Adam Fisher 6/23/21 Adam Fisher 6/23/21

Learning Two Languages At Once - And General Tips For Practicing Any Pair Of Skills

Learning two languages at once is not generally recommended - but at the same time, it’s hard to learn a second language without continuing to practice the one you learned previously. I believe that learning two languages at once is certainly possible, but you need to take the right approach to ensure you succeed. Here are the tips I’ve been using.

Adam Fisher 5/19/21 Adam Fisher 5/19/21

Learning To Hold Back

Most people believe that the real struggle is in motivating people to put in hard effort - I find from experience, that often it is the exact opposite. Many people struggle to hold themselves back, want to push themselves too hard, and as a result, suffer from suboptimal results and burnout. Learning to hold back and pick your battles, is an important skill in long term success in fitness and self-improvement efforts.

Adam Fisher 1/31/21 Adam Fisher 1/31/21

All The Ways The Scale Lies To You

The scale - it’s a hated enemy, and one that’s always lying to us. Here are all the ways that you can trick the scale, or the scale can trick you, so that you can make informed decisions about what to do with the data that the scale presents to you.

Adam Fisher 1/17/21 Adam Fisher 1/17/21

Great Expectations Part 2 - The Power of Belief, FMS, and the Fitness Industry

In last week’s post, I covered the way that expectancy effects work, and how powerful they can be. Manipulating expectations can be a powerful way to impact the results of any intervention. In this post I analyze the ways in which these effects can impact our diet and exercise results, and why the fitness industry often intentionally manipulates these effects to its own benefit.

Adam Fisher 1/9/21 Adam Fisher 1/9/21

Great Expectations Part 1 - Placebo, Nocebo, and Expectancy Effects

Expectancy effects are positive or negative physiological effects which occur as a result of the expectations that we’ve established for a particular course of action, training routine, method of treatment, pill, etc. Placebo (positive) and nocebo (negative) effects are well documented, and vary in strength according to how strongly we believe a positive or negative effect will occur.