Slice of Life

30/07/2026

Untested, unmasked, unvaxxed and unafraid.

Seems that Pete and I were right all along.

Never been sick and healthier than a butcher's dog.

We made our tinfoil hat from the aluminium in their vaccines.

15/07/2026

Muay Thai has to be one of the sweatiest stinkiest sports out there.

We don't use any harsh chemical cleaning products or personal care products.

When I've spent an hour and a half each morning training my gloves and pads are soaked. I spray them with Young Living Australia Thieves cleaner, then leave them to dry naturally in the sun. I rotate gloves each day but they never smell bad.

We use this in a spray bottle diluted with water and we use that for kitchen benches, sinks, bathrooms and showers. It smells divine and reminds me of Christmas.

I wash my gear in the Thieves washing liquid and never have issues.

Move your body today. We have but one life, use it or lose it.

14/07/2026

Wow. 25 years since we made it official!

So much has happened on this life long journey.

Two beautiful children who have grown into adults that make me so positive for the future.

We moved 10k miles around the world for a new start which turned out just fine.

Forced into new careers we loved/love by the farce that was covid and even became bakers and market traders and a kinesiologist!!

Now I'm retired and you keep me on my toes, making sure I'm healthy and fit, helping me to be the best version of me although there's always room for improvement.

You make every room light up and influence everyone you meet far more than you realise.

And how do you manage to get hotter every year?

Happy anniversary to my best friend.

Love you.

13/07/2026

Muay Thai addicts.

You can keep your alcohol, your drugs, your sugar, your junk food.

This is my drug of choice.

03/07/2026

This podcast is compelling, especially if you've just watched the Netflix plastic doco.

Turns out, like climate change, it's all corrupt Bill Hates drive bu****it.

Well worth a listen.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2dUnfsnscB0tD74OSLHnQN?si=hHG3NdLUQS-GG6T8dON84A

heretics. | andrew gold · Episode

29/06/2026

There's an old Japanese legend that says;

If you miss the bus,maybe you avoided the accident.

If you got rejected maybe you were saved from the wrong place.

If they left, maybe they made room for who is coming.

The Universe protects you in ways that look like bad luck at first.

Always trust the detour.

26/06/2026

It's strange, but having turned 60 in April and retired, I can now truly say that getting old is s**t.

I'm really lucky that I am fit, lean, healthy and ticking over well and certainly don't 'feel 60'.

But to be honest, you really make your own luck.

I don't drink or eat take away food, I prioritise sleep and I'm in bed by 9pm most nights. I filter my drinking and bathing water, use no harsh chemicals on my body or in my home. I get out in the sun when I can.

I walk 10k steps a day, do Muay Thai 4 or 5 times a week and go to the gym twice a week most weeks. I also do a stretch/mobility workout most mornings.

But I'm still a work in progress. I often don't eat enough protein and often don't drink enough (mineralised) water.

And I'm now very conscious that I'm in the last chapter of my life and the quality of that life is all on me.

And it is hard to be disciplined sometimes. Especially on a dark, cold rainy morning. Just mooching around the house seems much more attractive than driving to the gym and being pushed to my physical limits in sweaty boxing gloves.

But the the thing is this...if I think training at my age is too hard, the alternative, being weak, fragile and totally independent on others, is just not worth thinking about.

The work I do on myself now will increase my strength, independence and happiness in later life.

I would hate to be a burden to my kids. I've already sorted all my affairs, finances, my will and wishes so if the worst happens everything is already sorted.

The adage use it or lose it really is true.

So get up and get moving. I love martial arts because it increases strength, muscle, aerobic fitness, mobility, flexibility and balance. And you can start at any age and level of fitness.

Don't put it off. A friend told me he'd like to try it out but needs to lose weight and get fitter first!

No! Come and train and get fitter whilst you learn!

For you it might be dancing, netball, tennis...anything!

Just move.

Or spend the last few years of life dribbling soup down your shirt staring at the tv.

Aim to drop dead healthy.

19/06/2026

I had every intention of going training today but for one reason or another I couldn't get going.

I did train yesterday and instead today I went and did all the shopping, cleaned the house and chilled out.

I will, however, do a yoga/movement session today.

But some days you will skip the workout.

Some nights you won't sleep well.

Some meals won't be perfect.

And that's alright, you are human, not a machine.

Let go of perfection and try to be 1% better tomorrow.

And I'll be at the gym tomorrow bright and early for a 1.5 hour sparring session.

29/05/2026

It's all on you, totally your choice.

Whatever life has thrown at you, you can make positive change.

Eat wholefoods.

Drink quality water filtered free from chlorine, fluoride, heavy metals and water borne pathogens.

Move every day until you sweat.

Walk everywhere.

Lift weights.

Get out in the sun as naked as possible.

Ditch the following;

LED lighting
Sunglasses
Sunscreen
Seed oils and anyging cooked in them, so pretty much all takeaway food
Alcohol - there is no 'safe' dose
Sugar - especially sodas
Phones/devices after dark
Wifi - turn it off at night
Perfumes/colognes - zero regulations and people spray them on the thinnest skin by their thyroid!
Scented candles
Any personal products that contain aluminium or perfume
All toxic cleaning products, dishwasher tabs and clothes washing powder or liquid
Non stick pans
Insecticides/weedkillers

All of the above can be swapped out for natural alternatives. I could suggest some but to be honest, you can do some work and find them yourself.

Being lazy in the first place could be why you are not where you want to be...

29/05/2026

End of week session.

Chronological age 60 yrs, biological age 32 yrs, based on Hume Health Pod parameters. I'll take that!

Rest day tomorrow, gym Sunday.

Yoga/Mobility Monday (public holiday so no Muay Thai).