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Overload, Hormesis, and Vaccines

You are innately familiar with this concept. You got vaccinated as a kid against a bunch of diseases. What goes in a vaccine? You stress the body. The body responds by getting stronger. The body responds by owning that stress.

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Navigating Life's Labyrinth: The Power of Abstraction

Calories in. Calories out. Is weight loss that simple? Yes. No. Hmm, maybe. It is a perfect abstraction to begin with. And to use as a North Star.

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Pondering a Redo: My Unanticipated Results and Unrealised Targets in Fitness

If you could do something over, what and how would you go about it? If I could have a do-over for my fitness journey, how would I go about it?

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The Dynamic Spectrum of Gym Approaches: From Heavy Lifting to Zen Time

Some of us just want to zone out and get some time for the brain to work on other things. The time given to the brain to float around seems to do some magic. It allows us to relax the brain.

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Transform Your Health Landscape: The Power of Incremental Lifestyle Adjustments

It's exhilarating to announce that it's never too late to embark on your fitness journey! The beauty of fitness is in its simplicity! It's not about a complicated, researched workout routine – it's about doing those simple things that you know to be true.

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The Battle of the Bulge: Decoding the Art of Weight Management

Weight loss can feel like a triumphant victory, but maintaining that hard-won success often proves to be the real battle. Most of us fall victim to the vicious cycle of yo-yo dieting, where we lose weight just to pile it all back on soon after.

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No Starving, No Detox: The Sustainable Guide to a Healthy Weight Loss Diet Plan Without Compromising Your Cultural Eating Habits

Remember, it is your diet. Your taste buds. Your life. Your cultural background. Your sustainable interpretation of it. Find it. Live it.

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Demystifying Fat Loss: Uncover the Basics, Different Fat Types, and No-Exercise Weight Loss Strategies

With my guidance, achieving your health goals won't be a strenuous uphill battle, but rather an enlightening, empowering experience. Let's embark on this journey towards a healthier you, together!

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Seize Your Wellness: The Power of Preventative Health and Fitness Before it Hits the Danger Zone

Individuals in the 'in-between' health state need to take preventative action and proactive measures to ensure they move towards optimum health rather than avoiding sickness.

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How to Train Year-Round: Mastering the Art of Sustainable Strength Training

Achieving long-term fitness goals is a challenge faced by many. There's a common tendency to start a workout routine with enthusiasm, only to lose momentum and stop altogether. This start-stop approach can hinder progress

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Transform your life: Why fitness, nutrition, and lifestyle changes are for the long haul

Let's optimise for health while allowing for life. For the rest of our lives.

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The Deeper Cost of Milder Distractions and Addictions

take it from me, use your distractions wisely and you'll be cranking out top-notch work in no time. It starts with awareness. So, what are those pesky addictions and distractions that pull you away from being your best self?

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Do you check-in with yourself?

Coasting and doingWith a lot going on, it is easy to get distracted by "doing". As a chronic overthinker, it is difficult to know if I am caught up in the midst of overthinking. Or if I am coasting. Spending time writing is an

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Changing your mind is a GOOD thing

ou are not the same person you were 10 years ago. Heck, 10 days ago. Change is the only constant. Be true to yourself. Follow your intuition. Question everything. Including your stances.

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How to multiply your current fitness level

By working on complementary aspects of your fitness, by identifying gaps in your general fitness - you can multiply your current fitness level. Let's find out how!

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Understand and replenish your energy

Understanding my energy levels, paying attention it, and then setting my "best" for the day has made a big difference. It has led to the larger goal of self-kindness be more effective.

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Consistently Intense is your path to burning out

Sprinting with inadequate recovery leads to reduced performance. And if you do not rest enough before your next sprint session, you will eventually injure yourself. You think a cheetah can sprint 10 kilometres?!

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The drama triangle and other stories

Learning to separate facts from stories is imperative. Hold on to your stories with curiosity. Your stories are your framings from your limited perspective. Many a time, your stories are triggered by implicit memories from childhood which you haven't addressed.

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How much is too much?

Having too much is a confounding method of copping out from figuring out what I need to be doing.

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The KB swing is awesome but is it awesome for you?

The complication is the fine print. You need good technique. To get adequate benefits. And you need GREAT technique to compound the benefits over time. The movement is not as important as your ability in the movement.

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The issue with advice

When you ask for advice, know that no one can or should be able to answer this question for you. If someone attempts to, it is a good litmus test (that you should be warier of what they are saying.)

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Keep doing more of this with the goal of stopping

And so, we are all stuck in a fucktarded trap. Where we all think we will find salvation by doing more of this and we'll get out of here where we can start doing less of this, once we get there.

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To stand still against the current

Recently, I had the chance to do something interesting - to eat by myself. I thought I could do this anytime. But that's because I did it while reading a book, which for some reason I didn't think was the same as a distraction like watching TV. It is, as much of a book snob, as I might be.

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A few fundamentals we shy away from

the unfortunate definition of a blind spot is that you don't know what it is. By asking for feedback from the people I spend a lot of time with, by journaling and by reading those journals, I've been able to decipher these rather fundamental things.

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Books, Challenges and Tools

Hacks and ShortcutsWe want insights. We want hacks. We want shortcuts. We want packaged knowledge. Books are a great example of an attempt to impart knowledge and wisdom. They encapsulate the author's journey in understanding something. And their attempt at putting together the learnings.