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Health and fitness, from the stage and the gym floor.
I'm a health and fitness speaker and I coach men over forty. The speaker guides below live here. The articles and plain answers live on Field Notes, my free writing home, and every one is listed on this page.
For event planners
How to Choose a Health Speaker for Your Event
What separates a talk people forget by lunch from one they still use a year later.
ReadBooking a Fitness Speaker for a Corporate Event
Formats, fees and the follow-up that makes a wellness talk worth the budget.
ReadMen's Health Speaker: Talking to Men Who Don't Want a Lecture
Men over forty tune out lectures. Here's what they actually listen to.
ReadPlain answers
The answer first, in under a minute. On Field Notes.
- How much protein should I eat in a day?
- Why do I keep starting a routine and quitting?
- How do I train when I have no time?
- How do I fix my sleep?
- Why am I so tired in my 40s?
- What does the archive say about low testosterone?
- How do I lose belly fat after 40?
- How do I build a habit that actually sticks?
- How do I manage stress as a dad?
- What does the archive say about men's mental health?
- How does alcohol affect fitness?
- What does the archive say about intermittent fasting?
- How do I get back in shape after years off?
- Why does strength training matter for longevity?
- How many days a week should I train?
- How do I work out at home with no equipment?
- What is the Power 30?
- What are the five Fs?
- How do I find my why?
- What is the Whole Life Fitness Manifesto?
- What should I eat for breakfast?
- How much water should I drink?
- How do I stay fit while travelling?
- How do I get going when I do not feel like it?
- How do I start running again?
- Are supplements worth it?
- How do I stop sugar cravings?
- How do I be a more present dad?
- What morning routine actually works?
- How do I train around an injury?
- How long until I see results?
- How do I set goals I actually keep?
- How do I stay accountable?
- How do I fix stiffness and poor mobility?
- How much protein should I eat per meal?
- What are the best protein sources for a busy dad?
- Do I need protein powder?
- How much protein do I need to keep muscle while losing fat?
- How do I hit my protein target without cooking?
- What is a dad bod?
- Is a dad bod unhealthy?
- How fast can a man over 40 safely lose fat?
- How long does it take to form a habit?
- What is habit stacking?
- How do I lose weight after 40?
- Why am I not losing weight?
- What is cortisol, and why does it matter?
- How does stress cause belly fat?
- Do hormones affect weight loss after 40?
- How do I boost testosterone naturally?
Articles by topic
Strength after 40
Sleep and recovery
Eating for fat loss
- Eating for fat loss after 40: a plain plan
- Why you're hungry at 9pm
- Eating well when the kids eat chicken nuggets
- Weekend eating: why Monday to Friday isn't enough
- The weight loss plateau after 40: why it happens and what to do
- Why diets fail after 40 (and what works instead)
- Eating fat does not make you fat
Men's health basics
Mobility and back pain
Drinking less
Heart and cardio
Hormones and stress
Mindset
- What do you actually want?
- Why starting over keeps failing
- The DadBody project: what it is, who it is for, and why it works
- The Whole Life Fitness Manifesto
- Dancing with Mom
- Four simple phrases for thriving relationships
- Five life lessons from Ted Lasso
- One year of putting my mental health first
- Someone is knocking at the door. Open it.
- Do we hate the words, we need to talk?
- I was scared, but I did it anyway
- Are you over 40 and a father? Then the #DadBodyProject is for you
- The Monday morning challenge