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THE MARC LALONDE EXPERIENCE
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'Practice makes perfect' is complete bulls$%t
‘Practice makes perfect,’ was a familiar refrain of my youth. I heard it constantly, and it seems to me, most often in a high, singsong...

Marc Lalonde
Nov 8, 20193 min read


Stop blocking the road with your tank while waiting for your seven-year-old
A bunch of questions for the parents lined up in their cars for miles around Kuper Academy in Kirkland, blocking streets and texting idly...

Marc Lalonde
Nov 8, 20192 min read


Walk the plank and strengthen your core
It’s the best core exercise on the planet, for my money – and it is my money There is almost no better way in the world to strengthen the...

Marc Lalonde
Nov 8, 20193 min read


Goodbye, Deadspin
One of the greatest reading experiences of my life came when, oh so many years ago, when I was still a reporter and very much in the...

Marc Lalonde
Nov 7, 20193 min read


Weight training 101 exercise 2: the bench press
The bench press is my favourite exercise in the gym. Of course, it helps that I’m naturally strong through my chest and shoulders and as...

Marc Lalonde
Nov 6, 20192 min read


A return to writing
Sometimes in life, you don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone. Some other times, you don’t know what you got until it’s gone, it...

Marc Lalonde
Nov 6, 20192 min read


A letter to a friend
I’m incredibly angry with you right now. Last week, you were a part of my life, your smile and sunny nature brightening our every...

Marc Lalonde
Nov 5, 20192 min read


Enduring my daughter's dating years
I knew it would come. I knew, in my heart of hearts, that the day would come that my little girl, my first born child – the one I still...

Marc Lalonde
Nov 5, 20192 min read


Off to the finals
When you coach 10-year-olds playing tackle football, it’s often a miracle if we can just get them to line up properly. So when the...

Marc Lalonde
Nov 5, 20193 min read


Why I let my kid play football (and coach him, too)
I played football at a high level for 12 years. From the age of 14, I played every fall until 2005, when my daughter was born and I...

Marc Lalonde
Nov 4, 20192 min read


Weight training: where to begin
Find out who, exactly, doesn’t know squat about exercising Most people have no idea where to begin exercising, and the world of fitness...

Marc Lalonde
Nov 4, 20192 min read
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