Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Physical Health”
With the world cautiously reopening, and many of us enjoying a slightly chonkier frame due to lockdown eating, drinking, and sitting on our arses, we checked out a few apps that might encourage a little more walking. Specifically apps that promise to reward you with actual money for doing some exercise. Sure you can fill your rings on an Apple …
Health Bar Special Welcome back to the Health Bar. Normally what I would do is take you on a journey through an illness or a disease and talk about the cool history, the nuts and bolts of how it works and all the ways we treat the issues. Not today though. Today we will talk about dealing with Covid whilst …
No one likes stereotypes, but sometimes so many people in a group live up to them that they stick. In this case, they also stink! Gamers have gathered all sorts of stereotypes over the years. Which are true? Which are totally out there? And how can you avoid falling into those categories? Debunking the Stereotypes Thanks to popular media, when most …
Video games allow hours of entertainment in worlds that only animation, graphics and creativity could dream up. However, playing them can sometimes come at a cost to your eyes. If you get headaches easily or have vision problems, you know the importance of playing video games the right way. The following tips can help you keep your eyes healthy while …
Contrary to popular belief, gamers can experience injuries and health conditions too. After all, too many hand movements and extremely long hours of gameplay can cause different ailments from wrist injuries to mental health issues. As a gamer, it’s important to watch your health as it tends to be easy not to be mindful of your well-being when playing games …
Welcome back to the Health Bar. Today we’re going to try something a little bit different. We’re going to stroll through the alphabet and look at those vitamins and minerals your body needs, and what happens when you either don’t get enough, or your body can’t use them properly. The Name Game Let’s start with the word vitamin itself. Vitamine …
In 2017 at PAX East, the year of the storm, I caught PAX Plague and I caught it bad. The common cold, amplified by the power of tens of thousands of gamers from around the world. Was I dying? Would I ever make it back to the UK? Was this my last PAX ever? Staying on an inflatable mattress in …
Hair loss. This for the ladies – see, I promised I don’t solely bring experts in to help me out! Here’s Sophie Humphrey from 360 Hair Clinic with the first part of a new series on hair loss – Robin So, last time we covered hair loss and thinning in men, this time we are going to highlight the …
Hair loss. I turned 40 recently and the thinning has begun. I promise I don’t solely bring experts in to help me out, but here’s Sophie Humphrey from 360 Hair Clinic with the first part of a new series on hair loss – Robin It seems as though the festive period is already a long distant memory. For most …
Robert House guides us through the 12 Injuries of Christmas and what to do about them, bringing you health and happiness! Welcome back to the 12 Injuries of Christmas! Let’s leave the first 2 families to recover from their nightmares on Christmas, and move along to the next door down… On the ninth day of Christmas, another injury…. Nine Ladies …
‘Twas the weeks before Christmas, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, because it’s cold outside and the gym seems very far away… That’s right, once again we find ourselves in the anti-gym weeks, the weeks where you could really do with a little extra push to go to the gym, but it never comes because the …
If Ice Cream Is Your Diet’s Nightmare, Don’t Be Afraid Anymore… Our guest writer Tamsyn Kennedy tried the top 3 low calorie ice creams on the market today. If you need your sweet tooth fix and comfort food, the calories don’t have to be horrifying. “Halloween cupcakes, anyone?” In July, I started my healthy eating journey. I did this …
I would wager that if you are here on Coaching for Geeks, you probably dabble in gaming. Yet for some of our incredible community this can come with some dangers, so today we are going to take a bit of a dive into photosensitive epilepsy (PSE). The histories, causes, triggers, management of PSE, and of course, try to look at …
Coach Austin has a new toy. He’s quite excited. It’s a Fit3D Body Scanner. So what is it? How does it work? Can it measure body fat? What benefit does it offer over tradition measuring? Can you have a little 3d figure made out of it for dungeons and dragons? (this last question may or may not be answered). In …
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome! It has nothing to do with fish. Or underground tunnels. Coaching for Geeks’ brand new health expert – Operating Department Practitioner Robert House – explains what the hell Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is – and what you can do about it: As many of you will know, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) will affect a rather large portion of the …
Roll For A Plan Role playing games like D&D give us the opportunity to come up with a plan and then see what happens when it is implemented. But what about the factors (such as dice rolls) That you can’t control? I’m on a pretty strict diet and it has a number of calories. This is my battle plan. It …
Five No Bullshit Ways to Shed Fat You’re Stuffed with Stuffing, you’ve turkeyed the turkey, you’ve drunk till you’ve sunk (you get the point.) Now it’s time to face those consequences, but do you have to? We’re got five No BS ways to shed the extra pounds after Christmas – why don’t you get a head start BEFORE the new …
Onett Town? Coach Austin calls upon one of the highest ranked coaches in the fitness Industry, Sam Pogue, Director of Strategic Partnerships for Onnit & founder of the Fitness Breakroom Podcast to share his XP points with the Coaching for Geeks tribe. Fitness Breakroom Launches December 4th 2017 http://www.fitnessbreakroom.com/ About Sam Sam Pogue is the co-founder of Fitness Break Room, an online …
Basically B.S. Before we set off, and this is no B.S., come and join the Facebook group for daily geek life, dating and fitness advice. Recently there has been a big boom of fitness interest and participation, again (think back to the 90s and again in the 80s – legwarmers for everyone!), which means a lot of newbies will be …