Public Health and Personal Fitness
Module 5
Biology, Biomechanics and Biohacking
11 Courses
Chemistry: Building Blocks of the World Platform: Open2Study Institution: Swinburne University of Technology Started: 22/03/2018 Finished: 11/03/2019 Biochemistry: The Molecules of Life Platform: FutureLearn Institution: University of East Anglia Started: 30/06/2018 Finished: 02/07/2018 Biochemical Principles of Energy Metabolism Platform: Coursera Institution: KAIST Started: 29/06/2021 Finished: 01/07/2021 The Science of Nutrition Platform: FutureLearn Institution: The Open University Started: 09/01/2018 Finished: 11/01/2018 Food, Nutrition and Your Health Platform: Open2Study Institution: Open2Study Started: 03/01/2014 Finished: 06/02/2014 The Human Body as a Machine Platform: Open2Study Institution: Flinders University Started: 23/03/2015 Finished: 10/10/2017 Science of Exercise Platform: Coursera Institution: University of Colorado Border Started: 17/03/2018 Finished: 01/09/2020 The Musculoskeletal System: The Science of Staying Active into Old Age Platform: FutureLearn Institution: University of Sheffield, University of Liverpool & Newcastle University Started: 21/09/2017 Finished: 11/10/2017 Managing Your Health: The Role of Physical Therapy and Exercise Platform: Coursera Institution: University of Toronto Started: 15/03/2019 Finished: 20/08/2019 Exercise Prescription for the Prevention and Treatment of Disease Platform: FutureLearn Institution: Trinity College Dublin Started: 21/03/2018 Finished: 21/03/2018 Biohacking Your Brain's Health Platform: Coursera Institution: Emory University Started: 05/03/2019 Finished: 06/03/2019
28 Books
Anatomy and Physiology
The Body: A Guide for Occupants Author: Bill Bryson Publisher: Doubleday Books Published: 2019 Started: 14/05/2020 Finished: 31/05/2020 A Natural Method of Physical Training: Making Muscle and Reducing Flesh Without Dieting or Apparatus Author: Edwin Checkley Publisher: Forgotten Books Published: 2019 Started: 02/10/2019 Finished: 07/10/2019 The Natural Method: Georges Hébert's Practical Guide to Physical Education Author: Georges Hébert, Ed Thomas (Editor) & Philippe Til (Translator) Publisher: Kindle Published: 2014 Started: 02/10/2019 Finished: 02/10/2019 The Natural Method: Fundamental Exercises: Georges Hébert's Practical Guide to Physical Education (The Natural Method Book 2) Author: Georges Hébert & Philippe Til Publisher: Kindle Published: 2015 Started: 03/10/2019 Finished: 12/11/2019 The Natural Method: Functional Exercises: Georges Hébert's Practical Guide to Physical Education Author: Georges Hébert & Philippe Til Publisher: Kindle Published: 2015 Started: 12/11/2019 Finished: 15/11/2019 The Natural Method: Self-Defense Techniques Author: Georges Hébert & Philippe Til Publisher: Kindle Published: 2015 Started: 16/11/2019 Finished: 20/11/2019 The Natural Method Swimming Techniques Author: Georges Hébert & Philippe Til Publisher: Kindle Published: 2015 Started: 26/11/2019 Finished: 14/12/2019 Women's Physical Education: Shaping Muscle & Beauty (The Natural Method) Author: Georges Hébert & Philippe Til Publisher: Kindle Published: 2016 Started: 14/12/2019 Finished: 13/05/2020 The Biohacking Manifesto: The Scientific Blueprint for a Long, Healthy and Happy Life using Cutting Edge Anti-Aging and Neuroscience Based Hacks Author: James Lee Publisher: Stem Cell Media Published: 2015 Started: 04/10/2017 Finished: 04/01/2019 The Blue Zones Solution: Eating and Living Like the World's Healthiest People Authors: Dan Buettner Publisher: National Geographic Published: 2014 Started: 14/09/2019 Finished: 14/09/2019 How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease Author: Michael Greger Publisher: Flatiron Books Published: 2015 Started: 17/07/2018 Finished: 16/09/2019 The Fast Diet: The Simple Secret of Intermittant Fasting Authors: Michael Mosley and Mimi Spencer Publisher: Short Books Ltd Published: 2013 Started: 07/02/2013 Finished: 09/02/2013 The Fast 800: How to Combine Rapid Weight Loss and Intermittent Fasting for Long-Term Health Author: Michael Mosley Publisher: Short Books Ltd Published: 2018 Started: 16/07/2018 Finished: 21/07/2018 Fast Exercise: The Simple Secret of High Intensity Training Authors: Michael Mosley and Peta Bee Publisher: Short Books Ltd Published: 2013 Started: 07/09/2014 Finished: 13/09/2014 The First 20 Minutes: Exercise Better, Train Smarter and Live Longer Author: Gretchen Reynolds Publisher: Hudson Street Press Published: 2012 Started: 27/06/2016 Finished: 02/09/2016 Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen Author: Christopher McDougall Publisher: Knopf Published: 2009 Started: 20/07/2019 Finished: 19/07/2019 Footnotes: How Running Makes Us Human Author: Vybarr Cregan-Reid Publisher: Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio Published: 2016 Started: 08/09/2019 Finished: 09/09/2019 Natural Born Heroes: How a Daring Band of Misfits Mastered the Lost Secrets of Strength and Endurance Author: Christopher McDougall Publisher: Random House Audio Published: 2015 Started: 15/08/2019 Finished: 30/09/2019 Running with the Kenyans: Passion, Adventure, and the Secrets of the Fastest People on Earth Author: Adharanand Finn Publisher: Random House Audio Published: 2012 Started: 14/10/2019 Finished: 23/10/2019 What Doesn't Kill Us: How Freezing Water, Extreme Altitude and Environmental Conditioning Will Renew Our Lost Evolutionary Strength Author: Scott Carney Publisher: Foxtopus, Inc Published: 2017 Started: 04/10/2019 Finished: 05/10/2019 The Wim Hof Method: Activate Your Full Human Potential Author: Wim Hof Publisher: Sounds True Published: 2020 Started: 21/02/2021 Finished: 05/03/2021 Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art Author: James Nestor Publisher: Penguin Published: 2020 Started: 16/01/2021 Finished: 23/01/2021 Just Breathe: Mastering Breathwork for Success in Life, Love, Business, and Beyond Author: Dan Brulé Publisher: Simon & Schuster Published: 2019 Started: 06/02/2021 Finished: 15/02/2021 Fast This Way: Burn Fat, Heal Inflammation and Eat Like the High-Performing Human You Were Meant to Be Author: Dave Asprey Publisher: Harper Wave Published: 2021 Started: 25/02/2021 Finished: 27/02/2021 Instinctive Fitness - A re-evolutionary approach to diet and exercise Author: Oliver Selway & Charlie Packer Publisher: Columbus Publishing Services Ltd Published: 2013 Started: 14/10/2019 Finished: 05/11/2019 Wild Strength Author: Ken Best Publisher: Kindle Published: 2013 Started: 06/11/2019 Finished: 03/12/2019 Bigger Leaner Stronger: Building the Ultimate Male Body Author: Michael Matthews Publisher: Oculus Publishers Published: 2015 Started: 16/06/2017 Finished: 20/06/2017
“The significant thing in connection with brute creatures is that they do not have athletics. The lion keeps his marvelous strength without extraordinary effort. And so with other beasts. Their natural habits keep them in condition, and sometimes their natural habits do not seem to fully explain why they are so strong and so healthy. As a matter of fact, beasts are not, of course, always so strong as they would be under training, but by not training they escape other difficulties… If we are to take any special lesson from the lower animals, it must be that the best strength is that produced under natural habits.“
Edwin Checkley, A Natural Method of Physical Training: Making Muscle and Reducing Flesh Without Dieting or Apparatus, 1895:11
Biology studies the physical structure, chemical processes, molecular interactions, physiological mechanisms, development and evolution of living organisms.
Biomechanics is the science of how muscles, bones, tendons, and ligaments work together to produce movement in a living body.
Biohacking, or do-it-yourself biology, is concerned with making small, incremental diet or lifestyle changes to achieve improvements in your health and wellbeing, often with the aim of achieving optimum health and performance.
This module came about when I started to more closely study how the human body develops and what makes it function; with the aim of using this information to improve my own health, wellbeing and exercise performance.
Personal training is focused on designing a program of fitness and nutrition instruction that enables a person to achieve their ideal physique with improved levels of physical performance. When you put biohacking and personal training together you end up with a combination that can empower you to move beyond traditional outcomes.
Getting into shape was something I invested more and more time into while building my MTA Portfolio. I did this as a part of improving my overall health, but also because I liked the challenge and seeing what my body was capable of doing.
I also became increasingly interested in the concept of biohacking and the more I educated myself about do-it-yourself biology, the more I applied it to my physical and psychological development.