What Fashion’s Trunk Shows Can Teach Us About the Future of Movement Education Fashion brands are seeing a resurgence in invitation only trunk shows. If you’ve never heard of one, they’re small, intimate events where a designer presents their collection in person to a select group of customers. Rather than browsing online, people get to…
Smells Like Endurance Culture Trail running. Hyrox. Ultra events. Long-distance challenges. Recovery metrics. Electrolytes becoming a personality trait. According to recent reporting from Fit Insider and wider wellness trend forecasting, endurance culture is having a real moment right now. Maybe it’s a Covid hangover. People started walking more. Running more. Spending more time outside. Endurance…
Like a Victorian Novel. A lot of people think yoga only “works” if you do a lot of it. Long classes. Daily practice. Retreats. Challenges. The kind of commitment that requires a colour coded diary and a level of discipline most of us don’t have. But maybe yoga is more like reading a long novel……
Walking is brilliant – BUT Your bones don’t get stronger from just walking. Bone is living tissue, it adapts to load just like muscle. Use it and it gets stronger. Don’t use it and it gets weaker. So what actually fills bone? •Mechanical loads •Muscle force •Impact •Progressive overload Your bones and joints need stress…
A hairdresser explained why highlights don’t cost £60 anymore. Not because of the cost of living. Not because salons have suddenly become more expensive to run but because no one is asking just for highlights anymore. They’re asking for something that sounds simple – but isn’t. Effortless colour Soft blends. Something that grows out naturally.…
Blind Spots, Blame, Bad Logic & Bias One of the most common thinking traps in health is believing that if someone becomes ill, there must be a reason they brought it on themselves. We see it everywhere. Someone develops an autoimmune condition. “There you go. They should have lived differently.” Someone gets cancer despite exercising,…
From Podcast To Proof: Chatterjee And The Fascia Fiasco Dr. Chatterjee’s recent podcast on fascia training with the man who runs Human Garage, a company selling movement courses, has been widely shared and enthusiastically received – let’s look at why this is pretty bizarre. The episode explored the idea that we can train fascia in…
Scans, Imaging & Pain: Helpful Information But Not the Whole Story When you’re in pain it’s completely natural to want a scan. Many people feel reassured by seeing something ‘concrete’ like an X-ray, MRI, or report that appears to explain what’s going on. For some imaging feels absolutely essential for understanding pain, reducing anxiety and…
January injuries aren’t proof you chose the “wrong” hobby. They’re usually a load + novelty issue, not damage. So we are sore, what’s the next steps? Pause. Calm it all down. Then build capacity back up. Movement helps you heal, it’s not the enemy. Trying something new and feeling sore dosn’t mean that movement…
A lot of us grew up thinking exercise had one job: shrink us. So of course it feels like a chore. Of course it’s easy to skip. If the only measure of success is a number on a scale or seeing visible change then any day without these “results” feels pointless and any discomfort feels…