Proving Ground Health

20/10/2025

Here’s a short excerpt from my new eBook- Unbreakable Man Blueprint.

It’s a no-fluff short guide intended to help you begin to understand the real reasons you’re chasing your tail.

Please excuse the typos in the captions. I’m a little short on time today cos I’m busy addressing LOW HANGING FRUIT 🍒

18/10/2025

Tired, irritable, demotivated?

Dopaminergic dysfunction is SUPER common.

Fixing that might seem complicated, but it really comes down to three things:

Have you got the ingredients (substrate and cofactors) to synthesise dopamine?

Are you stimulating the pathways that induce its synthesis?

And are you using protocols to induce its release and increase intracranial levels of dopamine?

Protein, fruit and veggies, sunlight, and cold exposure 👊🏼

17/10/2025

You’re already uncomfortable, the wifi is basically unusable, and you’re left with two options:

RUMINATE or REGULATE.

Learning to leverage these opportunities is about taking advantage of circumstances to give yourself more leeway later.

Realising that around 1% of your day determines the quality of the other 99% is essential.

08/10/2025

It’s ok to not be ok. Sometimes.

If you’re not ok all the time, something needs to change.

So if you’re not ok, don’t be ashamed, and don’t freak out. But do get a pen and a piece of paper, and write down the first thing you’re going to do differently when you wake up tomorrow, to start your journey towards okayness.

There are some really simple ways to make yourself more ok. Most of them require some effort, and all of them are things that only you can decide to do.

Waiting and hoping is not one of them.

28/08/2025

Fellas.
Are you burnt out, anxious, fatigued?
Can't get on top of your diet?
You know something needs to change but you're not sure where to start?
Do you follow ten different health influencers who are always saying ten different things?

Start here.

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For men who feel burnt out and powerless and know that something needs to change. Read time: 90 minutes

08/04/2025

Your retina (in the back of your eye) contains specialised cells called intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells.

These aren’t used for vision- they’re used to detect light, particularly blue light from the sun.

The signal that they send to the brainstem helps regulate intracranial dopamine levels.

This same cascade also regulates:

Cortisol spikes (to help you wake up)

Melatonin suppression (so you’re alert)

Serotonin production, which later becomes melatonin (for healthy sleep-wake cycles)

So early sunlight sets your entire hormonal rhythm for the day- and it starts with the eyes.

Follow for more tools that rebuild drive from the inside out.

22/03/2025

Cortisol and testosterone are in constant balance.
When one goes up, the other goes down.

If you’re stuck in survival mode, this might be why you're tired, weak, and unmotivated.

Master your stress. Reclaim your T.

What’s the one thing you do daily to keep your stress in check?

16/02/2025

A peculiar sense of calm and self assuredness occurs at the point in life at which it becomes hard to conceive of any activity who’s net benefit outweighs that of going to bed on time and waking up fresh to slay the day.

Or maybe it’s just the calm and self assuredness that comes from not being tired all the time…

Either way, I wholeheartedly endorse the Joy Of Missing Out!

07/01/2025

For many, overwhelm is a major deterrent to getting started on the path to health mastery. Some feel they are too old, and others feel it's too complicated. Neither are true.

For a handful of impactful, actionable nutrition and lifestyle tips without the nonsense, download my free eBook today at provinggroundhealth.com

06/01/2025

Does a stroll per day keep the doctor away?

Going for a walk is good for both mental and physical health.

And sometimes, a walk is all we can manage.

But ** WARNING! REALITY BYTE INCOMING** to really move the needle in terms of metabolic and cognitive health, unless impaired mobility or other factors (besides laziness) are preventing you, you should be regularly engaging in moderate to high intensity exercise.

The majority of the literature showing dramatic improvements in healthspan and longevity and dramatic reductions in chronic disease risk are drawing on data from VIGOROUS EXERCISE.

How do you know whether you’re exercising vigorously?

Some key signs are:

Breathlessness (unable to have a conversation)

Feeling a burn in your muscles (due to a buildup of lactate)

Wanting to stop (feeling significant discomfort)

Repeatedly reaching over 70% of your maximum heart rate.

Just a couple of sessions per week, lasting 20 minutes or more in this zone, are enough to reap some of the benefits.

A common objection I hear is: I just don’t think I’m cut out for vigorous exercise. I don’t think it suits my constitution.

Well, unless you are an as-yet-undiscovered species of human other than Homo sapiens, you are indeed suited to and will reap the same benefits from vigorous exercise as everyone else.

Of course, individuals who aren’t yet accustomed to engaging in moderate to high intensity bouts of exercise will struggle at first. This is usually a sign of poor cardiovascular health and metabolic inflexibility, in other words- being unfit.

Start small if you have to, but when it comes to exercise, your level of discomfort is a pretty good proxy for the improvement in fitness level you can expect to attain 💪🏼

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30/11/2024

When you're working on staying accountable and traversing the often barren landscape of consistency and focus, it can be really helpful to follow coaches and public figures who can offer reinforcement when things get tough.

When I feel myself slipping, this piece of insight from ManTalks is one I often rewatch to nudge myself back on track.

The practice of continuous self development can be a lonely road, and ensuring the content you consume is congruent with your goals can act as sustenance rather than distraction.

This video is relevant for women too.

I'd love to know whether you have any content or pages bookmarked that you go back to for positive reinforcement.

Talking points: self-worth, mindsetThis is a wildly simple fact, but so easy to miss. Self-esteem is built along the way, not something you find at the end o...

27/11/2024

I repost a lot of Dr Rhonda Patrick's content because I feel she's one of the most credible figures in the health science industry and because she has her finger so closely on the pulse of emerging research.

I don't take a plethora of supplements (supplement rant reel coming soon). Supplementation is in my opinion, a monumental waste of money for a significant slice of the population. The average layperson supplementing, A: has not yet addressed much lower hanging fruit like diet and lifestyle, and B: hasn't had lab tests performed and is supplementing blindly rather than taking a targeted approach.

That being said, Fish Oil is something I take daily, and I take a high dose (around 5g/day). The body of evidence and sheer number of compelling quality studies to support it's efficacy in supporting almost every bodily system is vast.

What Dr Patrick is saying here, is that Omega-3 Fish Oil supplements are as powerful as a pharmaceutical, and as safe as a nutrient. That's something you don't hear often.

Proven benefits include but aren't limited to:

Anti alzheimers
Cognition boosting
Antidepressant
Antiinflammatory
Immune boosting
Autoimmune modulating
Improved cardiovascular health
Hypocholesterolemic (lowers cholesterol)

And, it's now emerging that it may improve the anabolic response to protein intake 💪🏼

Extremely cheap Fish Oil supplements can be contaminated with heavy metals and toxins. However, it's my belief that this has been somewhat sensationalised and it's not necessary to shell out hundreds of dollars for the creme de la creme of Fish Oils. Just opt for a middle of the range brand and if you're concerned, check the brand against one of the many online databases comparing fish oil brands for contaminant levels.

Get on it. You'd honestly be crazy not to.