The Age-Well Project

WILL YOGA HELP US AGE WELL?

I was chatting to a personal trainer this week who specialises in coaching the military. Naturally, I asked him what exercise we should all be doing for optimal health. His answer surprised me: ‘Walking, yoga and swimming,’ he said. ‘That’s the holy trinity of exercise and that’s what I always recommend.’ ‘What about weights and...

THE 3-MIN EXERCISE THAT’S BETTER FOR LONGEVITY THAN A WALK

Annabel and I spend a lot of time walking….. and talking about walking….. talking of which…… come and join us when we talk together about Annabel’s book The Walking Cure on June 17th. Details are at the end of the post. Oooooh AND while I was writing this, The Walking Cure hit the Number 1...

WHY WE SHOULD MOVE TO OUR OWN (CIRCADIAN) RHYTHMS

I’m delighted to announce that my latest book, The Walking Cure, is now available in paperback. Thrillingly, the book has been selected as Waterstones Book of the Month, so throughout May, June and beyond I will be ‘on tour’ talking (and sometimes walking-talking, most of it free to join) about how landscapes and locations change...

Superagers, book recommendations and better brains

Annabel and I make no secret of our aspiration to be superagers. After all, that’s what ageing well is all about – living a long life in good health. And, of course, that’s not just physical health, but cognitive health too. We know that superager brains atrophy slower and experience less neuroinflammation than those of...

SHOULD WE CHANGE OUR LED LIGHT BULBS?

This morning, the sun was shining and I was lucky enough to wake up extremely early – so I went straight out for a dawn walk in my local park. Here at the Age-Well Project we’ve long advocated walking within an hour of waking up. But this morning as I walked, I wasn’t thinking about...