Build Your Own Routine

“Sharing articles to help you live better.”

Fabien Combe · Sports scientist, MSc

I spent fifteen years building products for fitness and wellness companies, and I now run BYOR assessments full time. Every article here covers one thing I get asked about constantly, in the detail it actually needs.

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You bought an Oura Ring. Now what?

The data can teach you a lot about your sleep, stress and recovery. The harder part is knowing what to change. How I turn the numbers into a starting point.

Fabien Combe, BYOR Specialist / 5 min read

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Energy and training

I've done HIIT almost every week for 10 years. Here's why I still do it.

After an injury ended football, short intense intervals gave me back something other training did not. What I learned about intensity, energy and recovery over ten years.

Fabien Combe, BYOR Specialist / 7 min read

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Sleep

Why you keep waking up tired

Eight hours in bed is not the same as eight hours of recovery. Where the gap usually comes from.

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Stress

Coherent breathing, explained

Around five to six breaths per minute. What the technique is, what it is not, and how to try it properly.

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Focus

What a Stroop test can tell you about your focus

A 90-second test used in research for decades. Why interference is a useful signal, and its limits.

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