David Beckham, the world renowned soccer player, has just recently been forced to take the bench because of a fully ruptured Achilles tendon (news article here). Having a ruptured tendon is bad enough, but this happened right before Beckham was about to go play in his last World Cup, a suitable finish to his [...]
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 The World's Strongest Librarian, Josh Hanagarne One blogger I’ve just started following is Josh Hanagarne, who is known around the web as the World’s Strongest Librarian. Josh is a big guy, but his stature pales in comparison to his passion for helping others discover their innate and abundant potential. He writes about strength, health, getting what you want out of life, and his past struggles and recent triumphs with Tourette’s syndrome. I rarely encounter someone so authentically engaging on the Internet, and I want all of my readers to get to know this inspirational guy. After you’ve met him once, you’ll never forget him. Here’s an interview we whipped up today (he’s punctual, too!)… 1) What’s your story? That’s a big question. I had an English professor say there is only one story: someone wants something they can’t have and they are trying to get it. They either succeed or fail. I believe that. In that context, here’s my story: for the last 27 years, I have wanted nothing more than to just sit still. I have Tourette’s Syndrome, which I won’t get into too much detail about—here are the broad strokes. TS makes people either move or vocalize involuntarily usually it’s mild. In my case it has resulted in a hernia, broken teeth, a dislocated thumb, three years without being able to talk much because of an experimental botox procedure, an abysmal amount of self-loathing and depression, and many other challenges. For the last 27 years I’ve had one goal: sit still for one minute. Doctors said “deal with it.” Neurologists said, “Here, have some pills.” They never helped me at all. A couple of days ago I sat still for four hours without one tic. Over 14,000 seconds. That’s the story to date. What’s next is curing myself, replicating it with others, and annoying my underdelivering doctors. If I have a “Life’s Work,” it is to spread kindness, compassion, and convince people of how much they are worth, especially when they are down on themselves. Continue reading Interview with the World’s Strongest Librarian, Josh Hanagarne Lately, I’ve seen articles, headlines, and advertising that all have one theme in common…
You’ve probably seen titles like this, too. Each one is boasting not just a solution to a modern problem, but THE solution. It’s like they’re saying, if you know this one thing, it’ll change your life for the better. Maybe true, but I think there’s a little more to this than meets the eye… Now, let me get one thing straight before we begin. I am NOT against offering tips and solutions that provide tangible benefits to people who need help. You’ll find that I do this all the time on Physical Living. Good information is not the problem – it’s the misrepresentation or misapplication of good information. Let me show you an example of how this “one thing” marketing technique can be abused… The one thing you need to do to lose weight… is start the new ABC exercise program. This may not be untrue, but it can be incredibly misleading. You see, this statement implies that if you only do one thing, you’ll lose weight. It sounds too good to be true, and often it is. What that statement does NOT indicate is that weight loss is a little more complicated than that. It’s not very complicated – in fact, it’s very simple – but not so simple that one minor change will produce the desired results every time. That statement doesn’t explain that almost everyone who starts a new exercise program also increases their daily calorie intake somewhat subconsciously. It’s the body’s natural way of finding homeostasis. If you start burning more energy, your appetite will increase to compensate for the immediate loss of energy in the form of calories burned. Unless you actively prevent an increase in daily calorie consumption in addition to your new exercise program, you have a very poor chance of losing weight. I bet you didn’t discern that from the ad, though. The truth is that there are quite many things missing from one simple promise like that. Problems, and especially health and fitness problems, are very rarely solved by making just one change to our lifestyle, but from a combination of things. Natural movement has become a trendy topic these days with the rapidly rising awareness of parkour, freerunning, primal fitness, barefooting, and most recently, MovNat, which teaches the “natural movement training system.” Just the phrase itself, natural movement, begs an explanation. What is natural movement, and more importantly, are some movements more natural than others? If we can postulate that certain human movements are natural, then logically, some other movements must be unnatural. This creates problems in the fitness and natural movement communities because one group will argue that their movements are natural, and the other groups will disagree. This article will explore the middle ground that all parties mutually agree upon. By the end, you will have a working definition of natural movement and you’ll also understand the irony that natural movement doesn’t come naturally. What is Natural Movement? It might not be practical, but it's still natural! There is no single accepted definition for natural movement because everyone has a different perspective about what the term natural implies. Some people argue that natural movement is only possible in a natural environment (think woodlands or tundra). Others argue that natural movement is possible in any environment that humans inhabit. Still others claim that natural movement must meet specific criteria before it is deemed “natural” (such as serving a practical purpose, for instance – if it’s not practical, it can’t be natural, after all – right?). By now, you can see the many disparities that arise out of the vagueness of the phrase natural movement. We know that the term natural is defined as “of, relating to, or concerning nature.” A simpler definition is “in accordance with nature.” Therefore, natural movement is any movement that is in accordance with nature. As humans, we are of nature. Therefore, the movement capacities we have are natural. So, it’s logical to claim that any possible human movement is a natural movement. This is most obvious with movements such as walking, running, and lifting. But within the spectrum of possible human movement, we must include such practices as acrobatics, athletics, martial art, dance, and even physical activities like contortionism and yoga, which may seem quite unnatural from some viewpoints. By this broad definition, waving to a friend, saluting your superior, doing the splits, and embracing a loved one are all natural movements. Continue reading Natural Movement Doesn’t Come Naturally: You Weren’t Born Perfect |
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