Dr. Mark Cheng 鄭馨民 정형민
@DrMarkCheng
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High performance rehab, elite pain-free training; Founder @K3Combat, @KettlebellsLA, @TaiCheng; Master Instr @BeStrongFirst Frmr Cont Editor @Black_Belt_Mag
Los Angeles & Diamond Bar, CA
Joined March 2010
I'm really curious about how some folks define "winning" & "greatness" as now paying as much for an LA-Chicago RT economy flight as I did for LA-Seoul pre-2016. Explain it to me like you actually want me to understand.
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Making sure both sides of our body are operating similarly can go a long way towards reducing injury risk. The Single Leg Deadlift is an incredible way to audit that & improve strength & symmetry at the same time. https://t.co/EQWeenGGKi
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Conflate, confuse, condemn, and all with no control. Just enough partially informed folks on all sides with echo-chambered data to give them the enthusiasm to raise hell with no thought to the consequences.
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This I couldn’t agree with more.
Having skill or expertise in one area rarely qualifies as expertise in all platforms. Stay curious and keep an open mind. There can always be something to learn.
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People don't want to face the reality of how the things they do say a lot about their character, nor do they have any tolerance for the consequences that should (but often don't) follow.
Take it personal. At this age people are 100% aware of what they’re doing, trust me.
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When you go out of your way to act in good faith at every step, and the company just repeatedly frustrates the hell out of you…
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Honestly, I think this is a major part of the vicious cycle of disease(s) in the US. People are either too stressed to sleep well or too vigorously chasing debauchery that they have negligible awareness of how critical recovery is.
Sleep is essential for your body and your brain. Are you getting 7-9 hours every night?
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A good system of real-world fighting should have maximum alternatives to be able to make some of it functional even when injured. You may not be able to do all the techniques, but you'll have some working options. If it only works for the most athletic, it's just sport.
@DrMarkCheng i have a torn ucl joint in thumb past repair, too old of an injury they say, and bad arthritis can the combat aspect of tai chi still work with no thumb? i understand pushhands well, but not the application of the actual grip needed to perform thoughts?
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I'm so tempted to get this #MaceWindu ring by @EnsoRings just so I can feel more at ease saying "I wish a MFer would." #StarWars
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Overcome wrong action with an attentive mind and thus dwell with an attention that is in possession of Right Action.
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Probably one of the most important things for us all to read this time of year. Equally as important to invest the time to learn how to preserve our own peace when around potentially irritating types and model those strategies for our kids to emulate. #protectionthroughpoise
Protecting your child’s peace is more important than pleasing relatives.
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This is why I'm often so quick to axe anything that interferes with or doesn't improve my mental acumen or peace of mind.
One of my favorite quotes is the one from Marcus Aurelius: ‘The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.’ I think it’s always good to remember it.
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Man.... #notetoself
If you create emotional friction, you become hate. If you create emotional Grace, you become Love. #SadhguruQuotes
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But Confucian thought does not say “you don’t need laws.” It say the lawmakers and the people must have cultivated virtue and correct relationships, or the laws will not be of any use. 苟無是心，則雖有政，不行焉。
@teortaxesTex Confucians = people are born good, music and poetry plus filial piety, you don’t need laws. Legalists = this is BS! People are born bad. Law, Laws, Laws. Legalists kicked Confucian’s asses in wars. But had trouble ruling afterwards.
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I'm quite enjoying #MercyforNone on @netflix right now!
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Every single ideal/label on the face of this Earth can be utterly ruined by enough individuals in positions of power when institutions don't have adequate failsafes. It's convenient to blame 1 person, but the realities are that it's usually a multiplicity thinking levels ahead.
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The body tends to pack on fat as a response to chronic stress. Those stressors include pain & sleep deprivation.
@DrMarkCheng I cannot achieve “deep sleep” consistently for more than 1 hour. Last night was out late serving students breakfast from 9-11 PM but here is last 6 nights of data. Disc issues in lumbar spine worsen the longer I am in bed. Better sleep with a Celebrex.
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Most important question... Are you sleeping enough & deeply enough? Next question... Are you training to tax your pain endurance levels or training to widen your pain free ROM? Inadequate sleep de-rails allllll sorts of weight-loss endeavors. Poor ROM = pain & inflammation
@DrMarkCheng Still struggling with the “Rummo Stretch Belly.” How do I look less like the planet Saturn, lose my “rings,” and more like Mars, the god of war? @SamaHoole never replied.
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WOW! @ProfeGreg is bringing it... hitting both P90X & @TaiCheng for the @Beachbody bonanza on both slow twitch & quick twitch muscles!
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I think the one thing that we could do to change our world for the better would be to educate our children to be forward thinking. The inability of generations of people to be cognizant of the long game has made us selfish, reactive, myopic, & proudly ignorant.
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