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So that's why Taleb deadlifts like a madman.

• xarope 9y ago
  TIL (!). I deadlift (amongst other things), as I believe it's a fundamental movement (what Dan John calls "pick heavy stuff off the floor"). Here's a writeup Taleb did about strength training (whether I agree or disagree in totality is a separate issue, but we can all agree to 80% and disagree on the rest): https://medium.com/@nntaleb/strength-training-is-learning-from-tail-events-7aa2c074569d https://medium.com/@nntaleb/strength-training-is-learning-fr...
  • 3131s 9y ago
    I'm not sure that I agree with a lot of that article, but one piece really resonates with me. I had a chronic hamstring injury from sprinting (tendinitis, with a couple recurring minor pulls over the years) and physical therapy was a complete waste of time. The first physical therapist I went to told me that it would take over a year of sessions to recover from a grade 1 tear (which is absolute bullshit). She had me doing a bunch of different weird balancing exercises and working with elastic bands. I dealt with this injury for years until I started doing 1) foam rolling and myofascial release, and more importantly 2) squatting, deadlifting, and olympic lifts. The difference was almost overnight, and I haven't had a single issue with my hamstring in years now.
    • xarope 9y ago
      Thumbs up on this, we can agree on the basics and disagree on the minutiae; after all, as individuals, we are different to some degree.