Are Athletes REALLY The Healthiest People On Earth?
Athletes are the pinnacle of health and fitness in our modern age. Or are they?
Well...... It's Complicated
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Athletes are the pinnacle of health and fitness in our modern age. Or are they?
Well...... It's Complicated
Is climbing a wall the most important movement skill of all? Yes! Maybe. In this video I'll discuss why I think the wall climb is such a useful skill to have.
Trees are boring, so I decided to un-boring them with some clambering and a hand made Christmas tree topper.
I've lived the last 7 years of my life without furniture. Is it comfortable? Is it good for you? And do people thing you are weird? Yes, but you should probably watch the video for more information.
Athletes are the pinnacle of health and fitness in our modern age. Or are they?
Well...... It's Complicated
Are you normal? Well that just might not be that good for you, lets take a look at how the normalization of the modern world is damaging our health and even our ability to understand the world around us.
I've stopped drinking as much caffeine, except for when I drink more. I've been experimenting and wanted to share my decaffeinated experience.
I've always had a bit of a problem with ergonomics, while some of the ideas put forward by it seem logical on the surface, the unfortunate truth is that even the people that stringently follow the principles of ergonomics end up just as ill and injured as the people that don't.
Have you ever wanted your own balance beam in your home, so you can practice your balance and precision jumps whenever you feel like it? Of course you have, and I have the perfect video just for you.
Is being an expert really the best?
While it`s by no means bad or wrong to be an expert, there are other ways to be a successful and happy person without just devoting yourself to one discipline.
In this episode of billy does a thing on Youtube, I made a Youtube play button out of paper to celebrate reaching 100 subs as well as responding to some of the questions on my previous videos.
Chaos gets a bad rap these days, people normally think of the apocalypse or a household with a new born baby. But can chaos in your movement have a positive effect on your life, and is it possible to implement it safely. Find out in this exciting episode of Billy's Ramblings.
Have you ever wanted to watch an man sit in a cold river for 30 minutes (well, 15 minutes twice) and talk about the pros and cons of cold immersion. Well it's your lucky day because this is the video for you. I'll discuss the effects of a cold dip in the ice after training or competing, as well as the crazy and awesome guy Wim Hof himself, and where I think he is getting it right, and where I think he is getting it wrong.
‘Should I get rid of my insoles?’ is a common question I get asked and, to save you the trouble of reading this, my answer is, ‘it depends’. Not very helpful, I know, I prefer to encourage clients think critically and make their own informed decisions. In a culture where we’ve been brought up to defer to authority it can be hard to form our own opinions and stick to them.
How have we changed our lifestyle and our home over the last 4 years to get more movement in our everyday lives and what effect has it had? And how can you get more movement into your lives, even if you live in rented accommodation?
A stone tray is a great way to reintroduce movement for our feet and requires very little time or effort - maximum gain for minimum effort!
Variety is the spice of life, so they say, and this applies as much to our feet as it does to other aspects of our lives. Convenience has its price and barefoot shoes can only do so much if we’re always walking on level surfaces and this limits restoring foot mobility.
Functional: To be practical and useful, rather than attractive.
That is the definition of the word Functional, so then why are so many of the functional exercises we see popularized currently so useless. Most functional training fails to replicate anything you would actually do in your everyday life, and that’s what I’m going to look at in this video
When I was 18, I had a friend who was a lot older than me and when I visited her the only furniture in the house was a rocking chair (reserved for her partner) and a futon mattress that was used as her sofa. It never occurred to me to ask her why she’d chosen this living arrangement; I guess I chalked it up to her being ‘alternative’. Fast-forward a good many years later and here I am, in my own furniture-less abode.
What are the most common misconceptions about furniture free? Well these are my top three!