BIOHACKING


While biohacking sounds like something designed more for cyborgs or robots than humans, this trend has become increasingly popular in the fitness and wellbeing world. The sci-fi- sounding movement started with Silicon Valley entrepreneur Dave Asprey, who spent 15 years experimenting with everything from butter-rich coffee to spells inside a subzero cryotherapy chamber in a bid to better his health. The trend uses science to improve performance,


health and wellbeing, with Asprey defining biohacking as “changing the environment around you and inside you so you have more control over your own biology”. While some methods require blood testing and eye-wateringly expensive technology, others draw on age-old techniques such as basic meditation and yoga. Indeed, you might have been biohacking this whole time without even realising it...


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IMPROVE YOUR GUT HEALTH The gut is a powerhouse within the body.


Scientists call it our ‘second brain’, because it has such a major impact on our health. When you have a healthy gut, you’re able to effectively absorb the nutrients from your food, have high energy levels and a better mood — all things that affect your daily performance. So, how can you keep your gut in tip-top shape? Start by adding more probiotics to your diet — live bacteria and yeasts that help keep the balance of the gut microbiome. Foods that are rich in probiotics include yoghurt, kefir, sauerkraut and kimchi. You could also take a probiotic supplement, such as Symprove. It’s a water-based supplement that you take in the morning at least 10 minutes before eating and drinking anything. A four-week supply costs £79. symprove.com


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HARNESS YOUR HORMONES To learn how to move with your menstrual


cycle, consider downloading Jessica Ennis-Hill’s CycleMapping app. The app (£2.99 per month, jennis.com) elevates the idea of a basic period tracker by developing training sessions that take into account your period, hormones and phases. Your bespoke fitness plan could look like yoga sessions designed to ease cramps on bleed days; then, later in the month, you could be doing strength or HIIT workouts when oestrogen levels peak and you feel more energetic. Current users say the app has helped them to achieve more efficient strength and fitness gains, have increased motivation towards exercise, experience reduced cycle symptoms (including bloating, anxiety and headaches) and feel better overall.


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