that is how you fuel fortitude.

‘There is no blueprint when attempting the impossible. You must create your own.’

10 sets of 10 repetitions using a weight that’s roughly 60 per cent of your one rep max (or a weight you could perform 20 repetitions with), all with only 60 to 90 seconds of rest in between sets.

Smoothie 1 small apple 1 kiwi fruit 2 carrots 80g kale 15g raw ginger 3 tablespoons lemon juice 100ml apple juice 100mg green tea powder

physiological (need for food, water, oxygen, sleep, for example); safety (security in the form of law, order and freedom from fear); belongingness and love (friendship, intimacy, trust and acceptance, receiving and giving affection); esteem (for dignity, achievement, status); and self-actualisation (realising personal potential, self-fulfilment).

It’s 20 May 2008 off the coast of the Bahamas. I am a trainee shark wrangler and currently have over a hundred of them circling me as I float on the ocean bed watching my mentor feed, study and inspect each one. His name was Jeremiah Sullivan and, fortunately for me, he was one of the world’s leading shark experts.

Another powerful and primitive form of pain suppression is stress-induced analgesia

these exercises are inspired by the Russian training system known as General Physical Preparedness (GPP).

it was on the return from the South Pole that Amundsen and his team ate their dogs.