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How Massage helps muscles after exercise
Hot on the heals of recent posts on the cellular effects of exercise, comes this story about how massage reduces pain and accelerates healing after exercise. They note what I wrote about in another post–that anti-inflammatories may reduce muscle growth … Continue reading
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Exercise as cellular housecleaning
The NY Times has an interesting article on exercise as cellular housecleaning–which I admit makes exercise sound less appealing than it should be. But the point is that many diseases seem to arise because the cellular detritus of daily living … Continue reading
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Secrets of building courage, from mixed martial arts
Three ways to build courage, reduce anxiety and improve performance, from the world of mixed martial arts: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-athletes-way/201201/building-bulletproof-courage
Ten Rules for a Good Life
Ten Rules for a Good Life 1. Produce, do not procrastinate. 2. Manage your energy, not your time. 3. Perfection is merely a facade that steers you in the wrong direction. 4. Personal innovation is the key to any type … Continue reading
The “illusion of courage”
Interesting result about how people think they will be able to take risks in the future because they are unable to anticipate the emotions (fear, etc) that they will feel when the moment comes. Helping people to step into that … Continue reading
Getting more done: a plan from the Harvard Business Review
I’ve talked about the power of automatic thinking, which some call habits. Others, like this consultant writing in the Harvard Business Review, call them rituals. He writes a great article, very much worth reading, but here is his ritual in … Continue reading
Does taking ibuprofen block muscle growth?
Here is something I’ve always wondered about. People run, swim, lift weights or otherwise work out to become fitter and stronger. Then after they work out they feel sore and take a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAID) like ibuprofen. We already know … Continue reading
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Getting more done in 2012
Getting more done: make it automatic We live 90 percent of our lives on automatic pilot. Don’t believe it? It may be disconcerting to think that we are so unthinking about most of our activities. Perhaps it seems like you … Continue reading
Be Happier in 2012 part II
For a happier new year: Be around happy people, avoid unhappy people. Studies of social networks support the idea that our health and happiness are deeply affected by the people we associate with. Think about major turning points in your life … Continue reading
Be happier in 2012: What is the source of happiness?
As part of research I’m doing for a new book on how the brain works, I’ve picked up some interesting suggestions for improving your life in 2012. Here is one: Understand where happiness really comes from Everyone wants to be … Continue reading