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10 Myths About Losing Weight: Why Diets and Working Out Aren’t Enough

This post is by Vic Magary. Have you experienced this before?  You’re eating right and going to the gym, and maybe you’ve even lost a few pounds, but overall your weight loss has stalled and you’re still feeling sluggish, bloated, and frustrated. This is an all-too common scenario.  We all know that diet and exercise are necessary to [...]

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How to Start Riding Your Bike to Work

This post is by Ed Goode. There are a lot of reasons why commuting by bike might appeal to you. Maybe you’re looking to save some money in gas and parking fees, cut down on your carbon footprint, or get a little physical activity in your day without setting extra time aside for it. Maybe [...]

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Become a Pro Athlete after 10,000 Hours of Practice? One Guy is Testing the Theory

Dan McLaughlin is undergoing an incredible self experiment. He has set out to answer the question: could anyone (regardless of talent, age, financial means or prior ability) really become an expert at something with 10,000 hours of deliberate practice? In this episode of The Expert Enough Show, Corbett Barr sits down with Dan McLaughlin of [...]

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How Long Does it Take to Become a Martial Arts Expert?

This is post by Matt Alden S. The martial arts are particularly well-known for the amount of time and effort it takes to master them. I certainly think that the 10,000 hour rule is accurate here: it takes that long to truly be a master, if not more. But how long does it take to [...]

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How to Break Personal Bests in the Gym Every Time

This is a guest post by Mike Foze. Most guys in the gym go about breaking personal bests the wrong way. They think they can just waltz into the gym and turn on ‘H.A.M.’ mode like a tap. They think if they ‘think’ they’re going to break their personal best that day, they can. It [...]

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10 Ways To Get Back Into Shape After Giving Birth

This is a guest post by Krisca Te of Open Colleges Australia. Cartons of Pistachio Ice Cream, Pickles Dipped in Jars of Peanut Butter Pregnant women crave weird foods and lots of it. Most pregnant women fixate over how much they’ll gain during pregnancy. Silly fans obsess over the weight their celebrities gain during the [...]

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Get More from Your Body in Less Time: A Beginners Guide to Interval Training

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This is a guest post by Mark Kennedy of Healthynomics. Has your amount of free-time for working out been declining like a common share of Facebook after its IPO? If you ask anyone why they do not engage in an exercise program, research tells us the most common response coming out of their mouths will [...]

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How to Avoid Overtraining and Injuring Yourself

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This is a guest post by Tahlee Rouillon of The Attitude Revolution. Before I became a certified Personal Trainer, I was an expert Catabolic Trainer. I tried to “whip” myself into shape by training harder and faster every day, ended up overtraining, and spent thousands of dollars on acupuncture, osteopathy and physiotherapy. Before I get [...]

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A Beginner’s Guide to Bike Maintenance

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Have you ever thought about doing your own bicycle maintenance, but were not sure where to start? Or maybe you felt that you were not really the bike mechanic type. If you love cycling, learning to do your own bike maintenance and repairs is worth the effort. It allows you to get to know the [...]

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The Ultimate Beginners Guide To Triathlons

This is a guest post by Joel Runyon, writer, triathlete and author of Impossible TRI. I spent about 5 years of my life wanting to do a triathlon. I didn’t know how to do one, and I didn’t know anyone who had done one so I never did one. I thought triathlons were only for insane athlete [...]

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10 Ways to Live Your Destiny

A huge part of becoming The Expert is claiming your personal piece of Destiny. Knowing that you are doing exactly what [...]

15 Probing Questions to Help You Bust Through Limiting Beliefs

You have great intentions, but you don’t follow through. You tell yourself you want change, but you’re too afraid to [...]

10 Uncommon Habits That Will Make You a Better Writer

If you’re the student that got highest marks in writing and composition in school, you learned to please a very [...]

3 Tips To Help You Create Great Looking Videos

Learning how to create great looking videos is a skill that will prove to be insanely useful during your life. Whether [...]

Adopt This Mindset On Your Road To Expertise

Golf is fantastic sport. You’re out in nature and socializing with friends and new acquaintances. You might even be using [...]

14 Tips For A Great Business Plan

Think of running a business like taking a trip. You have a great vision for where you want to take [...]