Padawan: “How do you know what to do?” Bill: “I don’t yet.” Padawan: “Doesn’t that make you uncomfortable?” Bill: “Not anymore.” The Human System is complicated (structural constraints e.g., biomechanics), complex (functional constraints e.g., autonomic response), and at times chaotic (think crisis mode). This often results in a great deal of uncertainty in regard to […]
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Note Cards: Hierarchies and Why Breathing Wins
Humans are not machines. We are complex adaptable systems. When challenged or perturbed (think physical training), we have the ability to recover, restore, and repair ourselves. This capacity to rebuild our own structure and even increase our complexity (increase adaptability) or specificity (idealize physiology for a specific environment) via hyperplasia of organelles (increase mitochondria), hypertrophy […]
Note Cards: The Wisdom of Annie Savoy, Nonlinear Thinkin’ and Models
From the Movie Bull Durham… Crash Davis: You think I could make it to the show as a manager? Annie: You’d be great, just great. ‘Cause you understand non-linear thinking even though it seems like baseball is a linear game ’cause of the lines and the box scores an’all — but the fact is that […]
Book Note: Feedback Loops and Slow Cooking
When presented with the goal of making a change in a complex system (human), we have to consider where in the system we can intervene to promote the desired change. There are two types of feedback loops that are important to consider: Balancing feedback loops and reinforcing feedback loops. Balancing feedback loops are self-correcting. For […]
My Incredibly Biased Review of The MetaShred Diet by Michael Roussell, PhD
From my Black Casebook: I need to start this review by being fully transparent. Michael Roussell, PhD is my friend. I get to call him Mike. We’ve been friends for 10 years since we both spoke at the JP Fitness Summit and sat next to each other at lunch. I made sure that my lunch […]