I walk. I’m still not sure towards what, but I walk away from hate and intolerance, from bigotry and groupthink. I walk from loud low-frequency sound causing pain in my bones and my skull. I walk into silence, shade and cold air.
Planet 59: The parking lot seagulls and the need to hate Read More »
‘- Young man, would you care to explain to me why you are lifting those weights – Sure ma’am, no problem: this is an autotelic activity, which means those who engage in it do so motivated by a self-referenced end. In other words, the purpose of lifting is itself. Did that help? – A little
Crazy dialogue with outsider explains autotelism and sport Read More »
I collect fitness newsletters. I do delete about 90% of them, but some, which either seem different or very representative, I move to a file I named “MARKETING STUDY PRIMARY SOURCES”. I think at some point I wanted to study them, but they are not methodologically sampled, I can’t correlate their strategies to actual corporate
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All swans are white. Women are from Venus, men are from Mars. Bovine milk is poison. Red meat causes cancer and hypertension. Cholesterol kills. The athlete is a hero and a gladiator. You, white male, need to check your privileges! At the end of the day, the athlete is a whore. Red meat is the
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Or how to fix (your sport, your country, your team, your profession) You can’t. There is nothing to fix because it is not actually broken or damaged. It has evolved in a direction that scares or pisses you off. That doesn’t mean it is damaged. What you don’t like is what is known as “perverse
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The outrage game. It goes like this (and we’ve all been guilty, at some point): ORIGIN: a fight, a lift, a meet Outrage wave 1: proficient and experienced outragers come out with one or more outrage claims (“high squat”, “no standards”, “bad judging”, “talks shit”, “coward”, “shitty striking”, “shitty grappling”, “poked his eyes”). Seconds later,
Growth is inevitable. A living organism will grow or mature through time. Nothing can stop that. Whether it is healthy growth or stunted, mutilated, malformed growth, it will happen. It happens to all of us. Invertebrate metamorphosis, ecdysis in particular, is a rich source of metaphoric thinking about our growth. So let’s dive and swim
Ecdysis: reclusion before change and rebirth Read More »
This article is a case study partly based on ethnographic analysis about a strength training gym. The goal here is to explore the concepts related to “homeness” on the choice of the training environment. It sets the ground for subsequent essays on alternative training settings and facilities and the concepts involved in their evolution. This
The gym as the home: Brewhouse Barbell Read More »
Don’t accept friend requests from people hiding behind a nickname. Those who use a nickname but do have a name usually identify themselves as, for example “David “The Terminator” McCarthy”. Someone who is just “The Hulk”, or “I’m Fucking Awesome” may be hiding something and you might not want him in your friends list. He’s
Some safety guidelines for female athletes in social media Read More »
A crisis of meaning, goals and time management fueled by inefficient communication. You have been programmed to read no more than 140 characters, with an optimum length of …. *===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*=== (you have stopped there) 80. You will only go beyond this if there is a clear provocation, scandal, insult or controversy. It affects everything. Small
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