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The morality of eating animals6 comments

J.R. Atwood wrote 3 weeks ago: The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg recently engaged Jonathan Safran Foer, author of Eating Animal … more →

Tags: Etc, Think, eating animals, Food, Jason Atwood, Jonathan Safran Foer, morality of meat, Philosophy, Sociology

"+ Redux" 60 Minute Spinning Mix and Workout

J.R. Atwood wrote 4 weeks ago: “+ Redux” is the most recent Power 10 Spinning routine at http://spinningmixes.wordpress … more →

Tags: Play, best workout songs, gym. music, Indoor Cycling, indoor cycling music, Jason Atwood, music for the gym, Music Mixes, Power 10 Spinning

Financial Education

J.R. Atwood wrote 1 month ago: California’s “byzantine” state funding system explained by the LAT: Explaining how … more →

Tags: Think, Education funding, Financial Education, Jason Atwood, Kim Smith, NewSchools Venture Fund, NSVF, school innovation, Serrano v Priest

"Fall Forward"

J.R. Atwood wrote 3 months ago: “Fall Forward”: Another Power 10 spinning mix… … more →

Tags: Play, gym. music, Indoor Cycling, indoor cycling music, Jason Atwood, Music Mixes, Power 10 Spinning, songs for spinning, spin class

Fatigue: It's all in your mind. Or tastebuds.

J.R. Atwood wrote 5 months ago: Conventional wisdom among most physiologists used to be that fatigue was a biochemical phenomenon. Y … more →

Tags: Play, Think, Biochemical, carbohydrates, Cycling, endurance, exercise performance and brain activity, fatigue, Gretchen Reynolds

To eat or not to eat? New study provides evidence that maintaining a chronic caloric deficit improves health and extends life2 comments

J.R. Atwood wrote 6 months ago: As this ScienceDaily article explained a few weeks ago, “Experiment after experiment confirms … more →

Tags: Play, Think, Etc, Science, health, Nutrition, Jason Atwood, Diet, rhesus monkey

Spinning Music, Mixes and Workouts4 comments

J.R. Atwood wrote 6 months ago: Spandex… Spinning… And shameless self-promotion. I have been teaching indoor cycling/spinning classe … more →

Tags: Play, best workout songs, gym. music, Indoor Cycling, indoor cycling music, Jason Atwood, music for the gym, Music Mixes, Power 10 Spinning

This week's must-reads: the psychology of randomness, basketball's full-court press, and a reflection on the ideas of fairness and merit in education1 comment

J.R. Atwood wrote 6 months ago: In “The Triumph of the Random: From banking to baseball, winning streaks owe much to the laws … more →

Tags: Play, Think, Etc, Psychology, Performance, Education, Sports, Malcolm Gladwell, Baseball

The science of persuasion

J.R. Atwood wrote 6 months ago: Alex Moskalyuk provides a great summary of one of the most accessible pop psych books on the market, … more →

Tags: Think, Etc, Psychology, Research, Jason Atwood, Social Psychology, science of persuasion, Alex Moskalyuk, pop psych

Attention Surfeit Hypoactivity Disorder and mindful Twittering: The paradoxical, Zenlike state of focused distraction

J.R. Atwood wrote 7 months ago: New York magazine recently published a fantastic piece by Sam Anderson titled, “In Defense of … more →

Tags: Think, Etc, Psychology, brain, Neuroscience, Science, Cognition, Jason Atwood, Attention Surfeit Hypoactivity Disorder

Predicting healthy aging

J.R. Atwood wrote 7 months ago: One of the most comprehensive and longest longitudinal studies of adult development — certainl … more →

Tags: Play, Think, Etc, Psychology, Exercise, happiness, Human development, Jason Atwood, Harvard Grant Study

The (barefoot) revolution, cont.

J.R. Atwood wrote 7 months ago: “The painful truth about trainers. Are running shoes a waste of money?“, by Christopher … more →

Tags: Play, Asics, barefoot revolution, Barefoot Running, barefoot running revolution, Bowerman, Chris McDougall, Christopher McDougall, craig richards

Persistence hunt: Who will collapse first? The man or the animal?1 comment

J.R. Atwood wrote 8 months ago: “The most ancient hunting technique of all — the persistence hunt … It’s a t … more →

Tags: Etc, Play, Born to run, Chase, endurance, hunting without weapons, Jason Atwood, Kalahari Desert, Male Kudu

Barefoot running: (Almost) all you need to know3 comments

J.R. Atwood wrote 8 months ago: There are two absolute must read articles about the idea of (semi-) barefoot running, and how this e … more →

Tags: Play, 4-Hour workweek, barefoot alternative, Barefoot Running, Chi Running, ideal running shoe, Jason Atwood, Nike, Nike Free

Motivation: David Goggins, 100 Mile Man [Repost]

J.R. Atwood wrote 8 months ago: I recently re-watched this awesome video of ultra-stud David Goggins for a little motivation to push … more →

Tags: Play, Think, 100 Mile Man, david goggins, endurance, Fitness, Human 2.0, Jason Atwood, mind over body

Congress: Time to get PHIT

J.R. Atwood wrote 8 months ago: I applaud the spirit of a new piece of legislation making its way through the halls of Congress for … more →

Tags: Play, Etc, Exercise, Fitness, Jason Atwood, Schoolhouse Rock, how a bill becomes a law, Congress, PHIT Act

Onwards

J.R. Atwood wrote 8 months ago: Onwards: A wonderful animated featurette from British illustrator James Jarvis for Nike’s … more →

Tags: Play, Running, Jason Atwood, Nike, Running Man, Mental Health Break, James jarvis, Animated, Advertising Campaign

Born to Run, Pt 2: It's all in the toes

J.R. Atwood wrote 8 months ago: Around a year ago I posted a link to stories in the Harvard Gazette and from ABC News about the antr … more →

Tags: Play, Etc, Running, Evolution, Anthropology, Boston Marathon, Ultramarathon, Research, Trail Running

Spending the workday at 1 MPH4 comments

J.R. Atwood wrote 8 months ago: As I’ve mentioned before, one of my primary research interests is the way movement, physical a … more →

Tags: Play, Etc, Exercise, Fitness, health, Education, Learning, obesity, Research


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