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Mark Gray

This is more than just 'another newsletter' flooding your inbox. I'm Mark Gray and I've been coaching since 2016. My newsletter 'The Wellness Report' delivers actionable tips and key insights into health, performance, & longevity, as well as sending the most up-to-date health and fitness news to 5k+ weekly readers.

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Is Dehydration Quietly Sabotaging Your Performance?

And yes, one of your favourite drinks does count as water! Read time: 4 minutes God damit it's hot! I thought I was used to the warm weather, but even I'm getting a little fed up with it lately 😂 It's just a constant 30-32 degrees here every day in Barcelona. I know, get your little violins out for poor Mark and his terrible weather. Maybe it's the Airbnb I'm in. The A/C is decent, but it's definitely not top-notch. Or maybe it's the fact that I only have to walk for 5 minutes before I'm...

If You Only Did These 7 Things

You'd be healthier than 99% of people Read time: 4 minutes I was taking a shameless mirror selfie on Saturday, when Bella decided to do her best impression of a Meerkat by jumping up on her back legs 😂 Talking of best impressions, if you want to do your best impression of a super healthy person, then you'll want to keep reading. Let's not waste any time any get stuck into this week's newsletter... There's a supplement for everything. A protocol for everything. A gadget, a hack, a biohacker on...

The Fire You Can't Feel Read time: 5 minutes Can we take a moment to appreciate how beautiful this photo that I took on Saturday is! I spent the weekend in Platja d'Aro in Costa Brava eating amazing seafood, topping up my tan on the beach, and even squeezing in a round of mini-golf. It came at the right time, as I have just opened up testing for my new business, MeridianWork and felt like I needed a bit of a rest. If you want to check out my new website and learn more about my new venture,...

I Think We've Made Health Stressful Read time: 4 minutes Something scary as f*ck happened to me this morning! I was on my usual morning walk with Bella. She had just done her business on the ground. I picked it up (with a poop bag, of course). The lead dropped out of my hand. She took two steps forward and was off the curb and onto a very busy road. Without even looking, I ran straight after her, lifted her by her scruff with one hand, and jumped back off the road. I'd say this all happened...

5 things I used to swear by (and now don't) Read time: 4 minutes I missed out on last week's newsletter because, in all honesty, I was playing with my dog for the entire day instead of working 😂 After not seeing her for 3 months, all I wanted to do was make up for lost time. But we're back again this week with a snappy email where I'm going through some of the biggest health realisations I've come to in previous years. Let's not beat around the bush and get stuck straight into them... I used...

Brain power

What do 80-year-old "superagers" know that we don't? Read time: 4 minutes This little intro story feeds directly into this week's newsletter. Last Wednesday, I had a genuine case of burnout. Granted, I managed to curtail it in a day, but I haven't felt fatigue and exhaustion like that in a very long time! So, I permitted myself to switch off entirely at the weekend, and boy, did I. On Saturday, I rented a scooter, drove to a green area on the map, ate a chocolate mushroom, and sank two beers,...

This transformed a client's sleep recently Read time: 5 minutes From the outside looking in, it might look like I'm having a post-break-up, midlife crisis at 35, when you see that I've spent 6 weeks in Albania, of all places. All those closest to me know this couldn't be further from the truth. In truth, I'm in a great place physically, mentally, and emotionally, with the last two getting genuinely stronger with each passing day. And at the foundation of it all is my sleep, and I'm a GREAT...

And It Has Nothing to Do With Bad Sleep Read time: 5 minutes First of all, I want to start this week's newsletter by saying thank you to everyone who got in touch wishing me a happy birthday, it really means a lot. I would say it feels odd when a 'stranger' messages me to wish me a happy birthday, but I've been creating content for so long that it's second nature to me, and I'm extremely grateful for it. I took my butt down to the beach on Saturday, went for a dip, had a few bottles of local...

Here to share some birthday 'wisdom' with you. Read time: 5 minutes Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, how the hell do I turn 35 today! It only seems like yesterday that I was a lanky teenager who loved playing sports and hiding socks underneath my bed. Mums of teenage boys will know what I mean. We're disgusting 😂 I've no idea what I'm going to do. I contemplated staying at a 5-star hotel and giving myself the celeb treatment, but in all honesty, I'm probably going to grab a pizza, take stock of what...

The Longevity Lever Most People Are Missing Read time: 4 minutes I missed you last week, and I hope the feeling was mutual 🤞 I was planning to write my newsletter last Monday, but I had the most disgusting headache for 2 days! It didn't seem fair that it was the bank holiday weekend and I ended up with a headache, but none of the fun that usually goes along with it 😂 Anyway, since I last spoke to you, a few things have happened: I've decided to grow a beard for the second time in my life. The...