Introduction
This website is dedicated to sharing my experiences with nutrition and exercise to improve my performance and enjoyment whilst backpacking during all four seasons.
Four key principles to improving health
I have four principles that I follow to help at home or out on the trail:
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- Fast – either time restricted feeding or extended fasts to perform better, induce fat-adaptation, induce autophagy, reduce inflammation and manage body composition.
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- Feast – eat cleanly. Whilst I (Mark) follow a ketogenic diet, we do not advocate any specific dietary pattern: Vegan, Vegetarian, Keto, Mediterranean, … Just avoid processed and pre-packaged foods!
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- Sleep Well – essential to helping your body recover. Especially when you are expending significant physical effort hiking long distances, in the mountains, with a backpack.
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- Exercise Outdoors – in particular mountains, forests or other wilderness areas. This is beneficial to both your physical and mental health,