I want to look like a swimmer, so I will go swimming. I want to look like Christiano Ronaldo, so I go and play soccer. I want to look like a runway model, so I walk the runway. The last one makes no sense, right? So why should the other two examples be any different? Humans love these straight forward heuristics. That's because our brain loves simple cause and effect relationships that don´t require thinking hard and in turn, don´t burn a lot of energy. Kahneman & Tversky received the Nobel Prize for that observation. Learn here why we suffer these cognitive biases when we think about fitness as well and how our genes determine our results from strength training.

My god, those girls on the billboards. Miss Dior, No 5, and Chloé, the list goes on. Most likely, you now have a clear mental picture of the radiant young women in one of these brand marketing campaigns. Don't beat yourself up for not leaving the house with the perfect make-up, not to mention the often photoshopped glowing skin. While the main model’s job is to look gorgeous, your job is to shine being a mom working part-time or kicking some corporate asses each day. Here is our healthy skin food strategy for you to glow despite little time and lots of stress.

Newly discovered tribe in the Amazon rainforest, untouched by western civilization until now", the news anchor reports. Accompanied by pictures of men in loincloths with spears. Think about it, what is the picture in your head? They are extremely ripped, aren´t they? Why is that? And don´t give me the "they have a low-calorie diet" myth. Humans are gourmets, independent of which civilization level they are in. They have enough calories. That´s not the reason. Why are they so effortlessly fit? Read why here.

Have you ever experienced something blocking you from living your best life? Could be a cardiovascular disease, a stroke, chronic fatigue or depression? Have you ever visited one doctor after another, got prescriptions for medication and tried different therapies? The problem may be rooted in your teeth. Let´s get to the bottom of it.

Even a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step – Chinese proverb. Or even better: “Many false a step was taken by standing still” – fortune cookie in a Chinese restaurant. This is true for most of us, thank you, Mr Wang! Have you ever wondered why some people have seemingly no problem staying in great shape, while others struggle immensely all their lives? Over the last year, we have interviewed outstanding experts for and with you in the field of inflammation, nutrition, high intensity training, sleep and a clear picture starts forming in my head. Learn about it here.

Following my article (and a wake-up call) about the overwhelming options for monetary retirement planning but none for a healthy retirement, I’d like to address the question, how to plan health today to enjoy a healthy, active and fun life at the age when running around with grandkids seems like a challenge. Let’s change the way we age today and enjoy the quality of life as we get old. It’s easier than you might think!

Wearables wear off extremely fast. Dad joke, I know, sorry it´s because I will be one in January. I have card blanche now. But seriously, how many of you have a Fitbit or other wearable fitness, activity or health tracker? Most likely it sets dust in the corner after the initial excitement. If you are not a professional athlete or biohacker, wearables are simply not worth your money. Let's explore why.

Time flies by, decade by decade. In our 20s we are sure, we will conquer the world. In our 30s that has likely not happend the way you imagined it to. But those back pains, shoulder pains and muffin tops have replaced hangovers as your biggest health concerns since the time we were 20 somethings. Okay this decade it´s time to start planing for retirement and stay in shape. By the time we are 40 - damn where is the last decade? - we most likely have taken up different trends and fads in fitness over the years. They came and went, but nothing that you really sticked to. On the other - the financial - hand you have started paying into a retirement account and sticked to it. An automated system, that keeps investing portions of your income every month. High Intensity Training is such an automated system for your healthy retirement and I took some tools from statistics and publicly available data to estimate the real cost of not taking care of your health during your 30s, 40s and 50s. See it as a kind of a negative retirment account that eats away on your fun money during the golden years. Let´s call it some extra motivation for our left brained specimen out there.