Welcome to life post 50! 

You’ve done a lot and there is still a lot to do. Wouldn’t it be nice to feel healthy, flexible and mobile enough to do it all?

if you struggle with diet, fitness, daily carrying and lifting or simply don’t know how to reconcile the myriad of information that is out there, we might be able to help.


  • Once you turn 50 people want to set limits for you. Or you do it yourself. Mostly those limits are very artificial and hinder achievement. If you can start unlocking some of those limitations quality of life will grow. If I had listened to all the ‘be careful’, ‘do you really think you should do that’, ‘I’m not sure that is a good idea’ advice I would probably be doing the senior aquarobics class down at the local pool.

  • Given most personal trainers are youngish they tend to have preconceived ideas of what somebody a bit older can do. Gentle exercise is the mantra. Which works fine for some people but sells many of us short.

    Young people at the gym (who don’t know me) often give me a sideways, ‘this should be interesting’ glance I hop up on the pull-up bar. And when I get off the bar after having squeezed out 10 pull-ups in pretty good form I often get ‘do you mind asking me how old you are?’ When I tell them 69 I get ‘that’s amazing’.

    It’s not really anybody who could do it with the right mindset. Or 30 press-ups. Or increase their flexibility and balance. Or whatever. Just takes the right frame of mind and guidance. Someone to help you peer through the fog is helpful.

    If I could do a Muscle Up; now that would be amazing!

  • The belief that your metabolism slows once you pass 40 is a myth. It starts to slow from 60 but even then diet and exercise can boost your metabolism to levels that mirror your 40s. Which has a significant impact on your quality of life.

  • You need to have the right amount of fuel at the right time. Which is totally different for each person. With a bit of experimentation and embracing the science, it’s relatively easy to unlock the secret of your own individual metabolic needs.

    Our understanding of eating and nutrition has come along in leaps and bounds recently, but a lot of people are still trapped in the old-fashioned food pyramid. 

  • The most reliable indicator of susceptibility to dementia is hand-grip strength. The stronger the grip, the least likely you are to get dementia. Hence, we train a range of exercises that increase grip strength.

    I know for myself since starting callisthenics my memory is better. My driving is better. Those annoying moments of forgetting the name of a common object are gone.