Every competitive sporting event is fraught with pressure. The expectations of the crowd, the heat of the moment, the months of preparation and the desire to win conspire to create a heightened state of anxiety that persists and harms both the mind and body of athletes.[1] What’s more, it also seriously impacts their performance, robbing…
We are obviously born to breathe air. Just because we do something from birth doesn’t necessarily mean we are good at it. This is why we have science-backed articles on the correct way to breathe when you exercise and how to breathe when you exercise in order to get the most out of each workout….
When it comes to reducing stress and losing weight, exercise has been a key go-to route. In the United Kingdom, for example, General Practitioners routinely prescribe exercise as a means of treating depression, amongst other conditions, and finding a way to exercise more has always been at the front of every weight-reduction program. We live…
Let’s start with a truism: if you don’t feel some anxiety, an enhanced sense of uncertainty about the future or, even, a little bit of depression in this early part of the 21st century the chances are that you’re not quite human. The external world is beyond our control. But that doesn’t have to mean…
We all want a long, healthy life. These two things however don’t always go together. As life gets longer, if it does, health becomes harder to retain. This is the struggle between lifespan and healthspan. Given a choice, of course, we all want as much as possible of both. It is of little use, after…
There’s no question about it. If we each started each day with more energy than what we currently experience we’d get more done. We’d be more productive in our work, we’d have more energy for our friends and family and the upkeep and maintenance of the relationships that matter to us. And we’d knock our…
Skin is the body’s largest organ by volume.[1] As adults we carry, on average, 8 pounds (3.6 kilograms) and 22 square feet (2 square meters) of it. It has the capacity to stretch and grow as we do and it keeps our other organs safe from potential threats from the external world. It is, at…
There are two ways to count the way we age: Chronologically, which is counting the years that have passed since the day we were born and biologically, which assesses our mobility, strength and aerobic capacity alongside a host of other fitness attributes such as flexibility, balance and recovery time. Of the two only one really…
According to a Gallup survey almost a quarter of the world feels lonely. The World Health Organization (WHO) called it a “loneliness epidemic” and the U.S. Surgeon General put out a report advancing just how bad loneliness is for the social fabric. Neuroscience shows that the human brain that has evolved to seek others as…
