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Warming up for Exercise – A Layperson’s View

March 6, 2010
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Today’s topic ties in with a recent post of mine, ‘Can You Run Safely?’ Part of staying injury-free during exercise is to ensure that your body is prepared for the forthcoming exertion. This preparatory phase is known as the warm-up. Why I want to address this topic, is simply because the layperson doesn’t seem to [...]

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Stop Preaching Long-Term Goals to the Short-Term Minded

February 16, 2010
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Some people think in the short-term, some in the long-term. The only way to get to someone is to talk in the language of his/her time perspective

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The 1 Important Thing to Constantly Ask Yourself During a Workout

December 9, 2009
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This is a short post, because its only about one thing that everybody should be asking themselves during their workout. And the question is: “Is it safe?” Is the next rep going to be safe? Can I sustain another 5 mins at this pace? What does hitting my PRs today mean in the long run? [...]

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The Right Beginner Training Mindset

November 5, 2009
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As a beginning trainee, regardless of your age, goals and background, the smartest thing that one can do is to adopt good practices from the start. Very often, this is not the case. I attribute this mainly to the fact that adverse reactions from training are not seen until years later. For example, the High [...]

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Hair Gel and Diet Coke: Or why we make choices

September 24, 2009
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Just a fun post. Went shopping, and decided to pick up some hair gel. I saw the homebrand hair gel, cost – $1.09. I didn’t buy that, thinking that I wasn’t that cheap. So I bought the one you see in the picture, for $3.99. Not the most expensive one there (I really wonder why [...]

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Sitting for too long gives you bad posture

July 20, 2009

Firstly, I am going to refer to this article by JC of JCDfitness: Improve Your Life by Improving Your Posture Additional Resource: Soft Tissue E-manual To sum up the article, a young and athletic 22 year old managed to get Lower Cross Syndrome simply because he was sitting around too much. What do you think [...]

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