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The Warrior Emotion | Nerd Fitness
Nick Cave has taken over my life for the past month. Mr. Cave has been putting out music since the mid 1980s with his band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Heโs also a writer, screenwriter, poet, and all-around interesting dude. His bandโs most famous song, โโRed Right Handโ,โ serves as the theme song for…
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What if you NEVER get there? | Nerd Fitness
About a year ago, I decided to make a big change to this very newsletter youโre reading. You see, from 2020-2023 I was pretty unmotivated to do my job. Which is kind of amazing, when you realize that I have complete autonomy, created Nerd Fitness, and essentially built my own job. I had spent years…
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Can you really be Diet Resistant? | Nerd Fitness
In 1992, a study was conducted on weight loss resistant individuals. In this study, the lab specifically studied people who reported eating less than 1200 calories daily and had bodies that were resistant to losing weight. Researchers set out to explore this phenomenon: Were their bodies kicking into starvation mode? Did their bodies process calories…
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Revisiting a Classic: Temptation Bundling | Nerd Fitness
For disastrous humans like myself, routines are pretty damn important. Iโm easily distracted, impacted by my environment, and strongly influenced by โthe people around meโ. A predictable routine gives me the best chance to still get stuff done while being human. Unfortunately, while traveling, plenty of things slip by the wayside. And this past week…
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We Suck at Predicting | Nerd Fitness
At the turn of the 20th century, cities around the world had a crappy problem that was getting worse by the day. Literally. Metropolises were rapidly growing in population, and thus so did the number of horse-drawn carriages to transport people from place to place. The problem? Horses generate a lot of waste. At this…
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Weight Loss Medication and Video Games | Nerd Fitness
I spent the past week in The Land of Shadow. It was miserable. I loved almost every minute of it. I recently finished playing Shadow of the Erd Tree, the expansion for 2022โs game of the year, Elden Ring. In case youโre unfamiliar, Elden Ring is an action-adventure game where you play as an undead…
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What is โThe Constantโ in your life? | Nerd Fitness
Last week, one of the worldโs most popular shows finally made its way to Netflix: LOST. Iโm excited for more people to discover this show. Because from 2004 to 2010, I tuned into ABC each week to find out what happened to the passengers of Oceanic Flight 815. Although it didnโt quite land the plane…
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Be Careful What You Measure | Nerd Fitness
Last week, Wells Fargo fired a bunch of their remote employees. It turns out that these employees were โsimulating keyboard activityโ (with a program/device that automatically typed keys or jiggled their mouse when they werenโt at their computer). Why? Because thatโs how these employees were evaluated: Not by how many clients they brought in, nor…
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Do you have a Workout Emergency Fund? | Nerd Fitness
A few weeks ago, I got a parking ticket. I went to meet up with a group of friends at a bar in Nashville, and forgot to pay the $5 for parking at the parking terminal on my way in. After about 45 minutes, while sitting in the restaurant, I remembered. Oh crap. I ran…
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What to do if you DONโT like to exercise: | Nerd Fitness
I donโt really like to exercise. Okay, I kind of like picking up heavy weights and doing handstands. But I certainly donโt love โcardio.โ Rather than nerd out about biomechanics, Iโm more interested in anthropology and human behavior. Rather than going to run a 5K, Iโd rather sit on my couch and play Fallout 4…