關於 an internal discussion ，我們在網路上蒐集到這些相關的討論、資訊與評價

There are many issues that social media has caused with the fitness industry, but up there is the forming of camps. Having a single stance on something makes it easier to acquire "followers" - ie people who subscribe to your religious approach to science. The more extremist, the better. Socmed gurus will tell you to "pick your niche", but what that often means is "pick your viewpoint". Being argumentative also aligns with the platform's algorithms - discussion = engagement = traction in the form of comments and sends. Zealots prosper.
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I don't say this as someone who's sat on their high horse immune to it all. I bloody love a contentious debate, and it's often very hard to resist the temptation to get into a mud wrestle. There’s hypocrisy here - I’m working on it.
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Biomechanics to me is the understanding of movement relative to gravity. The RTS syllabus defines exercise as "internal force production in response to external force application". An increased knowledge of what is taking place internally and how to manipulate the external resistance allows greater exercise analysis, design and individualisation - whether that's to accommodate someone's lack of tolerance, or improve the loading of a particular muscle group throughout it’s full contractile range in a seasoned gym user. It's tools in your arsenal as a coach, that are easy to underestimate and play down. Yes, obssessing over mechanics and the optimisation process to the point where it takes you 1.5hrs to set up a machine for a set of 5 reps at RPE0.5 because your form slacks by 8% as soon as you get within 20 reps from failure is counterproductive... but no one with a brain is suggesting that. As a PT it's literally our fucking job to make sure people move AS WELL AS POSSIBLE, as intensely, as frequently and as regularly as suits their goals/priorities. The myriad of variables involved in this are completely client-specific.
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What I’ll never understand is why you can't do both. What's wrong with constantly chasing optimal resistance profiles and movement mechanics AND seeing how close you can get your client's balls to the wall? It doesn't have to be AT THE EXPENSE OF.
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〈運用遊戲化設計教育產品的十個方法〉

遊戲化設計在很多產品中都可以創造更多的體驗，而同樣也可以運用於教育產品，不管大人與小孩的天性都喜歡遊戲，所以遊戲能幫助學習的興趣和學習動力。以下是我在輔導教育產品或課程設計時常見教育產品中運用遊戲化的10個遊戲元素。

（遊戲元素 1）凝聚
當學習者進入一個團體，會產生團隊合作的關聯，將多位學員組成小隊，鼓勵隊員形成凝聚力

（遊戲元素 2）共識
運用討論來達成團隊共識，可以充分發揮跨界學習的優點。

（遊戲元素 3）競爭
目的是完成任務成為勝利者，每個階段將成績排名作為一種刺激，形成正向競爭，能激發勝利的慾望。

（遊戲元素 4）稀缺
是指學習過程想要得到某樣東西，但是因為太稀少無法立刻獲得，例如限制名額或是限時得到禮物。

（遊戲元素 5）累積
學習者必須在指定的時間內有效採取行動而獲得獎勵，例如連續10日答題，或累計一段打卡時間。

（遊戲元素 6）未知
不知道下一個會是什麼，充滿不確定性，所以很期待，例如“盲盒”或隨機的抽牌。

（遊戲元素 7）失去
給學習者一套規則，如果無法完成，就會失去。例如累積的紀錄與成果。

（遊戲元素 8）使命
讓學習者擁有使命感，這是一種內在驅動因素，例如墜落到荒蕪小島展開冒險重返溫暖的家的英雄之旅。

（遊戲元素 9）積分
積分可以為學習者提供持續的動力，例如修完一節課可以獲得10點，連續10天點數加倍或是得到徽章的機制設計。加入排行榜更可以激發競爭。

（遊戲元素 10）情感
讓學習者持續關注某個東西而產生擁有感，例如積分可兌換食物扶養小寵物的成長。

各位早安，功夫老師鼓勵大家可以在課程演講中或是團體活動中運用10種遊戲元素自由組合搭配，讓你創造無限樂趣。

Ten ways to use gamification to design educational products

Gamification design can create more experiences in many products, and it can also be used in educational products. Regardless of the nature of adults and children, they like games, so games can help learning interest and motivation. The following are 10 game elements that I use gamification in common educational products when I tutor education products or curriculum design.

(Game element 1) Cohesion
When a learner enters a group, there will be a teamwork association, and multiple learners will be formed into teams to encourage team members to form cohesion

(Game Element 2) Consensus
Using discussion to reach team consensus can give full play to the advantages of cross-border learning.

(Game element 3) Competition
The goal is to complete the task and become a winner. At each stage, the ranking of the results is used as a stimulus to form a positive competition and stimulate the desire for victory.

(Game element 4) Scarcity
It means that you want to get something in the learning process, but it is too scarce to get it right away, such as a limited number of places or a limited time to get a gift.

(Game Element 5) Accumulation
Learners must take effective actions within the specified time to be rewarded, such as answering questions for 10 consecutive days, or accumulating a period of check-in time.

(Game Element 6) Unknown
I don't know what the next one will be. It is full of uncertainty, so I look forward to it, such as a "blind box" or a random draw.

(Game Element 7) Lost
Give learners a set of rules, if they can’t complete it, they will lose it. For example, accumulated records and achievements.

(Game Element 8) Mission
Let learners have a sense of mission, which is an internal driving factor, such as falling to a deserted island and embarking on an adventure to return to a warm home.

(Game element 9) Points
Points can provide continuous motivation for learners. For example, you can get 10 points after completing a lesson, double the points for 10 consecutive days, or get a badge. Joining the leaderboard can stimulate competition even more.

(Game Element 10) Emotion
Let learners continue to pay attention to something to have a sense of ownership, such as points can be exchanged for food to support the growth of small pets.

Good morning, everyone, I encourage everyone to use 10 game elements to freely mix and match in lectures or group activities, allowing you to create unlimited fun.

大家早安。

No.4 2021-01-07 劉恭甫-功夫老師
https://jackyliu.net/a21004/

I sincerely hope I am wrong | Lee Yee

I know very little about American issues. In the past, I even thought that no matter which party wins the presidential election, there would be no significant difference under the Constitution and the existing system. However, it is different this time. This US presidential election not only involves the interests of the Americans but also concerns the future political situation of the world, especially for China and Hong Kong.

The state of society tearing as a result of this presidential election is far beyond any from the past, almost to the point of a civil war. As far as the domestic situation in the US is concerned, it is not a dispute between supporting Trump or supporting Biden, but a fight between support for Trump and opposition to Trump. The topics of discussion are 1) epidemic prevention and control measures, 2) violence and disorder due to the Black Lives Matter protests, and 3) economy. Arguments from both standpoints are too numerous to detail and many are reasonable with solid judgment. It is very difficult to explain clearly in this short article. I will only discuss the history and current situation of Sino-US relations.

The most important timeline in the history of the modern relations between China and the US is after WWII during the Chinese Civil War between the Kuomintang (KMT)-led government of the Republic of China and the Communist Party of China (CPC). At that time, the 33rd president of the US and leader of the Democratic Party, Harry S. Truman pursued a policy of appeasement to the CPC and actively advocated negotiations between the KMT and the CPC. During the Chinese Civil War, it was apparent that he was pro-communist and made the communist military stronger. The KMT was defeated for internal reasons but the US inclination was key. After the KMT government retreated to Taiwan, in January 1950, President Truman issued a statement that the US would not intervene with the situation in China and declared that the island groups of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and some minor islands were not within the scope of the US military. The US Democratic Party allowed mainland China to fall into the hands of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Later, Chiang Kai-shek commissioned General Ho Shai-lai to Tokyo to meet with Douglas MacArthur, the American general who administered postwar Japan during the Allied occupation and oversaw the occupation, rebuilding and democratization of Japan. The visit aimed to win the support of General MacArthur and was ultimately able to save Taiwan.

Another important page in the history of the Sino-US relations was the diplomatic breakthrough of Republican US President Richard Nixon in 1971. A military conflict broke out in the previous year at the border of China and the then Soviet Union. The Soviet Union intended to deploy nuclear weapons to perform a so-called “surgical removal operation” on China’s nuclear base. However, it was halted when it probed the US for reactions. The US stated that if the Soviet Union employed nuclear weapons, it would undoubtedly challenge the US nuclear balance policy. After that, when the US collaborated with China to strategically deal with the superpower Soviet Union, the US did not abandon Taiwan. Not until 1979 when Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the US and a democrat, established diplomatic relations with the CCP that the US severed ties with Taiwan. The incident triggered a global trend to set up diplomatic relations with the CCP, which enabled the CCP to steady a firm holding in the international community.

The third important aspect in the history of the Sino-US relations was in 2000, under Bill Clinton’s administration, China was given entry into the WTO (World Trade Organization) and granted a most favored nation (MFN) status. Since then, it developed its foothold as an international manufacturer in the global market. Furthermore, its economy took off through intellectual property theft, failure to commit to the promise of its 2001 accession to the WTO and market dominance by means of authoritarian capitalism. As China’s economic development fully penetrates into the Western world, on the one hand, it takes advantage of the multinational companies invested in China to control the capital markets of the US and the West. On the other hand, it invests heavily in its grand propaganda to control overseas Chinese media and even Western mainstream media.

Every election candidate receives donations from multinational companies. Not to mention 90% of the mainstream media in the US are owned or operated by these Democratic Party’s donors. Therefore, they turn a blind eye to the elephant in the room and injudiciously embrace the CCP regime that has infiltrated the American society and continuously infringed on human rights at home. In addition to the interest considerations, the media of course also has the leftist ideology permeated in Western academia and journalism. I will elaborate on this topic at another time.

Finally, there is Trump who is not swayed by the donors of multinational corporations because he himself does not lack money nor is he afraid to offend most of the leftist media. He sometimes speaks without thinking but he never seeks the so-called “political correctness,” and basically does what he says he would. People who stand on the moral high ground with the spirit of great love would shake their heads upon his words and actions. Regardless, only a person like Trump can start to contain the power that infiltrated the US and the Western world, and support the democracy of Taiwan and Hong Kong’s campaign for autonomy.

Currently, anti-China is the general social conscience in the US. Biden’s China policy seems to align with that of Trump’s. Biden even defined the CCP’s handling of Xinjiang as an “ethnic genocide.” However, is there really no difference between the two parties? Recall that when Clinton was running for the presidency, he said that he opposed the Republican government’s annual review of the US MFN status for China. He believed it should not be granted but after he took office, he made China’s MFN status permanent and sent China to the WTO.

As the Democratic Party controls Wall Street and mainstream media, I am not optimistic about Trump in this election. Even so, I really hope from my brain to my heart that I am wrong.