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06 Apr Walking Naked and Other Uncomfortable Things

Posted at 12:46h in Close the Gap, Growth Mindset, Life is your Mindset Gym, Mindset by Juan Acevedo

Borges is one of those writers that is highly appreciated yet poorly understood. You might have heard of him, but probably you haven’t read his writings. His work reminds me of David Bowie. There is this aura of bizarreness that covers it. It makes it...

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29 Mar What can we learn from the Gamestop saga?

Posted at 19:27h in Coaching, Growth Mindset, How to be a learner?, Life is your Mindset Gym, Mindset by Juan Acevedo

When I recorded this video, I thought the Gamestop saga was kind of done. Man! I was so wrong. It is still going on! Last night when I realized this, I rushed to watch my video again to confirm it still had value. Phew! It...

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23 Dec Who is talking to you?

Posted at 12:49h in Coaching, Life is your Mindset Gym, Mindset, Train your mind in the gym by Juan Acevedo

This happens to Hector all the time. He is in the middle of a training session and he encounters a place of challenge. If the struggle gets real, his mind starts going. At that point, he looks at me and he will explain he had...

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02 Dec Why is mental fitness important in CrossFit?

Posted at 13:43h in Close the Gap, Fitness, Growth Mindset, How to be a learner?, Mindset, Train your mind in the gym by Juan Acevedo

Mental fitness extends further than your ability to suffer through workouts, and training your mind is just as important as your physical training in your path to becoming a better athlete. ...

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26 Oct Fitness and Money

Posted at 12:43h in Fitness, How to be a learner?, Skill Transfer by Juan Acevedo

Last week I had a fantastic opportunity. I was invited to talk to a bunch of 8th graders about fitness and lifestyle habits. It is COVID times so I did not get to speak to them directly as I would have preferred, but I still...

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30 Jul The different models of Mindset and how to apply them to training

Posted at 12:39h in Growth Mindset, Life is your Mindset Gym, Mindset, Science by Juan Acevedo

Mindset training is one of my favorite coaching experiences. Teaching somebody how to do a muscle-up is deeply satisfying, lowering a marathon time is surprisingly rewarding, improving sleep quality is not valued enough. Helping somebody change their mindset is a different thing. It really connects...

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30 Jun Banzo’s sword and metric fixations

Posted at 09:55h in Close the Gap, Coaching, Finding What Works for You, Fitness, How to be a learner?, Mindset, Smart Practices by Juan Acevedo

Are you a victim of your metrics? Are you constantly trying to better your metrics, just to feel frustrated and unaccomplished? I have been there, it is awful. In this post I present to you a set of principles that will help you use metrics...

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20 May How literate are you?

Posted at 16:37h in How to be a learner?, Mindset, Science, Technology by Juan Acevedo

Because of this digital illiteracy (that we are not fully aware of) we find ourselves in a world of confusion and tribalism today. This is true in the world of politics, and it is true in the world of fitness, nutrition, and mindset. My objective...

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16 Apr Positive Habits of Mind

Posted at 14:36h in Growth Mindset, How to be a learner?, Mindset by Juan Acevedo

You see, Mindset is one of those concepts that has become very popular and because of that, it has lost specificity. It is often vague. On top of that, our ideas around it come from academia, especially from the Psychology departments -although not exclusively. This...

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11 Mar Some Things I Learned from my Son’s Birth

Posted at 09:39h in Growth Mindset, Life is your Mindset Gym, Mindset by Juan Acevedo

When you don’t know how to start writing, stop thinking and just start. I learned that after 5 years of dissertation writing. The funny thing is that I used to always refer to my dissertation as my “parto” (the labor, the moment of childbirth). This...

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