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January 2010

Don’t Be a Statistic

January 31, 2010
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Don’t be one of those people. Statistics are there to define the average person, with average habits, and the average diet, and the average job, average relationships, etc. Looking at the most healthy people in the world, they all have one thing in common. And that is the fact that they live outside the realm [...]

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Health Problems: A Car Crash in Slow Motion

January 29, 2010
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To summarise this post: Science works by random experimentation, and then picking out patterns. More importantly, we pick what we think is statistically significant; patterns which apply to a large enough set of averages. Health problems can be compared to a car crash, one that takes place over the course of years. Take this case [...]

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Sports for Life

January 26, 2010
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All too often we see fitness enthusiasts recommending dedication to a certain lifestyle. But their missing the point. The point is: The Goal of Sports training is to become good at the sport, Not to get healthy [1] Remember that, and never claim that your sport is the path to being healthy. There are other [...]

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Training with weights: Do it right from the start

January 21, 2010
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When I started out training with weights for my sport when I was 13, I had no clue about how to go about doing it. Unfortunately for me, my coach had no idea too. We hammered on with the notion that more is better, training 5 days a week, doing 10 sets on the bench [...]

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To all the obsessive people in the world

January 17, 2010
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This is to all the obsessive people in the world: Get out, get a life, get some perspective, get off your high horse and your holier-than-thou mindset. Get a breath of fresh air. Get some quiet. Get some peace of mind. Become clear of what you need to do, and why you need to do [...]

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Thinking in Black and White

January 16, 2010
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All too often, people like to shift between two modes. They’re either on a diet, or off a diet. They’re either eating clean, or swallowing everything in sight. Either on a perfect workout routine, or doing nothing at all. I’m guilty of that as well, and I attribute it to my impatience and perfectionism. Very [...]

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Eating Less

January 13, 2010
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In the case of eating to lose fat, the problem is usually psychological in nature. For many, eating is a very emotional experience. Eating less ≈ compromising emotional security. I think that people who manage to maintain their goal weight/physique/etc somehow internalise that sometimes eating is a needed emotional filler, and sometimes it is simply [...]

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A Basic Weights Room Routine

January 11, 2010

This is a related post to my original post on “The Most Basic Beginner Routine for Sedentary Folks without Weights” This time though, we’re going to bring in weights. While I support many routines like ‘Starting Strength’, they are largely catered towards people pursuing fitness goals. In this very long post, I describe a routine [...]

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Training For Yourself

January 8, 2010
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Often people train to impress, but lifts often regress. Trying to find the ultimate secret, yet never looking inward. The fact is that you live your life, make your own decisions, bask in your own achievements. Take people’s advice, but charge forward own your own device. Charge forward, Show Yourself what you can do. Share [...]

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Do You Have what it takes?

January 5, 2010
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On the pursuit towards health and fitness (Handstands @ 90): Do you have the maturity to listen to your body? Do you have the discipline to keep up with your routine day-in-day-out? Do you have the focus to block out all distractions when you train? Do you have the patience to experiment with your body [...]

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