You can do more than you think you can! Or the 40% rule of Navy Seals! "When you think you're done and have reached your limit, you're actually only 40% done." "The 40% rule, the SEAL explained, is the reason why even though most people hit a wall at mile 16 during a marathon, they’re still able to finish." Sidd Finch Pain is a normal part of any serious training program. For instance, I find the ... Read more
Stretching For Active Healthy Aging? Have A Conversation With Your Body! Maintain Flexibility For Active Healthy Aging My stretching philosophy is simple: Stretching (better still, lengthening), is not something you do TOO your body. Its a conversation WITH your body! This is a critical mindset! How you think about an activity, will influence how you do the activity! Stay flexible, my friends. It is ... Read more
Why Stay In Shape? Why Not? To stay in shape is a way of life! It keeps you young at heart! It protects you from aging immobility. I'm headed for the Cleveland Clinic again, but that does not mean I should neglect my workouts. Traveling sure is fun. Cooking out of the back of the old truck, on my Coleman stove. Yes! You can eat vegan food on the road. By the way, the older you get, the more you ... Read more
How To Cure Morning Heel Pain? Building Strategy And Tactics, One Podcast At A Time For A Research-Based eBook! Podcast #1: Meeting My Nemesis! Strategy: To find a research-based, (1) cost effective, (2) safe, and (3) simple way to cure morning heel pain (aka plantar fasciitis!) If you want to know why I call it 'so-called plantar fasciitis,' download the research report at this link. Conclusion ... Read more
(Ockham's) Occam's Razor! "Occam's razor, also written as Ockham's razor, and lex parsimoniae, Latin for law of parsimony, is a problem-solving principle attributed to William of Ockham (c. 1287–1347), who was an English Franciscan friar, scholastic philosopher and theologian. The principle can be interpreted as stating, Among competing hypotheses, the one with the fewest assumptions should be ... Read more
What is normal walking? My friend said, "Kevin, you don't walk like normal people!" To master normal walking, walk frequently without shoes. But don't heel strike, think! We weren't born with shoes for a reason! Why? Because walking with bare feet tends to prevent heel striking - you are almost forced to use your whole body. Or you jar your spine. It's all in Jack Heggie's lovely little, ... Read more
Vegan Athletes Crave Protein? Yep! Vegan athletes do crave protein, from time-to-time. In exceptional circumstances. What's to do? Cook! But what? Kill a chicken? Kill a pig? Kill a steer? Eat a bunch of eggs, or consume some cheese? Nope! This happened to me, the day after my recent, fairly grueling, Ironman race. I just craved some protein! Normally, protein intake doesn't ... Read more
Hi folks, RE: Dead link from my book for the Aorta Patient. I was planning some marketing of this book, as a change from plantar fasciitis data analysis. This decision was triggered by a recent conversation with a friend, about an aorta patient story. Then I thought, "Boy, I wrote it several years ago. Maybe I should read it, again." I did read it again, and was pleasantly surprised to find that it ... Read more
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