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How to scientifically engineer a better pump-up playlist

February 1, 2018 by nigelghole 1 Comment

Anxiously sitting in the bleachers before the City Championships 1500m race in grade 5, I first learned about the performance-enhancing effects of music. One of my competitors told me that he usually sang "Old McDonald had a farm" in his head while racing to give him something else to focus on. But since this was a big race, he was going to sing along to something special: "Who let the Dogs Out." While it may have technically been an upgrade, the Baha Men's one-hit wonder was specifically …

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Why I’m Abandoning my New Year’s Resolutions

January 12, 2018 by nigelghole Leave a Comment

Last week I made up a laundry list of New Year’s resolutions. Although they've been going well, this week I decided I should abandon them. Why? Not because they weren't going well. Not because they weren't important. Because New Year’s resolutions are too boring, intimidating, and infrequent. But, I haven’t given up…   Let me explain I can't remember when I first started making new years resolutions, probably halfway through high school. Since then, I haven't made …

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The student-athlete’s shopping guide to gaining an edge this fall

September 12, 2017 by nigelghole Leave a Comment

  As soon as I was old enough to venture off on my own, I started going to Staples in mid-July while my mom went grocery shopping next door. I'd walk up and down the aisles, dreaming about the different school supplies I'd hope to get. I'd begin to strategize how I could justify asking my parents for different things, and thinking about how much of my own money I'd be willing to part with as well. While I sadly I have no reason to go back-to-school shopping anymore, I can salvage some …

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Sum of my failures

September 5, 2017 by nigelghole Leave a Comment

Failure 1 Despite my best efforts, I couldn’t hold back the tears. It was one of the very few times I cried in front of my mother growing up. When I was a little kid my grouchy next door neighbour (whose name was literally “Oscar”) saw me crying and told me that “real men don’t cry.” And ever since then, I did everything in my power to keep from crying. But I had zero control in this moment; the water works began before we left the parking lot. I had just "failed" to make the rep …

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