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Testosterone plays a vital role in our health, and even more so for men.
Depending on which study you read, men produce as much as 10 to 20 times more testosterone than women, and is the number 1 reason why women don’t get muscles.
This essential hormone controls our sexual desire, maintains our reproductive system, helps strengthen and grow bones, and builds new muscle.
Testosterone is often a word we hear when referring to aggression, bodybuilding and various physical conditions such as extra body hair, deeper voice, etc.
My early day’s research on ‘ways to get a bigger physique’, led me to learning about testosterone being a ‘good thing’, which could increase my strength and muscle size.
While this is partly true, there is much more to this essential hormone than first meets the eye.
And if you are a woman reading this, it doesn’t mean that you don’t need testosterone – just less of it.
I am now well into my 5th week of starting a ‘weekday’ morning routine.
Here’s what I now do every morning – Monday to Friday:
All this takes around 40-45 minutes.Continue Reading
A few gentle exercises and light stretching is a perfect way to start the day, and it only needs to take 4-5 minutes.
Any good morning routine should incorporate some light stretching and mobility.
Despite going to bed early and having a full night’s sleep, we often wake up feeling like road-kill! Plus, our muscles are cold and stiff due to a nights inactivity.
To physically (and mentally) prepare for the day ahead, it’s incredibly beneficial to get our blood circulating, and our muscles warmed up.
I’m not talking about a full blown HITT workout, just a quick, simple routine that you can do in your jim-jams or boxers, just minutes after getting out of bed. Continue Reading
We don’t get snow very often where I live. Once every year or three, and it’s not usually heavy when it does snow.
I get that not everyone appreciates the snowy/icy conditions.
However..I love it! 🙂
When you don’t see snow very often.. except on holiday, I get quite excited. (yes I’m a bit sad like that!)
It reminds me of when I was young, and how excited I used to get, playing out in it.
This week on the East side of England, we are experiencing what the weather forecasters are calling; “The Beast From The East”
Brilliant!
(This is not the view from my office window! It was taken on our last holiday in Ibiza)
It’s been a week since I decided to create a morning routine.
To be honest, I didn’t/haven’t got anything specific I want to achieve by getting out of bed at least half an hour earlier than I normally do.
It is a ‘suck it and see‘ experiment that will hopefully lead to a healthier, more productive and organised day.
So I just went with it for the first week (week days only).Continue Reading
