Close your eyes. Now try to picture the day you watched Michael Phelps in the Rio 2016 Olympics, gliding through the water with loads of weird circular bruises on his back. “The f**k are those?”, you may have pondered as you watched him pick up yet, another gold medal. But did you know, those circles were in fact a result... of cupping therapy?! 

Also practiced by the likes of Gwyneth Paltrow - quite fitting of Hollywood’s biggest wellness guru - cupping therapy was revived in 2004 as a "hot new celebrity trend”. Justin Bieber, Kim K, Serena Williams and loads of other popular people, soon jumped on the band wagon.

But, WTF is it? 

Believe it or not, cupping therapy is something that's been practiced for over 3000 years and oddly enough, this is likely the first time you’re hearing of it.

Although it's stood the test of time, is it a therapy you should bother trying? Especially, if you’re not a world-renowned athlete or celeb? 

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Ever heard someone talking about “BJJ” and wondered why they included the extra J? Well, that’s because they’re actually talking about the martial art, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Instead of, well.. you know. 

We're guessing you - like most people - have one of those friends or distant associates who got heavily invested in the UFC craze over the last few years. They talk about MMA with so much passion, that you’d like to test their ability in taking a fist, square to the face. 

These are typically also the kind to rant on about BJJ, saying things like, "It’s not a martial art, it’s a lifestyle” or “It doesn’t matter how hard you can hit if you’re trapped in an arm bar”. To be fair, you can only roll your eyes so many times, before your curiosity is finally piqued.

And if that wasn’t enough, there’s a long list of celebrities that practice and rave about it! Joe Rogan, Robert Downey Jr, Jason Statham, Ashton Kutcher… Tom Hardy even won a BJJ fight recently (because being a very successful, good-looking actor isn’t enough apparently). And, not to forget, Chuck f**kin Norris! 

With way less of a chance of being concussed than Muay Thai (episode 2 of this very podcast) BJJ, literally, couldn’t hurt to try. 

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Breathing. That’s literally all this is. So... how, the, f**k, can it cause your hands and toes to curl up and feel like you've been drugged?!

Being a melting pot for spiritual healing, breathwork is something we heard A LOT during our time in Bali (between other mentions of Reiki, Kundalini and full moon ceremonies, of course).

Assuming it neatly fit into the category of "latest fads adopted by the influencers of the world”, we didn’t really pay any attention at first. That was until, some fellow skeptics pitched in. 

“Life changing” or “Best thing I’ve ever done” are pretty bold statements to be making. And definitely not something you hear very often. 

So one thing came to mind - “Should I bother then?"

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Who would’ve though it was spelled, “padel”? Perhaps the 18 million people that play it worldwide?! But don’t feel out of the loop because of that, dear listener. Because it’s not something we were familiar with either!

Also known as "Padel Tennis", Padel is a close relative to - you guessed it - tennis! Along with “Paddle Tennis" and “Pickleball” (mmm-hmm, you better believe it), these are all sports that look very, very similar to tennis but vary in some way. 

In the case of Padel you can rebound the ball off the wall, a bit like squash. Intriguing? We thought so. And as one of the world’s fastest growing sports, seems like a lot of others do too. 

So if you’re also curious, or just couldn’t give a sh*te about the Nadals or Djokovics of the world, give this one a listen.

*Important note: Not to be confused with "paddling", a term used for spanking. But you already knew that, you cheeky minx.

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So, apparently a lot of people like to pretend they live in the medieval ages these days, throwing axes around for fun. Do we blame shows like Vikings or Game of Thrones for this? Or just point our fingers at the bored Canadians that made it up? 

For those that are into it (a world axe throwing league exists, unsurprisingly) some big claims are being made that it could one day rival the likes of bowling and darts. Whether that becomes a reality or not, who knows, or maybe even cares. But one thing is for sure - they’re all activities often accompanied by beer. 

What could go wrong? Oh, maybe the fact that you’re throwing a weapon that’s been used to kill people for thousands of years, WHEN YOU’RE DRUNK? Definitely not something you can say for bowling. 

And with that, we just had to suss out this new craze. At the very worst case, we might meet a few “lumbersexuals”, which apparently is a thing. 

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Hoping someone would look deep into our souls this week, we put all our cards on the table (eh?) and opted for Tarot reading. Not exactly the ideal activity for the skeptics of the world. 

Knowing veeerrry, very little about this global phenomenon, we really wanted to see if you should bother, or if your local mystic is just filling you with a load of (crystal) balls. 

Crossing our fingers that we weren’t dealt cards like, “Death”, “The Hanged Man” or “The Devil”, we did our very best to go into this open minded - but we expect that the tarot reader knew this already. 

*Sigh* 

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Colonic irrigation has always been something we were curious about. Literally washing yourself from the inside out sounds so... weird! So why do so many people do it? Neither a hobby nor a habit, this week we wondered, what turn has this podcast taken?! 

When we researched the benefits, we also found a lot of risks. But we remained curious - and nervous - to find out which would we experience. An empty bowel and a newfound skip in our step? Or a ruptured colon, followed by an emergency room?

Are the likes of Oprah, Madonna and Leonardo DiCapro really onto something by attesting to this? Or is it just a big load of sh*te? 

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Yoga. You likely have a good idea of what it's about. You’re also likely to know one or two people you probably don't like that claim it as a hobby. Perhaps your posh friend that loves to educate people on how to live their lives?

Regardless, given that it’s been around longer than some of the oldest civilisations, there has to be a plethora (yep, big word) of reasons that it's stood the test of time. So it’s definitely a hobby that made our “must try” list.

Once we can get our heads around the unfamiliar language (vinyasa who?) and begin to channel our inner down dog, we were confident this would be a piece of asana-filled cake.

Time to align some chakras, b**ches.

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This week we decided to try the go-to lockdown activity for many during covid - swimming in the cold sea at a ridiculous hour of the morning when sunrise hits. As fun as people make it out to be? We found that hard to believe. But judging by those smug faces you see on instagram, it was something we just had to try.

We expected a lot of positives. Similar to our 5AM club episode, we were already sold on the benefits of being up before the sun. But opting for the additional hardship of shocking your body with cold water soon after rolling out of bed? Maybe this would be... an absolutely sh*t idea.

Staying in Bali at the time of recording, the very worst case we were expecting was to capture one of those photos typically reserved for the travel magazines. But unfortunately sometimes, reality doesn't meet you halfway and instead, gives you a slow and disappointing slap in the face.

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Tired of sculpting your sick pair of abs at the gym? Well why don’t you take a break and try sculpting some actually clay, you big f**king legend? 

That’s exactly what we tried this week. And although we’ve never had success sculpting said abs, we thought we’d have more luck with the clay. 

The objective - find out if this really is just a hobby for the middle aged out there. Oh, and maybe make a mug.  

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