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Hiking the Via Alpina West

on September 26, 2025

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How Artificial Intelligence believes Older Athletes should train (and sleep, and eat, and... live)

on May 12, 2025

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When a review is really an Advert

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The Caledonia Way

The Caledonia Way is a somewhat unusual long distance cycling route. While it's mostly on minor roads, you can't ride the whole thing on a road bike. There are at least three sections where it heads into distinctly off-road territory. Not full mountain bike country, but rough enough to give anyone on a 23-25mm skinny tyre a hard time with skids and pinch flats. Touring 28mm and upwards would be fine. The other curious thing is that the National Cycling Network seems to dis-own a few sections. NCN78 signs are rare between Campbeltown and Oban, confined to the few off-road parts which aren't the Caledonian Canal towpath. If that wasn't confusing enough, at Fort William the Caledonia Way acquires a second name, and for part of this final section it's better known as the Great Glen Way. T he walker's Great Glen Way (which can be ridden on an MTB) splits off and takes a different, rough, high route as it approaches ...

How Artificial Intelligence believes Older Athletes should train (and sleep, and eat, and... live)

I had a comment on one of the Strength videos recently which was along the lines of "no-one ever talks about the increased rest we need to keep training as we get older". It's a good point. I decided to ask an Artificial Intelligence to explain. I followed this up with a prompt asking how to continue training given the factors this raised. The reply is far from perfect and people might question individual elements, but it covers most. I might yet make a video based on these response but right now I feel it's more useful to see in its written form. Initially, I asked "Please explain why older athletes need more rest. Emphasis on physiological response to training stimulus and fatigue". Here's the reply. Older athletes require more rest and recovery time compared to their younger counterparts due to several key physiological factors that influence their response to training stimuli and fatigue accumulation. Here’s a breakdown of...

Resources

This is where you'll find links to resources that will help you plan and complete some of the adventures in my videos. You'll hopefully recognise them by the video thumbnail. TORINO NICE RALLY THE CALEDONIA WAY LOCH NESS 360 THE MORAY GRAVEL WAY THE KINTYRE GRAVEL WAY

My Cycling Kit

The links below are mostly affiliate links which means I receive a small commission if you use them when buying, for which I thank you. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. My compliance information regarding review equipment is linked from my website GLASSES Prescription glasses from: https://www.extreme-eyewear.co.uk/ Earlier prescription glasses with flip-up visor were ‘Austin’ by Sunwise only from opticians RAB CYCLING CLOTHING Comes from their Cinder range and was given to me for review https://rab.equipment/uk/?rab_live_uk_products%5Bquery%5D=cinder%20 Big waterproof - Cinder Kinetic Blue waterproof cycling pants (excellent!) - Cinder Kinetic Olive green cycling jacket - Cinder Ridgeline Mustard cycling jersey - Cinder Jersey Mustard waterproof - Cinder Phantom Jacket OTHER CLOTHING Helmet - Giro Helios Spherical MIPS: https://amzn.to/49eoXjw Touring shoes - Giro Rumble MTB: ...

Zoe Persionalised Nutrition - is it worth it?

I’ve been asked several times whether I thought the Zoe App and testing were worthwhile. The short answer is “yes”. The long answer is more nuanced. Zoe is a system of personalised nutrition. Sign up and you get access to a phone App and a box of stuff comes in the mail. You use that stuff to capture and carry out a series of tests; on your poop (testing the gut microbiome; on your blood (testing your body’s response to eating fats); and a Continuous Glucose Monitor - a CGM - to testing your body’s response to sugar. The first phase of the Zoe programme involves this testing and you can find the details online. When we did it in January 2023 it involved eating calibrated muffins in which the precise amounts of sugar and fat were known. They’ve now switched to cookies because those muffins were hard to eat in the time allowed. While your samples are being analysed and your personal report prepared, you do more self-testing with the C...

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