But here music becomes the crucial symbol of his strenuous self-discipline.
A new economic team, led by the finance minister, a former World Bank director called Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has made strenuous efforts to impose discipline.
Pattabhi Jois is also a yoga teacher, the master of a strenuous brand of the discipline called Ashtanga; and though he is little known in India, he has found unlikely fame among the American upper middle classes and their entertainment gods.
Five years ago, at the urging of his daughter, he began attending classes for "hot" yoga, which is a strenuous form of the discipline held in a superheated room.
Now he keeps two books on his desk: the teachings of Epictetus, a Greek Stoic philosopher who espoused dispassion and self-discipline, and "The Strenuous Life," by Theodore Roosevelt, an ode to pushing oneself as hard as possible.
The use of the name "Noachian" for a Martian time period may seem rather ironic, given the strenuous efforts of geologists to distance their discipline from biblical floods, but it is clear from fossilized drainage networks on the Martian surface that Mars once did have abundant running water.
These findings echo those of the other study from BMJ. It, too, looked at Olympians and lifespans, but was specifically interested in the longevity differentials between athletes in the more strenuous sports versus those in the less taxing disciplines.
Because exercising is a strenuous activity, the endurance fostered by intense cardio is directly related to the discipline needed to complete the task.
Disciplines such as Yoga, Tai Chi and Chi Kung for example, may not seem strenuous enough, yet they yield unparalleled physical, mental, emotional and spiritual benefits.
"We've had explorers who become sergeants". The group has a strenuous application process, and Diaz said the explorers are all a cut above their civilian friends who lack regimented discipline, responsibility and honesty that she said are at the core of law enforcement.
