Originally published on HVMN by Brady Holmer It’s two weeks away from marathon race day. Legs should feel fresh, mind should be focused, and fitness should be at an all-time high. This is what you’ve trained for the past several months, never missing a workout. It’s time for all of the hard work, dedication to […]
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I walk. I’m still not sure towards what, but I walk away from hate and intolerance, from bigotry and groupthink. I walk from loud low-frequency sound causing pain in my bones and my skull. I walk into silence, shade and cold air.
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Original article: https://www.elitefts.com/coaching-logs/recovery-from-overtraining-syndrome-seans-story Sean is an old friend who shares a mixed blessing with some of the most interesting people I know: he is multi-talented and he doesn’t have one talent overriding all the others. He is a business manager in a multi-national company, he has two kids in whose life and education he fully
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Brain-gut microbiome axis: it seems we are indeed into something potentially big The article below is open-access, so go ahead and download it. A few weeks ago I shared a folder-full of files on gut microbiota, gut microbiome and the brain-gut-microbiome axis. As I pointed out, the hypothesis that this is a “big thing” in
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Ketogenic “things”: ketogenic and low-carb diets, these diets and sports performance and exogenous ketones (clinical and performance considerations) => the research DISCLAIMER: to all Italian folks, I love pasta. #ProtectPasta#DontMessWithPasta. Nobody in their right mind would remotely suggest you stop eating pasta. We don’t need a third world war. Seriously, any generalization about macronutrient use efficiency,
Marilia Coutinho, Ph.D. shared a post. Published by Marilia Coutinho · 22 hrs · The Death of Powerlifting Everything is wrong. I get it. I do. There’s this “coach,” or talking-head on your Instagram, telling you what’s wrong with everyone else, but he doesn’t know a lot, himself. That’s why he’s talking so much. I read the whole text, carefully. Here
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“Have the courage to choose the future rather than the past.” — Dr. Salvatore Maddi “You must unlearn what you have learned.”— Yoda Introduction: Another Brick in the Wall A while ago, I wrote a series of articles about motivation. My goal was to offer an evidence-based introduction to the concepts involved in motivation. The terms that expressed
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Introduction: Picking Up Where We Left Off A while ago, I wrote a series of articles about “motivation”. My goal was to offer an evidence-based introduction to the concepts involved in motivation. The terms that expressed these concepts have been misinterpreted, misused, and presented with a judgmental, moralistic, and emotional tone in the fitness industry
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