Calorie counting - a healthy habit?

In the world of healthy habits, we often hear about workouts, mindfulness, sleep, recovery, and nutrition. And truth is - a truly healthy life is a nice combination of all of these and much more. A big part of healthy living is understanding what we should actually eat in order to optimize our health and wellbeing.

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Lockdown Diaries 1: How to Train at Home

It is highly unlikely that you come out from this lockdown in better shape than you were before. This time is boring, stressful and filled with temptation of sweets, alcohol and lying at the sofa touching yourself. So go ahead and set an ambititous goal of having bikini body for the upcoming summer. For majority of people (like me) having the goal of not completely deteriorate should be enough.

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Healthzilla Quick Guide

Our updated app contains a more sensitive version of our Stress Score algorithm. This works with most wearable devices, or use our fingertip Stress Scan if you don't have a device. Here’s a quick guide on how to get started and how to make the most out of your journey with our cheeky data-monster Zilla.

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Sleepless in Singapore: Insomnia, Sleep Quality, and the Sleep Trackers You Need

I recently came across a Financial Times article pondering whether the search for a perfect night’s sleep with trackers and wearable devices is actually keeping us awake. Having struggled with sleep myself for a big chunk of my life, I wanted to share my personal experiences on sleep trackers and their impact on my sleeping disorders and quality of sleep.

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Healthy Habits: How to finally succeed with your New Year’s Resolution in 2020

We’re all guilty. Most of us do it every year. A new year, a new you. This is the year. You’ll exercise more. Spend more time with family. Get that promotion you deserve. Clean the garage. Have that dream holiday. You’ll do… nothing. Well, at least statistically speaking, you’re 80% likely to fail at being the new you this year. Hey, there’s always next year?

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Warming up prior to your workout – healthy habit or wasting time?

“I don’t have time for a warmup”, “It’s common knowledge that you do not need to warmup before your workout” or even “Duh bro, stretching only makes you weak!”. 

All of the above can often be heard in one form or another in gyms all around. Warming up has – at least recently – been an interesting topic of discussion as more controversial information has emerged.

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Why you need to start tracking stress: Heart Rate Variability

Unbeknownst to you all mere mortals, top athletes and CEO's have been using expensive tools to quantify and optimize their stress for years. I'm about to lay it on you, for free. Keyword: HRV.

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Engineering the perfect morning for Wellness and Longevity

For years now, I’ve been seeking the perfect morning routine. Before you dismiss this whole thing because you’re not a morning person, let me disclose, neither am I. That’s mostly why I’ve become obsessed with it. It doesn’t come naturally to me. I must plan to win.

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Observations From 100 Days of Mindfulness Meditation: Benefits of Meditation, Meditation Skills, & More

Having dabbled in a bit of mindfulness here and there over the past few years, I recently made a commitment to daily meditation. This is my personal account of how it has changed my life. My goal here isn’t to boast to you about the glow of my aura, but a rational description of my experience.

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Our Quest to Solve Stress: Types, Symptoms, and Effects of Stress

As we’ve just updated our app Healthzilla with a bunch of new features, we wanted to step back and share what we’re doing here, and why it matters.

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