Dubai · London

Wellness, lived in.

We're Sam and Billy, two of us at a kitchen table in Dubai, writing about the wellness, recovery and fitness gear we actually use day to day, with our son Freddy bouncing somewhere nearby and Luna the Labrador trying to convince us she could absolutely manage one more walk before sunset.

Sam, hands cupped around a wellness wearable

— 01 / what we cover

Four corners of the same picture.

We don't try to cover everything. We write about what we use, what we wish someone had told us before we bought it, and the small details you only spot after a month of living with a thing. Four areas, two voices, no algorithm-chasing.

Sam writes

Wellbeing & recovery, the women's edit

Postpartum, hormones, sleep, mental health for women running businesses, the bits nobody warns you about.

Billy writes

Performance & endurance

Marathons, Hyrox, the recovery kit that survives a Dubai-summer training block, and the supplements actually worth the money.

Both

Sleep, tech & the daily basics

Wearables, mattresses, supplement stacks, the unsexy daily stuff that earns its place when you've got a baby, a job and a labrador.

Dubai diary

Living well in the heat

Hammams, retreats, longevity clinics, and how to keep a labrador alive between May and October.

— 02 / the kit that's earned its place

What we genuinely use.

A live shortlist of the products we keep coming back to. Links go to the brand (or to Amazon US where we don't have a direct affiliate yet).

— wearables & sleep

  • Apple Watch Series 10

    Sam's daily wearable

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  • Eight Sleep Pod 4

    Cools the bed so Dubai summer doesn't ruin sleep

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  • Yogasleep Dohm

    Sleep sound, Freddy approved

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  • Oura Ring Gen 4

    Sleep tracking, on order

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— recovery & performance

  • Theragun Pro

    The recovery non-negotiable

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  • LMNT

    Billy's Hyrox hydration

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  • Magnesium glycinate

    Sam's sleep stack staple

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  • Hoka Mach 6

    Billy's training shoe rotation

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