The Health Course
A body that will carry you through the second half.
Six weeks. Five minutes a day. No gym, no diet, no guessing. By the end you know exactly where your body stands and you have a routine you can keep for life.
Included in membership: $47 a month, first month free, every course and the club.
Somewhere in your forties, your body stopped forgiving you.
The weight came on and stayed. You wake up tired. Your back, your knees or your chest remind you that you're not 25 any more. You know you should see a doctor. You keep not going.
You are not lazy and you are not weak. You've spent twenty years putting everyone else first. Your own body went to the bottom of the list because that's what men are taught to do. Push through. Don't complain. Deal with it later.
Later has arrived. Good. That's why you're here.
A man who looks after five simple things lives 12.2 years longer than a man who looks after none of them. Harvard researchers followed more than 120,000 people for over 30 years (Circulation, 2018). The five: not smoking, 30 minutes of movement a day, a healthy weight, decent food, no more than two drinks a day. This course is those five things, turned into a plan.
Six weeks, one job each
- See it clearlyOne doctor's visit, one tape measure. Your real numbers on paper for the first time in years.
- Sleep firstOne fixed wake time, a wind-down you actually do, and a bedroom set up for sleep.
- MoveA daily walk and five strength moves you can do in the kitchen. No gym.
- Eat like a man who plans to be hereFive food rules you keep for life. No diet, no counting.
- The quiet killersDrink, smoke, stress and blood pressure. One clear decision about each.
- Keep itA six-line routine for your worst week, and a calendar so your body never ambushes you again.
Five short lessons a week, Monday to Friday. Weekends are for catching up and resting. That's on purpose.
What you'll have at the end
- Your weight, waist, blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol, written down
- Better sleep most nights
- A body getting stronger, not weaker
- Five food rules you can keep without a diet
- A plan for drink, smoke, stress and blood pressure
- A short routine, in your wallet, that keeps it all going
- A score at the start and a score at the end, so you can see the change
- 30 daily lessons, about five minutes each
- The 20-question score, taken three times
- Daily and weekly tracker
- Step-by-step for everything, down to the tape measure
- A real-help page with crisis lines for every major country
A few promises
Nothing in this course will make you feel small. You already know you've let things slide. You don't need to be told again. What you need is a clear path and someone who understands why it got hard.
Nothing here needs a gym, special food, or money beyond a tape measure and a doctor's visit.
Nothing here is extreme. Extreme is why you quit last time. Small things, done every day, for six weeks. That's how an old stone step gets worn down by nothing but feet.
This course is health education, not medical advice. If anything in your body is already hurting or scaring you, read this first.