PraxisFitness

The GizFit name was always a temporary placeholder while I thought of a name for my fitness writings. It’s not really a meaningful name, it’s too close to MizFit (whose site I adore), and really, who even really understands it but me?  But, it did it’s job and held the place.

I was just reading Tom Venuto’s The Body Fat Solution, when I stumbled across the word praxis. He describes a problem solving formula with three rules:

1. Understand cause and effect.
2. Think differently.
3. Act on the answer.

Within “act on the answer” is the little blurb about praxis:

3. Act on the answer. You must take action. One of the biggest reasons for failure is having a large gap between what you know and what you actually do. From the ancient Greek comes a work called praxis, which refers to the practice or doing of what you already know.

As soon as I saw the definition of praxis, I knew it was the name for my site. How many people out there actually know what to do for health, and yet lack the gene-motivation-impetus-whathaveyou to actually put it into practice? I’d bet more than you might initially think. I’ve talked to many people who are just overwhelmed by diet and fitness advice, advice that seems to change with each day’s news… but what really works has always worked. It just needs a few tweaks for today’s lifestyles.

I haven’t finished the book yet to be able to say whether it’s a worthwhile purchase, but even having only gotten through chapter one, I’m leaning toward yes.