Mindset

Stop Doing What Isn’t Working

May 13, 2010
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Before I start, I will admit that this post is a little more abstract. There is almost no mention of concrete examples, but if you extend the concepts I talk about, you should be able to establish the practical message being this. Someone once said that insanity can be defined by doing the same thing [...]

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Keep a Training Log

May 10, 2010
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Some athletes have the luxury of a personal trainer or coach to keep track of their training for them, most of the recreational athletes don’t. For this group, it is up to the individual to decide on the future direction of their training. Fortunately, training for a bike race isn’t like predicting the stock market; [...]

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I Train to Look Good and so do You!

April 27, 2010
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In my last post, I asked, ‘Why are you training anyway?‘. Turns out a lot of people have a flawed answer. Just pop by a commercial gym, and you’d see many people hammering away at their activities. You’d probably come across the sight of the young adolescent male doing his 5th set of bicep curls, [...]

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Why are you training anyway?

April 24, 2010
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To gym rats, the fitness junkies, and the washed-up meatheads. A message to you guys and gals: Ideally, we would be But of course, excuses get in the way.. Yet we certainly don’t want to have it take over our life, and have to ask That Said, I’m sure you have goals, and.. With that [...]

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Talk to a 90-Year-Old

April 17, 2010
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Talk to a 90-Year-Old. Not just any 90-Year-Old, but a happy and fulfilled 90-Year-Old who still has that youthful sparkle in their eyes. Ask them about what they thought about life, and I’d guarantee that you’d learn a fair bit. Most of all, ask them what they did in the past that they are happy [...]

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The Holiday Binge: How Much Damage Can You Do?

April 14, 2010
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For most people, any holiday is a time to eat and be merry. Obviously, all that extra food has to go somewhere. Why is that in our interest? Because knowing that would better our understanding of how to deal with it. Indirectly, this gives the obsessive amongst us a certain peace of mind (instead of [...]

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You Manage What You Measure

April 8, 2010

We as humans respond to numbers, mainly because they play such a large role in our lives. Geeks would remember the recent keynote given by Steve Jobs. In that keynote, he addressed the claim that the iPad should cost less than $1000. He flashed up a figure of $999 on the screen. Then, in a [...]

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On Being a Commuter Cyclist

March 20, 2010
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Today’s post is going to be long and anecdotal in nature. However, I will promise a list of what I learnt from the experiences I am about to describe at the end of the post. This is a post about cycling, specifically, cycling to work/school/etc. Background I learnt to cycle when I was 6, and [...]

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Being Obsessive vs Being Thorough

February 27, 2010
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I don’t believe one can plan too much. When I say that, I’m saying that it is always possible to be more thorough in your approach. However, it is possible to be too obsessive in your approach. There is a distinct difference: Being obsessive means that doing what you’re doing degrades the long-term quality of [...]

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