Ben Johnson took out the Seoul Olympic 100M finals in dominating form, then 24 hours later it all came tumbling down, when the scandal broke that Ben Johnson had cheated to win the 100m final. Ben Johnson Drug Scandal Seoul 1988 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25JqCbCOi3c Now these days we are in interesting times, and the more one learns…
Patterns, everyone and everything has them, right down to the workings and manipulation of this reality, and sometimes patterns occur over such a long time frame, and the distance is so great between events, that most of the time we don’t perceive of a pattern at all. And more and more people are starting to…
Building skill isn’t the only thing coaches build into their players, for without building in character, one will have no true foundation to work from. Now don’t confuse personality with character, for character encompasses and can be summed up in two simple words: Discipline Commitment That’s it. Defining And Building Character: Jocko Willink And Capt…
Teddy Atlas is a legend in boxing circles and goes back to the days of Cus D’Amato, a legend in his own right. Now boxing may not be everyone’s cup of tea as a sport, though there is a lot that everyone can learn from the sport of boxing, and as usual, it is from…
Multiple issues being caused by one thing, would you be interested to find out what it is? And if just a simple change in technique would begin to rectify these issues, would one be interesting in learning about it and giving it a go, would one still be interested? So what are these multiple symptoms…
Immutable, things that are rock solid, and unchangeable, and the workings of our Immune System has got some immutable aspects for making it work well, though the modern stressors of life have a way of compromising these. And getting good sleep is possibly one of the best ways of supporting one’s immune system for poor…
Observe things for long enough and patterns begin to emerge, and observe things even longer and sometimes big ideas begin to emerge and evolve, and so it is in being able to observe this reality, and the things that go on in this world that things begin to make a lot more sense. And ritual…
Episode review time. In a entry back in early Oct, when I first started nasal breathing whilst out running, I did wonder what it would be like in mid Nov, well here we are, it’s mid Nov, what has been the effect for myself? Interesting to say the least, with: My recovery times are way…
High blood pressure is an interesting thing, and many things can effect blood pressure which can result in a high reading. Over the last couple of months, my blood pressure had risen a bit, which I didn’t know, until I had it checked, and so I went on about a 2 month work in bringing…
Count in, two, three, four, five, six, Count out, two, three, four, five, six, repeat for between 2 to 3 minutes. Who would think that something so simple could have such big effects. So what is being talked about? Nothing more complex than breathing and it’s ability to help in relaxing the body. Breathe –…
Asking questions is one of the many frowned upon things when, especially when the truth is involved, and yet to develop a greater understanding and comprehension of things, the asking of questions becomes a vital tool in one’s arsenal. Most people now a days have a lot of questions surrounding their health, and with the…
Mysterious to say the least. One normally goes to the doctors for a check up, whatever is done, then at some stage the results come back, and leading up to it, one is pretty much flying in the dark, hoping at best that things are okay. Mysterious Ways – U2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd66OUbCnLs But what if we…
Fixing things normally starts when the problems arise, for our bodies are so adaptable, that we can actually be doing the wrong things for a very long time before our bodies go, nope, can’t do this anymore, and begins the process of breaking down. And when one starts looking at our bodies, you realize that…
Long and winding path, especially when one begins to take an interest in their body and health, for we start with very little information to work with and in the process becomes a journey of discovery. Road To Nowhere – Talking Heads https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQiOA7euaYA And if one has been following this blog for a while, eventually…
Resting in this day and age, one is almost made guilty for doing so, and yet resting and allowing the body to recover is a big part of living, for if if one is always on the go, at some stage the body will begin to break down and force one into resting, ie: if…
Investigative journalists aren’t as many in the mainstream as they used to be, but they’re still there, though most have surfaced into other viable media, in what is known as the the alternative. And an interesting thing is that out of the top 6 books I’ve read, 4 of them have been written by Investigative…
Health’s last missing component would have to be nasal breathing, and yet ironically, it should be the first thing we go to, and it’s amazing in modern society that we know so little of it and of it’s benefits to the human body and our own health and well being. Nose Breathing Benefits – Oxygen…
Practical benefits derived from nasal breathing is a bit like learning about the Hemp plant, the more that one looks into it, the more amazing and fascinating it becomes. And even though I’ve only being really attentive and making a conscious effort of breathing through the nose only over the last 6 weeks, the impact…
Binge watching, we all do it from time to time, though most tend to binge watch TV programs, catching upon what they’ve missed out on TV for the week. In the last 3 weeks I’ve been on a binge watching of James Nestor interviews, for after reading his book Breath, the art of breathing becomes…
Rock solid, things that are trustworthy and hardly move, for about 4 years ago, I put out a list of my top 10 books that I have read, and over the intervening time there hasn’t been any change, until the last couple of weeks when I came across the book Breath by James Nestor. And…
