<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Active Choice blog</title><description>Writing from Linz on training in the second half of life: strength, cardio, mobility and balance.</description><link>https://activechoice.co.uk</link><language>en-gb</language><item><title>Why my goal is for you to stop needing me</title><link>https://activechoice.co.uk/blog/why-the-goal-is-to-stop-needing-me</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://activechoice.co.uk/blog/why-the-goal-is-to-stop-needing-me</guid><description>Most personal training quietly depends on you never leaving. Here is why I aim at the opposite, and what that actually looks like session by session.</description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>coaching</category><category>how i work</category></item><item><title>The four things that actually matter</title><link>https://activechoice.co.uk/blog/the-four-things-that-matter</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://activechoice.co.uk/blog/the-four-things-that-matter</guid><description>Strength, cardio, mobility and balance. What each one does for you after fifty, why the four hold each other up, and how little time it really takes.</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>training</category><category>first principles</category></item><item><title>Health span, not life span</title><link>https://activechoice.co.uk/blog/health-span-not-life-span</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://activechoice.co.uk/blog/health-span-not-life-span</guid><description>Living longer is not much of a goal on its own. Here is why the second half of life changes the question, and what to aim at instead.</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>healthy ageing</category><category>first principles</category></item></channel></rss>