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Mind maps are a tool used to represent ideas or virtually any form of data in a hierarchical way. It allows you to build trees of information and link clouds between each other. I was very sceptical about their usefulness when I was first introduced to them. After a year of use, I can only highly recommend their universal use. There is 3 things everyone should be tought to ...

In a previous article (Two-set prediction of 1 Rep Max), I presented Matt Brizky's two-set method for 1RM prediction. It is indeed a much better metric for physical performance assessment than all those calculators based on averages. I would like to explore to what extent muscle composition can be extracted from the KG vs. REPs plot. People with a high proportion of Slow Twitch (ST) muscle fibers tend to ...

Neither fundamentally innovating nor world-changing, this business idea doesn't go however without getting my support. It's about offering not products or services, but experiences, the meaningful kind. French Entrepreneur Nicolas Ronco started in Manhattan a napping salon. Now you have an alternative to maintain a flexible lifestyle if your job application for Google was rejected. For 12 USD, you get to take a nap in a very comfortable long chair, ...

This is a mode of advertising that I fancy very much. No more general "Because you are worth it", faking to make you special while it's in fact targeting mass public. In Rotterdam, Fitness First, an international chain of fitness rooms, has designed this really cool bus shelter a few meters away from their fitness room. Although I value the originality of this design, I wonder to what extent the ...

Scientific journals, even the most popular peer-reviewed ones, remain human organizations and therefore cannot avoid the human imperfection in rationality. The process of peer-reviewing consists of having other contributors of a research journal read and criticise on your proposed article prior to publication. Usually several researchers are solicited and hold the responsibility of making sure content and writing style meet the expectations of scientific research : proposing a form of ...

Sometimes, in fitness exercises, the exercising individual would have to raise a part of their body (body submass) as an exercise. Eventually the body submass raised can be associated with an extra free weight to add intensity to the exercise. A typical problem is to log this type of exercises properly.

There is a lot of buzz on Youtube on what is referred to as being a permanent source of energy: Perendev or Bedini motors. The mere idea of "free energy" and perpetual movement necessarily sounds idiotic to any scientist or researcher, yet the large popularity of any topic always leaves a glimpse of doubt to even the most sceptical and rigorous scientists. A plethora of videos indeed show motors ...

While sorting my desk I found back a summary that I had written based on the excellent yet simple NSF recommendations on writing a Research Proposal : Twelve Steps to a Winning Research Proposal by George Hazelrigg. To a large extent, this advice can be applied to business proposals as well, aiming for a contest or a grant. Here is an even shorter version: Show you have researched previous work. Your proposed ...

When facing what seems to be a problem, we nearly always cure/fix the symptoms and not the core issue itself. Distinguishing symptoms from the problem itself is however quite simple. Symptoms, a necessary alarm There is nothing more natural for a person than wait for symptoms to come up so as to identify a given problem. For example, many dentists and doctors will agree that most patients are brought to ...

I know you just read Recession in the title and just want to run away read something less stressing. Just hold it's right there! The fact that there is a crisis, a pretty bad one, is undeniable. HOWEVER people, and in particular entrepreneurs and venture capitalists (VCs) have bought it so much that they just take it for granted. Before they even have felt any damage or impact on their venture ...