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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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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 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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30 Jan The road to mastery is incompetence

Posted at 15:59h in How to be a learner?, Mindset by Juan Acevedo

We could also call this week's video as "The Thrive Zone 2.0". It is just a different way to look at the same concept. I like to look at the fundamentals from as many angles as possible. Some aspects and perspectives click some don't. Let's...

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15 Jan You are born to be good at shit

Posted at 09:55h in Fitness, How to be a learner?, Train your mind in the gym by Juan Acevedo

The focus of the whole month of January will be "The Basics." We get so caught up in the fancy stuff. We are always looking for sophisticated solutions for simple problems. Yet, the basics are where it's at. Today's video is about how we love...

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09 Oct Functional Fixedness

Posted at 00:01h in Fitness, How to be a learner?, Mindset, Train your mind in the gym by Juan Acevedo

However, because we humans clearly cannot have nice things, the term has been bastardized, oversimplified, and not problematized enough. When Henrick laughs at my suggestion of doing curls, he is just repeating a learned behavior. It is common in the functional world to look at...

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11 Apr Plateaus are part of the process, Embrace the stuck!

Posted at 19:35h in Close the gap, Fitness, Growth Mindset, How to be a learner?, Smart Practices by Juan Acevedo

Plateaus are often understood as problems. As stagnation, as if there is something wrong. Plateaus are a fundamental part of the process. Understand this, and you will be able to surpass them. ...

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