Health & Fitness Digest - 31 March

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Health & Fitness Digest - 31 March

In today's health & fitness digest:

- Suffering from chronic lower back pain? Double your recovery with these tools.

- Being short (men) and overweight (women) has a real impact on your salary.

- Sodium supplements have no impact on nausea & vomiting during ultra-endurance events.

- Why I'm going to start Tai Chi and you should too.

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Health & Fitness Digest - 5 March

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Health & Fitness Digest - 5 March

In today’s health & fitness digest:

  • Iron supplementation shown to boost mental performance in women without iron anaemia
  • High fat dairy “beats” low fat dairy in lowering blood pressure, triglycerides and VLDL Cholesterol
  • Blood levels of Omega 3 affect your risk of depression
  • Yet another study that demonstrates that you don’t need to take sodium for hot/humid endurance races
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10 life & career lessons I learned from racing Ironman - Part 2

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10 life & career lessons I learned from racing Ironman - Part 2

Little did I know that my adventure into Ironman Triathlon would lead to a number of "life lessons and principles", which I apply (and teach) in every aspect of my life: career, relationships, personal development, and much more.

 

This is my story into this magnificent sport and the "life lessons" I learned along the way.

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10 life & career lessons I learned from racing Ironman - Part 1

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10 life & career lessons I learned from racing Ironman - Part 1

Little did I know that my adventure into Ironman Triathlon would lead to a number of "life lessons and principles", which I apply (and teach) in every aspect of my life: career, relationships, personal development, and much more.

 

This is my story into this magnificent sport and the "life lessons" I learned along the way.

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My interview with Entrepreneur Magazine

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My interview with Entrepreneur Magazine

 

I was interviewed by talented Entrepreneur writer Shoug Al-Nafisi on a variety of topics I consider to be the cornerstone of High Performance, including:

  • Bouncing back from set-backs in your personal and professional lives.
  • The illusion of “time management”
  • My top tips for entrepreneurs living the “fast life”
  • The importance of having a “support network” 
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The Digest - Feb 26

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  • Chocolate… chocolate… chocolate...
  • So, someone said you absolutely need to run a 20-miler before your marathon. I don't agree.
  • Traveling in planes teaches you patience, and 14 other skills frequent travelers pick up and apply daily.
  • New large study reveals that we've underestimated mortality risk from smoking. It's shocking...
  • Do electrolytes affect your half-ironman performance and recovery?
  • Glutathione shown to boost athletic performance by reducing muscle fatigue and improving fat burning.
  • Schools in France serve steak, cheese, veg & fruit, in the US popcorn chicken, mashed potatoes, and cookies… An interesting global comparison of school meals.
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The Digest - Feb 23

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  • Can probiotics help with weight loss / weight gain?
  • Study confirms that certain foods actively increase inflammation, triggering an immune response with various adverse complications.
  • A cheap, convenient and reasonably accurate way to test lactate threshold for endurance athletes.
  • Stress made simple: an easy-to-read article on how stress affects your thyroid and why your conventional doctor wouldn't even know where to look.
  • Another study on Sudden Cardiac Death in athletes: most victims had "normal" hearts and pre-screening would not have saved them.

 

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The Digest - Feb 17

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  • "True isolation" is something we never experience and is reported to be terrifying. An arctic explorer shares her experiences with isolation.
  • I'm ranting about the importance of proper core training… again...
  • Why apparently "thin" people are suffering heart attacks and strokes.
  • More evidence linking Hormone Replacement Therapy to cancer in women.
  • Pre-workout supplement shown to have no beneficial effects on performance or recovery.
  • Enzymatic evidence explaining why soy protein is so inferior to whey for muscle building.
  • More evidence showing how common household items are causing early menopause.
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The Digest - Feb 10

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  • Eat Roquefort cheese to live longer!
  • Study shows increase in LDL from processed diary. How to read into it.
  • Foods targeted towers 1-3-year olds found to contain excessive salt and sugar.
  • Athletes take note: your shoulder strength is directly impacted by your core strength.
  • Goat! Goat! Goat!
  • American Idol affects your sperm count!

 

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