The right amount is better. A lot of gyms, coaches, personal trainers will really look to make it clear to the client that they did a work-out. Lying on the floor drained after a session, intense muscle soreness for days. This stuff makes it clear to the client that the trainer “did” something. They got...

There has been a lot of talk about the morning routine. Here’s the thing, before we look at productivity and “focus” hacks, we need to consider what’s happening physiologically. According to Ray Peat, PhD and others, darkness itself is a stressor (sleep is somewhat protective, we slow our breathing rate) – when we wake, cortisol...

In training, we have a flavour for each personality type. People generally choose that which draws them in: The heavy weights, the high intensity circuits, the yoga crew, the “movement” people, the tai chi, the endurance athletes. The human mind loves attachment. Identify, copy and paste. We like to grip on to one of these...

As humans, we love to hold on to sunk costs and past behaviours. A past behaviour becomes a sunk cost once we look back and see that the way we were doing something wasn’t serving us. We invested emotional capital and time into a lifestyle factor which wasn’t optimal. BUT, because we did invest in...

In horse racing, blinkers (or “blinders”) are often worn by the horses. It is believed that these cup-type devices, which don’t allow the horses to see what is behind them (or often to the side), help them perform. The trainers believe that the blinkers keep the horses focused on what is in front, making sure...

With so much readily available information, people have an insatiable desire to learn. To find out more. To “get more info.”  The opposite of this is the direct route. To practice, or to lean by feel. The research learning is a cultivation of borrowed knowledge, a collection. The practicing is the creation of your own...

In many circles, carbon dioxide is thought to be simply a waste product of our metabolism. However, it turns out that carbon dioxide is an incredibly important compound and if we breathe incorrectly, then we can create an imbalance (shortage) of CO2, leading to a number of health issues. So, we have the potential to...

Humans have an exceptional ability to learn.  However, there are also organisms that are able to learn even without a brain, for example “slime mould” and some plants. It’s not completely clear how Slime Mould is able to learn, however this tells us that the requirements for learning are maybe a little simpler than we...