There are two characteristics that are key to getting results in your training or movement practice, or even in other practices. Even if you start very late in life, these shift you ahead of the curve quickly. The first is intent. The second is awareness. When we have intent, for our session, for a lift...
When people catch a cold, they often blame their kids, someone at work. When we sustain an injury from our training, or at work, we often over-emphasise the final incident when the injury “happened.” The recency bias is when people more prominently emphasise recent events and observations than those in the more distant past. We...
As we progressed in the technological revolution, as websites, screens, marketing and phones have become louder and brighter, with more alerts, we’ve largely gone along for the ride in other areas as well, including training. “High intensity” has not just been the theme of how many have exercised over the last decade, but how they’ve lived...
I’ve spend several years in competition based sports – running, triathlon, CrossFit etc. The main driver in these sports is self-improvement, or, improvement over others. I was “winning” my category in a number of races, but then the target kept shifting. Each position is never enough. Eventually, I had to throw out this approach all...
We know that music can make us feel certain ways, and it’s also becoming clear that the default mode network part of our brain (DMN), which is related to our attention plays a role in our happiness. Taruffi et all investigated the effects of sad and happy music on mind-wandering and the default mode network. They...
The default mode network is active during daydreaming, thinking about others, the past, the future and more. Many describe it as the part of the brain that gives us the sense of “self.” The DMN has also been shown to be negatively correlated with other networks in the brain such as attention networks. It has been...
We can get results to a point by just starting. The beginners curve. This is well known in strength training, or any sport. Down the line though, we find we need more effort. The effort we need is free, but it requires attention. So, at this point, maybe a few months or years after the...
There’s a scientific paper to support most theories on why we should do one thing or another. There’s also a marketing campaign that will leave you wanting more of almost any product. If you want to engage, there’s an invitation to partake, improve in and compete in any sport, business or hobby that you can imagine....
