Fuel Band Nike+…. the holy grail?
Jan0
So Nike is at it again – combining existing technologies and software into a new application for sports minded people. The Fuel Band is not even out yet – but it will be soon! And it promises some fun new things.
None of what the Fuel Band promises is actually new – it uses the iPhone apps to set your goals, it has the ability to track your heart rate, monitor calories burned, steps taken, all existings items of course. But I have to say – they have managed to ... Read More
Fenugreek
Dec0
I love the little things in life. The the beauty and simplicity of some things, the unexpected and the quirky. It’s always when you least expect it that something happens. And if you are open to it, you will catch it and learn from it even though you were not looking for it at that time.
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5 Principles of Healthy Living Assessment
Dec0
Courtesy of Dr Brad Jacobs (bradlyjacobs@gmail.com), I am able to present you here with a great questionnaire that will give you an insight into your HEALTH! Take 5 minutes out of your busy busy life and score the questions below – then you can devote a little time over the busy holidays coming up on YOU and improving that score 
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It is not WHAT you eat, it’s what your body does with it!
Dec0
Last week I talked about the great misunderstanding even healthy people have about food. They think that just because they consume healthy foods, they must be healthy. Alas, if only it were that easy!!
I am one of those people, I hasten to add. Although ever since I can remember I have been conscious of what I ate ( I am lucky that I even as a child I always liked the healthy ... Read More
Corporate Athletes
Dec1
Last week at the EFactor attend in SF, Dr. Brad Jacobs made a great point. He compared the effort and strains of being a business man or woman with those of an athlete calling the latter “Corporate Athletes”. How very true that is!!
Both have a ton of determination, are singularly focused on results and achievements, visualise the finish line and aim to get there first and both force their bodies and minds to heights that “mere mortals” don’t think ... Read More
Fit to be an Entrepreneur
Nov1
I have to tell you about this great event I have coming up in San Francisco on the 6th December. I am bringing together a number of my favourite people to share thoughts and ideas with you about your fitness, best nutrition and general well-being. As Entrepreneurship is my OTHER passion – we are combining these two that evening although you don’t have to be a business owner to care about achieving your very best personal health of course ... Read More
Correcting your behaviour – NOW
Nov1
As I share in my introduction and many of my blogs – I am one of those nuts that has always exercised, for as long as I can remember. Which memory btw, unfortunately gets shorter every day as conversely the time I have been exercising gets longer (maybe that is a good think) ;-(
This week I had a great run with Chris Dovale – my personal trainer – along one of my favourite routes. We run along and then go up the steps to the Coit Tower in SF and back down the streets ... Read More
Sugar
Nov3
I wrote a few weeks ago about the benefits of not eating too much sugar. And I am learning more and more as I keep coming back to this subject. Sugar actually is plain BAD for you – no sugar has never killed anyone. And if you start looking at it more – you will find that sugar seems to be in all these things that you just load in your supermarket basket thinking they are HEALTHY! Take beans in tomato sauce (ok, you may never have loaded that in your basket, but I own up to liking ... Read More
Coconut Palm Sugar
Sep0
More and more often I read that sugar seems to be rather bad for your health. Particularly with regards to Aging (which I am getting more worried about, I have to admit… doesn’t it just seem to creep up on you?) So I have recently been looking for good alternatives. There are lots of foods I don’t like eating without the added touch of something sweet (like oatmeal or coffee).
I don’t like sachrose or any of those chemical sweeteners much, honey has too strong a ... Read More
Thinking about Food
Jan0
It struck me this week that food means different things to different people. I know, not exactly an earth shattering or scientifically astounding thought, but still – I had often wondered why people make such wrong choices when it comes to choosing what food they want to eat and now I have finally worked that out.
Ultimately – I think that most people view food as something they “deserve”, or in other words, a treat. When it comes to treats, you want something ... Read More
2011
Dec0
I wish all of you a happy, energetic, healthy 2011…..
From next week, this blog will pick up where it left off last month. The reason I didn’t write? Around me, people got sick, had to take time off, were unable to work so more and more of my time was spent working (they are better now…thank goodness).
In those kind of stressful times – it is sports that keep me going. Literally. If I can ... Read More
Wheel of Energy
Nov0
I have to share this with you all – another great example of how sports is a way of uniting strangers, of building new relationships, of helping each other and do things that you never dreamt were possible.
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Hurdling…through the heart of San Francisco
Nov0
I went of to a meeting today – which turned out to be one heck of an excercise.
The biggest news to come out of San Francisco today was not about the elections. Oh no, you are sadly mistaken if you believe that that got more then 1% of the attention of the crowds here today. No – the whole day, in fact the whole TOWN was focused on celebrating the San Francisco Giants World Championship win.
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Oct0
I like these new tools that you find now and again. Particularly if they are very simple and can work for anyone.
Here’s one I just discovered – a combination between a Bosu ball (one of those half balls on a platform) and a Step (you should all know what that is, even you only know the one your mother uses to grab something from the top shelf).
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Oct0
Yesterday I experienced once again how you never know what will happen when riding. As I was happily out mountainbiking and enjoying the great weather, a “normal person” came the other way, tried to move to the side of the path as my buddy and I came towards her, and slid off the mossy side of the path, she fell and her bike skidded across the path blocking it. Trying to avoid it I thought I had managed to pass, but unfortunately the sliding bike hit my rear tyre and blocked ... Read More
How to freeze an athlete…
Sep0
It’s a simple ingredient to any training – ICE. We have all been there, you train hard, you go for it as much as you can and then you have to hurry up, get changed and go to work (or something). The next day, you wonder why your body is in agony and remember in misery that you didn’t cool down sufficiently after your training, and therefore all the waste produce of the hard training is still rumbling around your body and stiffening up those muscles. As you robotically try ... Read More
From racing bike to wheelchair…
Sep0
This time I am posting a blog that was written by my spinning buddy Eelco. I wrote about Eelco a few months ago, just after he had been diagnosed with ALS, a condition that atrophies the muscles in your body over the course of usually a few years, till you finally die as you can no longer even take your next breath. A death sentence in other words.
I have followed with admiration how Eelco is not just dealing with his own illness, but how he has started a ... Read More
New Bikes
Aug0
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I love the way the fitness industry is never static. Changes in knowledge, scientific breakthroughs and simply ever fasting changing ... Read More
Massage – Shiatsu
Aug0
In my massage series, here’s the second of 14 types…Shiatsu.
I had never had a Shiatsu massage myself as I tend to stick to Deep Tissue Massages to relieve strains and release kinks in my muscles. But a friend had been talking about it, so finally I decided to experience this for myself. It was a true revelation.
Shiatsu ((指圧 Japanese stemming from shi, meaning finger, and atsu, meaning pressure) is performed by a therapist ... Read More
