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- Critical Thinking: Factual Statements Versus Value Statements
- Bullshit Example One: Overhead Squats Versus Back Squats
What Should I Read to Learn About Fitness?
- Critical Thinking: Anti-Vaxxers & Selfish Thinkers Versus Critical Thinkers
- Bullshit Example Number Two: Unsurpassed Results!
Assertions Based On Single Studies
Self Plagiarism, Salami Slicing, and Publish or Perish
Reference Padding in Fitness Articles
- Bullshit Example Number Five: You Can Trust Me, I’ve Trained Thousands Of Clients
- The No Reference Reference
Excessive Quotes in Fitness Articles
- Article Starts With a Quote
- Excessive Quotations or Paraphrasing
- Bullshit Example Number Six: The Fallacy of Where is the Line?
Unusual Words, Jargon, and Journalese in Fitness Articles
- Jargon Singled Out
- Take the Jargon Apart
- Nouns Instead of Verbs
- The Warning Words
- Journalese
- Nouns, Verbs, and Adjectives: Interchangeable in Journalese
- Sounding Tuned In and Trendy
- Learn to Translate Journalese Name-Dropping
- Endorsement Trading
- Profession-Dropping
- Why Does Style Over Substance Occur?
Sloganizing In the Fitness Industry
- Thinking About Bullshit and Facts
- Bullshit Example Number 7: That’s Just What I Needed!
- Those Infectious Aphorisms!
- The Deadlift Is Not a Deadlift and the Squat Is Not a Squat
- A Bad Program Done Well Is Better Than a Good Program Done Poorly
The Reign of the (Fitness) Dinosaur
- Critical Thinking: Let’s Be Positive!
- Author’s Recommendations and Viewpoints Never Seem to Change
- Critical Thinking Versus Thinking Critically
- Avoid Dinosaurs and Sticks in the Mud
- The Author Talks About What She Knows Rather Than What She Thinks
The Data Dump In Fitness Information
- Graphs and Tables Are Not Synonymous with Science
- The Overabundance of Supplemental Material in Primary Research Articles
- Non-essential Technical Information in Fitness Articles
- Proofiness and Potemkin Numbers
- Exact Figures Can Be Too Exact
- Overly Precise Numbers In Strength Training Or Fitness
- Can’t Learn Anything From You I Can’t Read In Some Book!
- Can You Help Someone Get Strong By Teaching Them Biochemistry or Kinesiology?
Are Health and Fitness The Same?
- What is Fitness?
- Fitness Is Not Health Itself
- Health-Related Fitness
- Skill Related Or Athletic Fitness
- How are skill-related fitness goals different from health-related fitness goals?
- Not All Skill Related Adaptations are Positive Ones
- All Exercise Has Health Benefits
- For Health, Sticking To It is the More Important Concern
Comparing Versus Contrasting Fitness Exercises and Programs
Science-Based Fitness, Bodybuilding, and Strength Training
The Big Bang Theory of Fitness
The Time to Think About Evidence is Now, Before You’ve Seen It
What Can the Wolverine Tell Us About Strength Training?
Anecdotal Evidence and Lack of Representativeness
- What is Lack of Representativeness?
- Do More People Die in Automobile Crashes or From Heart Attacks Each Year?
- Logical Thought vs. Rational Thought