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Auto-Regulation for Massive Strength Gains

July 8, 2010
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Auto-regulation is a process where you determine the volume and intensity of training for the day, literally based upon how you feel during that training session. The strange (and awesome) thing is, both research and anecdote has proven that training this way seems to stimulate significantly greater strength gains compared to traditional methods. If you’ve [...]

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Trigger Foods

May 29, 2010
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For many people, there is this class of foods which are deemed as trigger foods. Basically, these foods somehow make you want to eat more instead of satisfying you. Ever pick up a cookie, thinking that you could just eat one, and eating 10 instead? Or tell yourself that you were just going to eat [...]

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Sprinting vs Spelunking

February 18, 2010
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Sprinting is straightforward. The path is predictable, and the sole determinant was your effort and ability, you charged forward and finished first. Navigating a cave (spelunking) is tricky. The goal is clear but the path was foggy. Much was beyond your control, and you didn’t want to charge into a wall, fall into a crevasse [...]

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Reading About Science

November 26, 2009
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Just like Michael Shermer said, “Science is not a thing, it’s a verb. It’s a way of thinking about things.” What I want to talk about is not the horrendous inaccuracy of so much of science journalism [1], but rather, certain rules of thumb to take note when reading about science (or anything in general). [...]

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The Experimenter Mindset

November 10, 2009
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In my last post about The Right Beginner Training Mindset, I said that I would elaborate much more in the final point: The Need to Adopt an Experimenter’s Mindset. This post is that elaboration. This is a long post, and I go into some details and examples. However, as per usual, you can get the [...]

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