We only need brains because we move. The less we move, the less we use, and the more likely we are to lose our brains. We are becoming a human version of the sea squirt.
Immunity to Boredom
A curious mind and staying connected to how fitness helps you enjoy what matters most make it easier to stay engaged in exercise and eradicates boredom.
Social “Closening”
Words are strange things. Consequences are not always bad…they are simply “the effect, result, or outcome of something occurring earlier.” If you consistently exercise and eat healthy, the “consequence” is fitness. Distances are not always large…it is simply “the extent or amount of space between two things.” Distance can be very small or large. “Distance” […]
Even Jack Lalanne Got This Wrong
Even Jack Lalanne got this wrong. Hating exercise but doing it anyway will not work. The new science of motivation points the way.
Key to Health? There is No Key.
There is no key to health. There is no most important tire on your car. There are multiple keys to health and attention to all of them is the only way to give yourself the best chance at health.
The Exercise Potato
The Exercise Potato – A couch potato who exercises yet minimizes movement during the rest of the day.
We Still Don’t Get It
We still don’t get it. Human emotion. We think it can be packaged neatly and temporally controlled like in the sign above. We compartmentalize, rationalize, yet never realize that we cannot control emotion that way. We fight it instead of working to understand it and use it. One of humanity’s less attractive characteristics is our […]
We Got Up, So We Need To Keep Getting Down!
We are our own worst enemy at times. Walking on all fours wasn’t good enough. We had to get up on two legs to get a higher view of available resources. It created a shift both in how we move (and use our brains to control movement) and how we process information we take in […]
How So-So Do You Want It?
Real motivation for real people. It turns out “middle priority” fitness goals allow for a realistic approach and less failure.
Behavioral Shutdown
Why bother? A fair question we ask when life has a pattern of seemingly beating us down when we try. New view of depression & what to do about it.