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Living the Herculean Way: Review of How to Think Like Socrates
The Herculean Way was always envisioned as way of thinking through what might be a roadmap for living the “good life”. In a world full of...
Noah Bassil
Apr 224 min read
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The Benefits of Metabolic Resistance Training:
This article is about a training approach called Metabolic Resistance Training (MRT). At 98 gym we call them Hybrid workouts. Metabolic...
Noah Bassil
Feb 264 min read
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The journey v the destination:
The other day, during a yoga class I was taking, the instructor, said to the class that “It is important to find joy in the journey so...
Noah Bassil
Jan 313 min read
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2025: What does this year hold for you?
At the start of each year, many of us promise some change to our habits or our character in the hope of improving some aspect, or all...
Noah Bassil
Jan 164 min read
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These are trying times: and the struggle is more important than ever
I’ve been silent for a while and there are several reasons why. The first has been a long, hard rethink about who I am and what I stand...
Noah Bassil
Dec 11, 20243 min read
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The huge cost of putting a price on education
This blog is about the University- and much more. It is about how we as humans understand ourselves and what it means to be humans. It is...
Noah Bassil
Sep 18, 20245 min read
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Hyrox: The World Series of Fitness Racing
Hyrox Sydney has come and gone. 5600 competitors found their way to Sydney’s Homebush Park to run, push, pull, burpee, carry, lunge and...
Noah Bassil
Aug 8, 20244 min read
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The chipper: a lesson for life from the gym
I believe there are many lessons that can be learned from the gym. Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks of the benefits that come from learning...
Noah Bassil
Jul 25, 20243 min read
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Fitness and Health: building the basis for the collective good
I’ve thought a lot about whether I should be more a little more political. It is very true that the personal is political, so our daily...
Noah Bassil
Jul 1, 20244 min read
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Sprint Training: Not quite the Fountain of Youth
It is only appropriate that THW advocates sprinting. Not only because it is the best exercise that over 40s are not doing. Rather, it is...
Noah Bassil
Jun 24, 20244 min read
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10 Things I believe and Why They are Important
It’s been a while since I last posted and I’ve got no excuses for not doing so before now. The reality is that I’ve struggled to find...
Noah Bassil
May 23, 20243 min read
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Turf Games Sydney 28 April 2024
The Turf Games, is subtitled the “Fittest in the City”. It is a competition requiring contestants to spend a couple of hours of rowing,...
Noah Bassil
May 6, 20243 min read
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How Should the Masters Athlete Train?
Last week I wrote about the increase in the number of people taking up some form of activity that fit the definition of being a masters...
Noah Bassil
Apr 21, 20246 min read
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The Masters Athlete: peak performance for those of us 50+
I have been looking at some materials on ageing, especially on biological ageing. There is no slowing down of the clock- I’m 54 years old...
Noah Bassil
Apr 6, 20246 min read
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Blog 13: The Herculean way: a road travelled together
This week I attended my university’s graduation ceremony. I probably attend a ceremony every year and have done so for about a decade as...
Noah Bassil
Mar 25, 20246 min read
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Mobility: Move well to live well
In my earlier post I wrote about the sickness-wellness-fitness continuum. The sickness to fitness continuum is a method and it is...
Noah Bassil
Mar 18, 20246 min read
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The 10 exercises everyone should be able to do:
Below is what can be considered the bare minimum a person should be able to do. These are also the basic exercises that mimic daily...
Noah Bassil
Mar 5, 20245 min read
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You're never too old for lifting: the benefits of lifting weights
Exercise is one the most important thing we can do for ourselves as we get older. I think I’ve said it a few times, but I will say it...
Noah Bassil
Feb 26, 20247 min read
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Is integrity the foundation of a life well-lived?
This is a good question and one that in this moment is really quite pertinent. I read the other day that there are over 100 billionaires...
Noah Bassil
Feb 17, 20247 min read
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Excellence is a habit.
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” These words are as true today as they were almost 2500...
Noah Bassil
Feb 9, 20247 min read
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