Lemons Into Lemonade: Using Stress to Jumpstart New Habits
Keystone habits are habits on which all other habits rely. Huge changes to these keystone habits are among the most stressful things that can happen in your life. But, this can create the opportunity to change yourself into a new person: the person you've always wanted to be.
Are We Finally Done Arguing About CrossFit?
When I started out as a coach, the only thing anyone wanted to talk about was CrossFit - thank god that's changed. A retrospective on the CrossFit phenomenon.
The Science of Tabata and HIIT
HIIT and Tabata are names for popular exercise programs that involve training via intervals. This long post examines the science behind these programs, what they get wrong, and what they get right.
Following The Money
There's a lot of free services out there - but almost all of them are making money somehow. One valuable skill for sorting the good info from the bad is the skill of "following the money", figuring out how these free services make their money. Money has a powerful ability to bias the type and quality of information that people provide.
Paying Not To Go To The Gym
How often do new members actually use the gym? One study found that new exercisers are consistently overconfident about how often they'll actually use the gym, causing them to choose sub-optimal membership plans and pay a lot more than they should per gym visit.