For an active person lower back pain is typically a weakness issue. Whether it stemmed from a collision, a fall off a horse, a drunken night out, a...
Anti-inflammatory Smoothie Recipe
Inflammation is a big deal. Sometimes it is a necessary and very supportive process and other times it can become chronic and lead to a host of iss...
Understanding the importance of strength training for fat loss
If I was to tell you that incorporating strength training into your training regime will decrease your levels of body fat and increase your life expectancy,...
A Warrior in the Garden
Walking through fear for a life of peace.
A student said to his master, “You teach me fighting, but you talk about peace. How do you reconcile the two?”...
9 Tips to help reduce Jet Lag
In clinic I deal with executive clients skipping across time zones for fun, athletes competing in a variety of countries, actors, directors and producers...
Mindful Movement: Silent Assassins
Are you doing everything in your power to stay healthy? Do you eat nutritious whole foods and get a solid 8 hours of sleep? What about meditating and...
Immune Boosting Smoothie Recipe
In this smoothie, we have included a number of ingredients that are rich in nutrients or compounds that have been associated with supporting immune...
Brain Boosting Smoothie Recipe
Looking for a food-based smoothie with brain boosting properties? Look no further! In this smoothie we combine ingredients that have been shown to help...
Meditations in Movement – Achieving balance in modern living
As our days get filled with longer to do lists, lunches sat at our desks and deadlines to meet, it’s hard to factor in taking more time out of the day...
Pre Workout Smoothie Recipe
In this smoothie we combine one of the best nitric oxide (NO) stimulating foods, beetroot with some slightly more stimulating compounds (cacao &...
Nutrition to speed up injury recovery
Want to recover faster? Nutrition can play a pivotal role in speeding up the healing process.
Utilising creatine to maximise performance and recovery
Creatine is one of the most studied supplements in the world. For that reason, we have a bunch of data on the role that creatine can play in maximising...
Utilising Whey Protein to maximise recovery & performance
In this article we are going to look at the specific role that Whey protein can play in helping you to optimise health, performance and body compos...
Ashwagandha to aid modern life and physical performance
In this article we are going to look at the herb Ashwagandha and whether it can help support your health and performance goals. Ashwagandha has been...