References (Find the links at the Wakelet collection. If you can’t download from there, google scholar the reference and check for free-download links. Another alternative is Research Gate. If none of this works and you really need the article, write me) Ali, Jaowad, and Abdul Rahman. “A comparative study of grit between male and female […]
(to Cody) I was talking to a friend, Cody, and we were laughing at the “tough” talk on “sacrifices”. Not to mention the embarrassing “alpha male”, “warrior” and “beast” embarrassingly stupid imagery. I did good both academically and in sports. Nope. Can’t remember any sacrifice. Let’s see what I remember as being an extreme sacrifice:
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The process of letting go is a slow and painful one, but it brings some relief. As if with each flake you shed, you become a lighter and a more genuine version of yourself. I just now opened the book manuscript I was supposed to hand in in 2012 and never did. It is in
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(This article was originally published at www.elitefts.com – link below) “Your compliance will be rewarded.” (Hydra, Marvel Pictures) This article is in sequence to my previous article. Its target audience is primarily the gym owner but also health professionals working in physical training in general, sports and fitness environments, and institutions. I hope it may be a tool
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Cover picture from the article Senior-friendly gyms cater to baby boomers Article originally published at www.elitefts.com – link below So you have decided to open a gym. You have done some market research and you have chosen an area of the city where you have higher chances of succeeding as a business. You may or may
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Beach season is fast approaching, which means it’s time to bust out your summer shorts if you haven’t already. Like plenty of others, you might want to shed some winter weight to look your best in the warmer weather this year. Unlike many others, you’re about to be let in on a little secret. While
How to Dance Your Way to Fit This Summer – guest post by Wendy Dessler Read More »
This is a brief explanation about what this awareness initiative is about and, following that, my own evidence-based evolutionary and social perspective on it. The Mental Health Awareness Month was established and has been observed since 1949. An initiative of the National Association for Mental Health, the objective is to concentrate efforts to educated the
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‘- Young man, would you care to explain to me why you are lifting those weights – Sure ma’am, no problem: this is an autotelic activity, which means those who engage in it do so motivated by a self-referenced end. In other words, the purpose of lifting is itself. Did that help? – A little
Crazy dialogue with outsider explains autotelism and sport Read More »
I collect fitness newsletters. I do delete about 90% of them, but some, which either seem different or very representative, I move to a file I named “MARKETING STUDY PRIMARY SOURCES”. I think at some point I wanted to study them, but they are not methodologically sampled, I can’t correlate their strategies to actual corporate
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Weightlifting is complicated and very specific type of exercise. You can get great results when lifting weights, but you can also easily injury yourself, especially your muscles and joints. Hence why you need to have some kind of knowledge about the proper way to lift weights, in order to keep them healthy and avoid injuries.
Keeping healthy and injury-free when lifting weights – guest article by Mathew Foster Read More »
