85 is the new 100: why your readiness score dictates your PRs
2 January 2026Your body keeps receipts. 🧾 Every late night email you answered. Every extra shot of espresso. That heavy squat session from Tuesday. The glass of wine you had to wind […]
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Sprint faster: how 90 minutes extra sleep adds 4% speed
22 December 2025You buy the carbon plated shoes. You track your macronutrients down to the gram. You spend hundreds on supplements and recovery tools that promise to give you an edge. But […]
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Why the recovery is starting to feel real
18 December 2025Six weeks ago we wrote that rate relief was real but had not yet reached the showroom floor. Six weeks is not usually long enough for the picture to change […]
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Your watch is smarter than you think: decoding the data beyond steps and sleep
7 December 2025You likely wear it every day. It buzzes when you get a text, nudges you when you’ve been sitting too long, and gives you a satisfying little celebration when you […]
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The new shape of the New Zealand household
26 November 2025The Reserve Bank cut the Official Cash Rate again today, taking it to 2.25%. That is the lowest it has been since early 2022, and the market view is that […]
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Back pain wrecking your deadlift? Here is the best mattress for recovery
26 November 2025Sleep is not just rest. It is training you do at night. 💤🏋️ You track your macros. You monitor your heart rate variability (HRV). You obsess over your squat form […]
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Why bedrooms are becoming the room that has to do the most
12 November 2025In the year to September 2025, Auckland councils issued consents for around 14,500 new dwellings. Just over half of them were not standalone houses. They were townhouses, terraced housing, retirement […]
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Better sleep scores tonight: the sleepy athlete mocktail recipe
11 November 2025You hit your protein targets. You crushed your intervals. You stretched. Yet you are staring at the ceiling at 11 pm feeling wired but tired. You know your wearable is […]
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Where the New Zealand bedding market actually is, October 2025
5 November 2025A month ago the Reserve Bank cut the OCR by 50 basis points to 2.50%. In the same window, the Q2 GDP print came in at minus 0.9%, well below […]
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