Brains and Brawn
Combining intuitive human experience with scientific and philosophical discoveries, in hopes of learning something valuable about the world within us and around us.
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Welcome to the Enlightened Neanderthal.
Brains and Brawn
Combining intuitive human experience with scientific and philosophical discoveries, in hopes of learning something valuable about the world within us and around us.
What we are constantly wrestling with, is the gap between what we are and what we could be.
The ROI of sprint-training is off the charts. Studies show that even experienced athletes see significant improvements in power, conditioning, body composition, and cognition when they add short sprints to their program.
Analysis of elite performers reveals that gratitude can help us lean in to the pressure of big moments, and rebound from losses. Olympic Champs, Roman philosophers, and neuroscientists seem to agree.
By putting our daily routines and repetitive workouts under the microscope of science, we reengage with them in a deeper way. Heart Rate Variability is a scientific measure we can utilize to do just that.
Perform better at life.
Stay with it. There is growth in what we judge as loss. The experiences we run from hold an opportunity for deliberate practice in an area that we will face again and again.
Why do we voluntarily add challenges and struggle to our lives? Find out.
How does wrestling fit into the psychology of human development? Is there an urge as old as time that causes us to crave this type of physical and psychological challenge?
The Psychology of Overwhelming Your Opponent.
Photo Credit: https://ria.ru/krsk/20131107/975182904.html
How to wrestle like an animal.
We can allow the deep reservoir of instincts in us to flow, but we must forget the thought of ourselves since, we cannot simultaneously be ourselves and be perceiving ourselves.
Photo by: Paul Keates