"Despite the apparent complexity of modern exercise programs, you really have only two options if you want to get fitter: you can train harder than you’re currently training, or you can train more. Those two variables, intensity and volume, are the basic levers that all training plans fiddle with in various ways. But let’s be … Continue reading Bad Exercise Advice, Exhibit B
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Why Meditate?
Note: The following is a summary and paraphrasing of Ayya Khema's Being Nobody, Going Nowhere. Boston, Mass.: Wisdom Publications, 1987. It's the best book on Buddhism I know of. Meditation is not something extra. It is not a hobby to be done in our spare time. It is essential to our well-being. We are all … Continue reading Why Meditate?
