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August 2026

5 Aug

Can psychedelics enhance your workout?

Can psychedelics enhance your workout?
Last summer, 25-year-old Joe Collinson munched on some mushroom chocolates before going on a hike with a friend. A seasoned raver, he was no stranger to psychedelics, but it was his first time mixing them with physical activity. “We realised how fast and effortless it made us move up the mountain and also how good it made us feel,” Joe tells Dazed. “We made it a regular thing every couple of months.” In January this year, Joe decided to sign up for an ultramarathon to raise money for charity. When the gruelling, long-distance runs started to become boring, he had a lightbulb moment. “The first time I ate mushrooms and ran, I planned on running 21 kilometres [a half marathon] and...
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5 Aug

‘I trust my own body’: The rise of the

‘I trust my own body’: The rise of the
Mainstream wellness is predicated on the belief that the more data, the better. More and more of us are tracking glucose, monitoring sleep quality and logging every run on Strava. It’s no longer enough to wake up in the morning and know whether we’ve had a good night’s sleep based on how tired we feel; now we’re encouraged to rely on a device-calculated sleep score. And yet, a revolt is underway: a growing cohort is rebelling against optimisation and moving towards something more intuitive, embodied and carefree. Where the industry largely sees data as king, the “unquantified self” movement deems feeling the ultimate metric. Its adherents still train in gyms and live in chaotic cities, but want to align themselves as...
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