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On BioFeedback, Part 4

In Parts 1-3, we defined BioFeedback, described BioFeedback, and described how BioFeedback evolved. In Part 4, we’re going to contrast Technology Based BioFeedback with Movement Based BioFeedback and...

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Why You Have to Pay For It

What THE MOVEMENT teaches is not only informative, it is transformative: When we know something, we are more likely to do something about it. That is probably the biggest reason why what we teach is so...

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On BioFeedback, Part 5

In Part 4, we contrasted technology focused BioFeedback with how we apply BioFeedback in THE MOVEMENT and we also started our exploration of consciousness. The emergence of consciousness decoupled the...

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On BioFeedback, Part 6

In Part 5, we discussed how consciousness changed organisms individually..but we can’t truly understand an organism until we understand the environment the organism evolved in and more importantly,...

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“That Guy”

Craig and I were talking yesterday and he was noticing himself feeling something he wasn’t too proud of feeling. He noticed that only barefoot running was testing well for him and he didn’t like that....

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On BioFeedback, Part 7

In Part 6, we talked about the external environment element most responsible for shaping us into modern humans: other humans.  But there is a big difference between the prehistoric social human and the...

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On BioFeedback, Part 8

Author’s Note: This is the conclusion of this series. If you’ve already read the seven previous articles, as you start reading the conclusion of the series, you might wonder what this has to do with...

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Do you wanna be a Navy SEAL?

Do you wanna be a Navy SEAL? Then you must be a lot like me. Except I didn’t want to be a Navy SEAL. Otherwise, why did I attempt to enlist in the US Army? I didn’t go in wanting to be a Green Beret or...

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My Story, Our Story

Memory is selective. Mine especially. Here are a few memories I’ve selected to tell you my story. 2nd Grade The stadium…so big. The starter’s pistol. My friend Lucas, pulling so far away from me,...

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Psychology, Punishment, and Practice

I teach using questions. I script them. I anticipate how my students respond. I script that, too. But sometimes my prediction fails, my students go off script and surprise me. Within the first five...

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Individuals, Groups, and The Movement

If you follow me on Facebook, you’ll see that I often follow and repost many liberty and libertarian concepts.  You see, social & economic structures fascinate me. Absolutely fascinate me. Why? I...

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Functional Unit

From the very beginning of BioMechanics 1, we talk about the functional unit of the body: the Sensorimotor Loop. It refers to how sensation and motion are coupled: when we FEEL a particular way, it...

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Hacker Mentality

The term, “Hacking,” has made it’s way into the zeitgeist. While it was formerly reserved for matters of computer science, “hacking” has now been co-opted and applied in multiple contexts (and...

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Antifragile or Adaptive?

“Some things benefit from shocks; they thrive and grow when exposed to volatility, randomness, disorder, and stressors and love adventure, risk, and uncertainty. Yet, in spite of the ubiquity of the...

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An Industry of Superficiality

At one time, there were only 40 dog breeds. These were working breeds. Some were herders, some were hunters, some were trackers some were retrievers, some were even body guards. But 150 years ago, dogs...

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Conditioning, Character, Evolution, Time

Classical Conditioning a learning process that occurs when two stimuli are repeatedly paired; a response that is at first elicited by the second stimulus is eventually elicited by the first stimulus...

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Re-Purpose of Your Life or The Purpose of Your Life?

repurpose 2) To alter to make more suited for a different purpose. The church was repurposed as a nightclub by lighting changes and removing the pews, but it never opened. purpose 1. the reason for...

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Question Everything

It was just after THE SUMMIT. I had presented the seminal information which was to become BioMechanics 1,2, & 3 to THE MOVEMENT “friendlies.” Response was good. We finished and retired to our...

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Using BioFeedback For “Better”

Why is it that sometimes we don’t feel like going to the gym but we go anyway (maybe because we think we should)? We get hurt and in reflection say, “I knew I shouldn’t have done that.” And why is it...

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One of My Mentors, Part 2

If you haven’t read Part 1, do so now and then come back! How is it that someone who most people (especially exercise physiologists) would think is so healthy could end up so broken both...

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