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Spinning Provides Insights for Manipulating and Mastering Resistance

Sunday, March 14th, 2010

Further to our theme of listening to the body, the growing health club or gym-based activity of Spinning offers us the opportunity of an unexpected benefit to our ever-developing ability to listen to and respond to our bodies, specifically in the area of measuring, manipulating and mastering the physical resistance we experience during physical activity.

Physical Energy, Calories and Enzymes

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

In this Q&A session, I asked David why, if calories are energy, do people who consume very large numbers of calories often have very little in the way of energy for an energetic, physically active lifestyle. I also ask how enzymes are relevant to energy and growth. Here is the full transcript of the question, and David’s response…

Embracing Both Our Independence and Our Interdependence

Sunday, October 4th, 2009

In a mini interview of ours back in April 2006, I asked David his views about a subject that seemed to be growing in discussion at the time, and has arisen again recently, namely the question of interdependence.

How Long Do You Choose To Live?

Thursday, September 3rd, 2009

One of the principles that our philosophy of life is ordered around is that of ‘maximising whatever it is that you have’. The purpose of this blog is to define an essence of that mental attitude when applied to the issue of ageing and longevity, just a simple mental notion, so that at the very least we each have a concept in our heads of what the ‘maximised’ approach to longevity requires.

Stillness and Physical Fitness as Opposites

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

SFL asks David if there is any evidence of the benefit of developing and mastering the ability for stillness and deep relaxation as a counterweight to developing fitness.