A recent study in Cell Metabolism highlights how two types of sport, high intensity endurance, and strength (resistance) training, improve cell functions and enable DNA code to retain its integrity over time. This supports the idea of doing cardio exercises, and complement them with resistance: push-ups, planks, lifting weights, etc. Doing one or the other […]
Keeping our primal senses through physical exercise
Keeping our primal senses in modernity can be challenging. We lose the feelings of hunger and thirst. Physical exercise and sports can bring these back.
Learning from Mike Douglas’s Fountain of Youth
Mike Douglas’s Fountain of Youth video provides 30 minutes of thoughtfulness on the topics of sports, health and nutrition, similar to the Okinawa Program.
Running at night
Is running at night a good or a bad idea? I’ve tried this with and without a lamp. It can be worth it if you do it at the right time of day and year.
Natural exercises: walking
Natural exercises: walking. We discuss the many benefits from going out for a walk, which can be as valuable as the practice of intense exercise.
Centenarian Robert Marchand’s traditional breakfast
Centenarian Robert Marchand’s traditional breakfast is a simple and wholesome recipe from my friend Robert, record holder of the hour and 100 km on bike.