Lessons for a Life of Strength and Purpose I want to return to the myth of Hercules, not least because this website is named after him....

One of the main themes here on The Herculean Way has been that pushing ourselves out of our comfort zones is an important, if not...

The Herculean Way was always envisioned as way of thinking through what might be a roadmap for living the “good life”. In a world full of...

This article is about a training approach called Metabolic Resistance Training (MRT). At 98 gym we call them Hybrid workouts. Metabolic...

The other day, during a yoga class I was taking, the instructor, said to the class that “It is important to find joy in the journey so...

At the start of each year, many of us promise some change to our habits or our character in the hope of improving some aspect, or all...

I’ve been silent for a while and there are several reasons why. The first has been a long, hard rethink about who I am and what I stand...

This blog is about the University- and much more. It is about how we as humans understand ourselves and what it means to be humans. It is...

Hyrox Sydney has come and gone. 5600 competitors found their way to Sydney’s Homebush Park to run, push, pull, burpee, carry, lunge and...

I believe there are many lessons that can be learned from the gym. Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks of the benefits that come from learning...

I’ve thought a lot about whether I should be more a little more political. It is very true that the personal is political, so our daily...

It is only appropriate that THW advocates sprinting. Not only because it is the best exercise that over 40s are not doing. Rather, it is...

It’s been a while since I last posted and I’ve got no excuses for not doing so before now. The reality is that I’ve struggled to find...

The Turf Games, is subtitled the “Fittest in the City”. It is a competition requiring contestants to spend a couple of hours of rowing,...

Last week I wrote about the increase in the number of people taking up some form of activity that fit the definition of being a masters...

I have been looking at some materials on ageing, especially on biological ageing. There is no slowing down of the clock- I’m 54 years old...

This week I attended my university’s graduation ceremony. I probably attend a ceremony every year and have done so for about a decade as...

​ In my earlier post I wrote about the sickness-wellness-fitness continuum. The sickness to fitness continuum is a method and it is...

Below is what can be considered the bare minimum a person should be able to do. These are also the basic exercises that mimic daily...

Exercise is one the most important thing we can do for ourselves as we get older. I think I’ve said it a few times, but I will say it...