If you are overstressed, overstimulated and overworked, then there is something you need to do.

For my 50th birthday earlier this year we had a small party and a big cake. As I’m not actually a big party person, those ratios were perfect for me. 

American Strength Coach, Mark Rippetoe is as mad as a sack of snakes. He’s also brilliant - quite, quite brilliant.

I used to watch The Good Wife. I can still remember one episode when the partners at Stern, Lockhart and Gardner became concerned because so many of their top lawyers had suddenly started to behave very erratically.

You need to know about the magic bullet that is VO2 training. The three biomarkers which provide the greatest indication of the duration and quality of your life are:

Rick Rubin is widely regarded as the most influential music producer of his generation and it’s hard to disagree. Rubin is the man who helped to popularise hip hop. He churned out a slew of era-defining records for the Beastie Boys, Run-DMC, Public Enemy and LL Cool J.

Rick Rubin is widely regarded as the most influential music producer of his generation and it’s hard to disagree.

If there is a more harrowing or heart-wrenching lyric in a song, I have yet to hear it. This, of course, is the start of John Lennon’s song, Mother. The savage emotion of that opening line is possibly outdone by the next one.

Team Kipchoge were the most successful Weight Loss team on The Spring Shred. (Teams in The Spring Shred were named after winners of the Olympic Marathon).

Before ‘Sheena’ started The Spring Shred her weight had ballooned out of control and she’d been off work with some mental health issues. Sheena had taken a few wrong directions.

Reginald Dwight was a painfully shy 15-year-old boy who spent most of his free time living in his dreams.Locked away in his bedroom, safe from his often feuding parents, Reggie liked listening to Radio Luxembourg and reading his match programmes.

When it comes to getting leaner, fitter and stronger, motivation will get you started. Ultimately though, it’s your system which will take you to the promised land. Your system must be efficient.

One of the main reasons people do THE SHRED is because it suits their busy lives. Ask 100 Shredders why they do the Shred and topping the list of answers will be: “Flexibility.”

Pictured below is Sylvester Stallone with the 6ft 5in former marine and heavyweight boxer, Chuck Wepner. I am guessing you’ve never heard of Chuck Wepner and that’s okay.

We’ve all been there. You want to lose weight. You see something on social media promoting the benefits of green tea with ginseng and ginger.

I started to watch series two of The Bear on Monday night. It was recommended to me by a Shredder. At the start of the first episode, a warning appeared at the top of the screen: TOBACCO DEPICTIONS.

I would like to think that most people have a pretty sympathetic attitude towards addiction. Whether it’s drink or drugs or gambling - people have a decent grasp of the predicament.

The novelist Stephen King has sold more than 400 million books. King has written more than 65 novels, many of which have been turned into films.

A lot of people were wondering why Conor Glass was wearing a yellow jersey from the Tour de France for Glen’s homecoming parade last Monday night.

Congratulations to Louise Young, the inaugural winner of The Shred Warrior Award.