The Approach
Orientation before optimisation.
Orientation before optimisation
Zoos is built on a simple premise:
Health and performance are not problems to be solved once.
They are systems to be understood, navigated, and adjusted over time.
Most approaches fail not because they are wrong, but because they assume conditions that don't hold in real life. Unlimited time. Stable motivation. Perfect recovery. Low cognitive load.
Zoos starts from the opposite assumption: constraints are permanent. The approach is designed around that reality.
Health as a system
Training, nutrition, sleep, stress, hormones, behaviour, and environment are often discussed separately. In practice, they are tightly coupled.
Change one variable and others adapt—sometimes in ways that cancel out the intended benefit.
Zoos treats health as a dynamic system shaped by:
- → physiology and biology
- → behaviour and habits
- → workload, stress, and recovery
- → incentives, environment, and feedback
The goal is not to control every variable, but to understand how they interact well enough to make consistent, informed decisions.
First principles over prescriptions
Most advice focuses on what to do.
Zoos focuses on how to think.
Rather than fixed protocols or rules, the approach emphasises:
- → first principles
- → mechanisms and trade-offs
- → context and constraint
This makes it easier to adapt when circumstances change—because they always do.
If something stops working, the response isn't to abandon the system, but to re-evaluate assumptions and adjust inputs.
Constraints are design inputs
Time, energy, attention, and recovery are limited.
Instead of treating these as obstacles, Zoos treats them as design inputs.
The question is not "what is optimal?" but:
What works reliably under these conditions?
This leads to solutions that are:
- → less fragile
- → easier to sustain
- → more compatible with work, responsibility, and long-term health
Testosterone as effect, not obsession
Hormones matter. Testosterone matters.
But chasing numbers in isolation often misses the point.
Zoos focuses on testosterone effect— how hormonal state interacts with:
- → training stress
- → energy availability
- → sleep and recovery
- → behaviour, motivation, and output
This perspective reduces fixation on single biomarkers and shifts attention toward patterns, signals, and practical leverage points.
Behaviour is the bottleneck
Information is rarely the limiting factor.
Most people already know what they should do. The challenge lies in:
- → consistency
- → prioritisation
- → decision fatigue
- → feedback quality
Zoos treats behaviour as a system shaped by incentives, environment, and feedback loops—not willpower alone.
Improving behaviour means improving the structure around decisions.
Measurement with intent
Tracking can clarify or distract.
Zoos supports measurement only when it:
- → informs decisions
- → reveals trends or patterns
- → improves self-correction
Metrics are tools, not goals. The aim is not to collect data, but to reduce uncertainty and guide action.
What this approach does not do
Zoos does not:
- → provide personalised coaching
- → prescribe exact routines or protocols
- → guarantee specific outcomes
- → replace medical advice or care
It assumes an engaged, thinking user who wants better frameworks—not instructions to follow blindly.
How this approach is expressed
The Zoos approach is applied through a small set of focused tools:
- → written frameworks for general health
- → a deeper exploration of testosterone and energy regulation
- → software to support behaviour change, signal tracking, and decision-making
Each tool stands on its own. Together, they reflect the same underlying philosophy.
The intent
The intent is not perfection.
It is clarity.
Consistency.
Direction.
Zoos exists to help you think more clearly about your health—and make decisions that hold up over time.
Explore the tools or read more about the background.