“The important thing in science is not so much to obtain new facts as to discover new ways of thinking about them.” — William Bragg The following short article came over the transit, as it were, a couple of days ago. Shot to me by a friend who knew it’d make my eyes roll. It’s a… [More…]
Hardening Yourself Against the Physical and Psychological Toll of Entrepreneurship
“Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill Just to set expectations from the get-go, this is *not* an emo-laden, poor me, the misunderstood entrepreneur post. In fact, it might just be the opposite. I’m way more likely to tell a whiney entrepreneur to shut the fuck up… [More…]
Why I Train Entrepreneurs vs Athletes
“I will either find a way or make one.” – Hannibal Not that I didn’t absolutely love it when I was training athletes, mind you — because I did. There is just something thoroughly intoxicating about “putting spinners on a Bentley”. And I totally respect those who treat that craft with the respect of a true… [More…]
Critical Thinking, and Your (Swolified!!) Health
“People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.” ~Soren Kierkegaard And now for a revolution in critical thinking skills… I don’t intend for this to be a long post today; I was fully engaged in an IDLife event last week (working on that pinpointed supplementation pillar)… [More…]
Finding Your “Why”
“It is better to strive in one’s own dharma than to succeed in the dharma of another. Nothing is ever lost in following one’s own dharma. But competition in another’s dharma breeds fear and insecurity.” – Krishna Here’s what I’ve found in my 51 trips ’round the sun: that unless you can succinctly define your… [More…]
Females, Carb Intake, and Body Recomposition
It’s more effective to change your environment than to rely on willpower Words of wisdom from Adee Zukier, of Working Against Gravity I rarely, if ever, watch TV (and especially not “reality” shows), but I heard through the grapevine about the My Diet is Better Than Yours dealio. I also heard that Dawn Jackson Blatner’s… [More…]
Tips and Tricks for Shedding That Last 15 lbs
“The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.” – Marcus Aurelius Proven methods and practicalities of body recomposition can be utterly bewildering for those outside of the fitness realm. Hell, they can even be tripwires for some *inside* that… [More…]
The Goods on Exercising Efficiently, Embracing the Suck, and Expanding Your Mind
“If people knew how hard I had to work to gain my mastery, it would not seem so wonderful at all.” – Michaelangelo My good friend Roger Dickerman really knows how to work an interview. His knowledge of health, wellness and fitness is vast, he gets just how to pace the discussion, and has a… [More…]
Modality Dictates the Mindset — More on Periodization
“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” – E.E. Cummings photo via USA Today Sports It still (still!) shocks me when people assume that to be a great athlete, one has to go 100% balls-to-the-wall puke-fest each and every workout. A notion, of course, that is absolutely ludicrous. It… [More…]
Concurrent Assessment and Blood Testing
“To know oneself, one should assert oneself.” – Albert Camus I’ve written in a prior post my thoughts on where supplementation fits in to my “four pillars” approach to health, fitness and wellbeing. I’ve also discussed the pros, cons and limitations of both properly designed assessments and blood panels and, citing my own Omega-3 level… [More…]