Nicholas Kent
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Listening to a podcast this morning, the Sam Harris podcast if it’s of interest. The man is a neuroscientist, with particular expertise...
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Nicholas Kent
- Dec 20, 2021
- 12 min
Exercise and Pain... Let's get some things straight
Now that we’ve kinda addressed the complicated shitshow that is pain, and in case you missed it, or you’re a bit of an outsider to this...
Nicholas Kent
- Nov 30, 2021
- 19 min
Pain... (the first amendment)
Pain, in general, is a complex concept in itself which needs to be somewhat better understood in order to best accurately surmise...
Nicholas Kent
- Oct 7, 2021
- 12 min
My injury...
Currently less an injury per se and more a "situation" right now, the point of jotting this one down is as a reference point of sorts,...
Nicholas Kent
- Sep 29, 2021
- 4 min
Training Journal - 29/9/21 - In a swing...
Honestly, this post is about putting something down more than anything else. Consistency being the real game, this is me trying to lasoo...
Nicholas Kent
- Sep 17, 2021
- 2 min
What should I do for...?
Often times the scientist in me will revert to total diplomacy when it comes to things around ones health, what they could do, what they...
Nicholas Kent
- Sep 17, 2021
- 5 min
The gap...
As an exercise physiologist I wear many hats; from coach, to advocate, to educator, to pseudo-counsellor. But my main jam from a...
Nicholas Kent
- Sep 8, 2021
- 3 min
Take it outside...
After a week or so longer of persevering through a funk of all funks, I feel like I finally got back on the wagon... or off the wagon?...
Nicholas Kent
- Aug 24, 2021
- 5 min
5, 10, 20 - The Starter Pack for the "Mature Beginner"
Off the top of my head and going back through some old notes, the 5, 10, 20 idea is one of these old things I'd thought of (but let's...
Nicholas Kent
- Aug 23, 2021
- 5 min
Simplicity...
When it comes to exercise and training pursuits, the longer I've done this, coached, treated and advised people, the stronger I'll stand...
Nicholas Kent
- Aug 12, 2021
- 2 min
Training Journal - 12/8/21 - Back in a lockdown
The best thing about being in a lockdown whilst being somewhat incapacitated, is that you can really gather some momentum through...
Nicholas Kent
- Jul 28, 2021
- 2 min
Training Journal - 28/7/21 - Back in a gym...
Wandering out of another lockdown, crutch walking into a gym... A welcome challenge. Watching Olympics and too much YouTube whilst...
Nicholas Kent
- Jul 25, 2021
- 1 min
Training Journal - 25/7/21 - The Tetris of Training
As somebody else creatively puts it; "the tetris of training" That somebody is actually a fella named Mark Wildman, an engineer turn...
Nicholas Kent
- Jul 23, 2021
- 8 min
Muscle; Not Just Aesthetics
The association of muscle, strength, lifting and general fitness culture as being solely a pursuit of aesthetics and vanity is something...
Nicholas Kent
- Jul 19, 2021
- 1 min
Training Journal - 19/7/21 - Improvisation
Improvising... Still on the pull-ups, just as an account to ongoing accountability. But the rest of it is very much a responsive...
Nicholas Kent
- Jul 15, 2021
- 4 min
Training Journal - 15/7/21 - stick to the damn program!
It can be the bane of a superficial existence, but nevertheless an existence, is sticking to the damn program! Consistency is king, but...
Nicholas Kent
- Jul 14, 2021
- 5 min
January 28th, 2020
I've cited a saying before about death in ancient Mexican culture and I'm probably already in danger of tiring it out, but just think...
Nicholas Kent
- Jul 10, 2021
- 3 min
Move agelessly...
Saw a little comment on a Youtube video I was watching (I know I know, looking at those is like looking into hell) but this comment was...
Nicholas Kent
- Jul 7, 2021
- 2 min
Do something...
My father would enjoy this one... As the great John Kennedy (legendary Hawthorn Football Club coach) once directed to his players at...
Nicholas Kent
- Jun 18, 2021
- 3 min
The Biopsychosocial Model of everything...
I first was formally introduced to this concept through some coursework some years ago, or perhaps it was just the first real time I took...