At best, it is a label. “Motivation” labels our own behaviors. It is a verbal statement that correlates with a particular rate of responding, given a set of environmental variables. It is merely a prediction of our own behavior. (The say-do correspondence is separate issue itself. You may say that you are motivated given certain […]
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Parts of the world are opening back up again. People are getting vaccinated and others report feeling “pandemic fatigue” (Reicher & Drury, 2021) . They are tired of the new normal and are going back to the way things used to be. At this point, we are all well versed with the term — pandemic.
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Changing wearables may expose differences in how heart rate is calculated.
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Your Baseline Always Changes. A client and I met yesterday. She felt discouraged as her health and fitness goals “reset”. My goal-setting process requires consistency over time. For example, goals must be met over consecutive weeks or months. We play the long game of fitness. Let’s see four consecutive weeks of a minimum of 150
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I believe this is why it’s called behavioral medicine…. Behavior change = medicine All the credit to this client for putting in the reps from a resting heart of 86 beats per minute (BPM) to 76, and decreasing… The picture is this: As exercise increased steadily over time (average weekly step counts), the resting heart
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When the coach says rest every 2 minutes, do you? Weightlifting is all about Interresponse Time (IRT). Lift a little, then take the appropriate rest. Many smart coaches, physiotherapists and exercise scientists have figured this out. What is IRT? IRT = the duration between the offset of one exercise before the onset of the next;
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Last week, a client came to me with a big decision to make. Jane wanted to buy either a treadmill or an elliptical. With so many differences between the two, we discussed various features, benefits, pros and cons during our weekly meeting. Why the purchase? Jane and I set exercise intensity minutes goals a couple
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In the constant pursuit of tracking performance data, especially [dead] lifts, I looked at my own performance on the deadlift this morning. I downloaded these data from Wodify – an app that tracks strength and conditioning workouts completed at my gym. Wodify does not provide the best visuals or analyses within their app, so I
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Workout intensity is key to most health benefits. However, with so many different exercises, how do you measure it? Enter Math & Physics. If Intensity = Work Completed / time, AND Work Completed = Force x Distance THEN Intensity = Force x Distance / Time An applied example. Let’s look at two workouts. Workout 1:
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Resurgence is a behavioral principle that can account for switching of fitness behaviors. By definition, resurgence = When previously extinguished target behavior “resurges” when a more recently reinforced target behavior is extinguished. Loosely speaking, you get bored of one activity and go do something else. Resurgence Explained Phase 1 Running receives reinforcement and occurs at
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