Blogs about: J R Atwood
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The morality of eating animals
The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg recently engaged Jonathan Safran Foer, author of Eating Animals, in one of the most thoughtful and interesting discussions on the morality of meat production and … more →
playthink
The morality of eating animals
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wrote 3 weeks ago: The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg recently engaged Jonathan Safran Foer, author of Eating Animal … more →
"+ Redux" 60 Minute Spinning Mix and Workout
wrote 4 weeks ago: “+ Redux” is the most recent Power 10 Spinning routine at http://spinningmixes.wordpress … more →
Financial Education
wrote 1 month ago: California’s “byzantine” state funding system explained by the LAT: Explaining how … more →
"Fall Forward"
wrote 3 months ago: “Fall Forward”: Another Power 10 spinning mix… … more →
Fatigue: It's all in your mind. Or tastebuds.
wrote 5 months ago: Conventional wisdom among most physiologists used to be that fatigue was a biochemical phenomenon. Y … more →
To eat or not to eat? New study provides evidence that maintaining a chronic caloric deficit improves health and extends life
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wrote 6 months ago: As this ScienceDaily article explained a few weeks ago, “Experiment after experiment confirms … more →
Spinning Music, Mixes and Workouts
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wrote 6 months ago: Spandex… Spinning… And shameless self-promotion. I have been teaching indoor cycling/spinning classe … more →
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 education
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wrote 6 months ago: In “The Triumph of the Random: From banking to baseball, winning streaks owe much to the laws … more →
The science of persuasion
wrote 6 months ago: Alex Moskalyuk provides a great summary of one of the most accessible pop psych books on the market, … more →
Attention Surfeit Hypoactivity Disorder and mindful Twittering: The paradoxical, Zenlike state of focused distraction
wrote 7 months ago: New York magazine recently published a fantastic piece by Sam Anderson titled, “In Defense of … more →
Predicting healthy aging
wrote 7 months ago: One of the most comprehensive and longest longitudinal studies of adult development — certainl … more →
The (barefoot) revolution, cont.
wrote 7 months ago: “The painful truth about trainers. Are running shoes a waste of money?“, by Christopher … more →
Persistence hunt: Who will collapse first? The man or the animal?
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wrote 8 months ago: “The most ancient hunting technique of all — the persistence hunt … It’s a t … more →
Barefoot running: (Almost) all you need to know
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wrote 8 months ago: There are two absolute must read articles about the idea of (semi-) barefoot running, and how this e … more →
Motivation: David Goggins, 100 Mile Man [Repost]
wrote 8 months ago: I recently re-watched this awesome video of ultra-stud David Goggins for a little motivation to push … more →
Congress: Time to get PHIT
wrote 8 months ago: I applaud the spirit of a new piece of legislation making its way through the halls of Congress for … more →
Onwards
wrote 8 months ago: Onwards: A wonderful animated featurette from British illustrator James Jarvis for Nike’s … more →
Born to Run, Pt 2: It's all in the toes
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 →
Spending the workday at 1 MPH
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wrote 8 months ago: As I’ve mentioned before, one of my primary research interests is the way movement, physical a … more →
