Dan Hyman

🌴🎞️ @orlebarbrown

My own health journey, & the reason why I hold it in such high regard. Natural ups & downs throughout, but honestly, so far just a long-term game of learning, discipline & fine-tuning my routine. Some of the most important learnings that I have made in this time: ▪️Health is essential. Don’t wait until it gets taken away from you or someone close to you to realise the importance. ▪️Consistency is everything. Getting healthy doesn’t count for much, the value comes in staying healthy. If you can stay consistent for long enough, you will figure it out as you go & end up in a pretty good place. ▪️Health requires effort, when you’ve decided that you are willing to bring that effort, success comes down to the direction of that effort. ▪️The ultimate goal with health routine is automisation. If it becomes your life, you will resent it eventually as it starts to impact other areas. Set it up so it looks after itself, allowing you to focus your time/effort on the other important things in life. ▪️You will set an example. Your partner/ kids/ family/ close friends will all start to become healthier as they see you do your thing. Maybe the biggest flex of all. ▪️Trends will always come & go. Good health always circles back to doing the fundamentals (nutrition, training, sleep, stress management) well & consistently.

Talking all things ‘six-packs’. ⁣ ⁣ Overrated? Underrated? Important? Not important? Who am I to judge. ⁣ ⁣ Goals are individual. ⁣ ⁣ I can’t decide what they are for you, but what I can do is set you up to achieve them.⁣ ⁣ That’s the reason @eat.look.feel exists. ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ Thank-you for the write up @mensfitnessuk 🗞

Why load a split squat unevenly? 3 main reasons: Core activation- challenges the core to resist rotation & lateral flexion, targeting the stabilisers (especially obliques). Anti-rotation strength- forces the body to stabilise against asymmetrical torque, this is useful for all athletic performance & injury prevention. Works the glute medius, QL, obliques & core stabilisers in particular. Increased neuromuscular demand: More co-ordination & motor-unit recruitment is required to maintain balance. FWIW- I also use a balanced split squat in my own & clients programming, but this is a good iteration to include @eat.look.feel

It’s not always about improving health, which ironically improves health.

Client Progress || L, 30, New York L came to EATLOOKFEEL with the goal of building muscle mass. Motivation was high, he already had a solid & consistent health routine, he just lacked the direction needed to take him to where he wanted to be. I changed the overall balance to his training; L’s training was cardio heavy when he came to me, I wanted to protect that high level fitness whilst incorporating more strength work, it looked like: 5/6x sessions per week: Push Pull/Core Lowerbody Tempo Run/Core Upperbody Long Run/Bike Nutritionally, I made big changes. L wasn’t fuelling him sufficiently to align with his goals. It was important that we were meticulous here as building muscle mass without putting on unnecessary body fat % requires that. I reduced L’s protein intake & increased his carb/fats drastically. This not only fuelled his training better allowing us to increase the intensity there, but also improved recovery & also his hormone balance. Essentially, creating the best environment possible for his body to grow. I also completely changed his supplement stack in our time together to suit his needs/goals. Recovery wise, L had a good routine of consistent sleep & looked after his body well with stretch/mobility work etc. We worked together on protecting that around work/social & we reduced training volume through the busy times. The visual does the talking. L is stronger & has gained muscle mass. Scale weight wise he is ~4kg heavier but interestingly his cardio splits have also improved. On a deeper level his energy, underlying data & posture have all improved- that’s my language. No photoshoot, no holiday, no time period. Just a focus on building true long-term health. —— ⁣⁣⁣⁣Craving your own health progress? Fill in the form via the link in our bio. Healthier is a choice.

‘Controlling the controllables’. A good intention to carry into health routine. “Lock in”, “Winter arc” etc etc~ Easy for making reels- less easy to implement around work/family/life etc. Routine is often smooth when we have full control over it, we should utilise that, but that likely isn’t always possible. Life happens & only being able to progress health during the quiet times is somewhat fragile, & can quickly create an ‘all or nothing’ cycle. So how to approach the health pillars when the busier times hit. Here are a couple of simple frameworks to keep in mind & apply. The overriding take away: turn the intensity down on certain pillars of health where necessary, but never off. These sound simple, but carrying this intention can have a significant effect on long term progress. I’ve seen it. Progress isn’t only about optimising the best days when things are smooth. Sometimes the easiest wins can be improving the worst days when things are difficult.

There’s more to life than your health routine, which is why your health routine is so important.

Client Spotlight | J, 27, London J came to EATLOOKFEEL with the goal of improving his health & his physique. He wanted to build muscle mass but stay lean & athletic whilst doing so. I introduced a new training style for J; incorporating 4x strength sessions a week & 1x tempo running session. Moving away from the split that was leaving him feeling stuck. Nutritionally, we worked on creating a framework that fuels his early morning pre work sessions, steadies his energy through his long working hours & allows him to eat with his family in the evening. Important we got this right as to allow the energy required to gain muscle mass, without putting on any unnecessary body-fat %. We have also addressed his supplement stack, tailoring it to his specific needs based on his blood-work/lifestyle. Stress management was a big area of opportunity for J. He works long hours around his training & that comes with stress. It was important that we improved his recovery; in this case, we improved his evening down regulation routine, reduced caffeine consumption & improved warm up/cool downs/mobility work, This set him up to recover better, allow him to grow & ultimately make consistency much smoother for him. The visual does the talking here. J is stronger, fitter, healthier & has built good muscle mass. He’s stronger across all movements, faster with his running & we have seen his RHR decrease. On a deeper level; his energy/mood, posture & blood-work have all improved from the changes we have made. —— Craving your own health progress? Fill in the form via the link in our bio. Healthier is a choice.

The most common trait I see in people who achieve/maintain high-level health long-term: They can raise the intensity when needed,
but beneath it all is ruthless consistency. Their floor isn’t too far from their ceiling. Intensity creates a good story. Consistency creates good results. & when it comes to health, you don’t want stories,
you want a smooth, quiet trajectory of improvement. Create your stories elsewhere in life. True health isn’t loud, you feel good, you look good, you avoid injury/illness, & you set yourself up to show up better for everything else in life. Earn the right to increase the intensity, & that is by building a robust foundation of consistency & direction.

a fast but sustainable rhythm 🎯

Client Spotlight | H, 34, Dubai
 H came to EATLOOKFEEL with the goal of improving his health & his physique. Motivation was high, he was training routinely & eating well, but he lacked direction to his training, nutrition & overall routine.
 I introduced a new training style for H, he is still training 5x 60min per week but with increased intensity & an improved balance to strength/cardio/mobility.
 Nutritionally, we’ve worked between 2400-2750 calories daily, looking to increase that over time. Creating a framework that fuels his pre work early morning sessions & then aligns his energy through his long working hours.

We have also addressed his supplement stack, focusing on longevity & tailoring it to his specific needs based off of his blood-work.
 H works long hours & that comes with stress/social commitments. When his evenings are out of his hands, we worked on making the best possible decisions, & then when he did have control of his evenings it was about creating a down regulation routine that set him up to sleep well & recover well to build the consistency that is needed for his goals. We bought his last meal of the day earlier which saw a big improvement in sleep quality & HRV, we also introduced some simple nasal breath work & reduced evening screen time. Small changes, with big long term outcomes.
 The visual does the talking here. H is leaner, stronger, fitter & ultimately healthier. He’s 5g lighter on the scale but stronger across all movements. On a deeper level, his skin, energy/mood, posture & bloodwork data have all improved from the changes we are making.
 We’re building true, long-term health for H. Excited to continue to progress.
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 ⁣⁣⁣⁣Craving your own health progress? Fill in the form via the link in our bio.
 ⁣⁣⁣⁣Healthier is a choice.