We all try our best to look after our brushes, our paints, and our miniatures. But what about ourselves?

Though talking about health in the hobby might not seem as interesting and escapist as chatting Chaos Dwarves and Snotling Pump Waggons, it's something that we ignore at our peril. There are a few reasons why we're going to cover it in this 2-part episode.

1. This is a sedentary hobby where we remain in the same position for long periods of time - and indoors, too.
2. Most of us have also been stuck working from home these past two years.
3. The beginning of a new year often gets us thinking about our physical and mental health, and, at least toying with the idea of making improvements.

So I'm joined by Dan of the Paint All The Minis Podcast. Dan is as heroic-looking as a modern-day GW sculpt. He wouldn't look out of place on the cover of Men's Health magazine, and he's here to lecture you and make you feel bad about yourself.

I'm being tongue-in-cheek of course. This definitely isn't a lecture, a "how-to", or an exercise in body shaming. It's merely a chat where we talk about the health-based things that have worked for us (or haven't!) over the years.

The aim is simply to get you thinking about your own health in the hobby. Either to start exploring avenues of improvements you might be able to make. Or, to laugh heartily at two puny weaklings attempting to talk about things like weights and fitness.

Because we are far from experts in these fields, and absolutely none of this is "advice", we're linking to some handy follow-up resources too. Always do your own research, and don't take our word for anything we say here.

Health in the Hobby: Follow-Up Resources

• Sleep Smarter (book)
• Eat Smarter (book)
• The Obesity Code (book)
• Fast This Way (book)
• Move Your DNA (book)
• Why We Get Sick (book)
• The Pleasure Trap (book)
• The Model Health Show (podcast)
• How to Not Get Sick & Die (podcast)
• Wim Hof (YouTube)
• Fat Fiction (YouTube)
• Jason Fung (YouTube)
• Dr. Sten Ekberg (YouTube)
• High-Intensity Interval Training (study)