Shon Grosse recently posted up an article on the single leg romanian deadlift. It’s one of my favorite exercises for a number of reasons. But, as Shon points out in the article, very few people have the requisite performance attributes required to complete the movement with appropriate form. In the article Shon shows a 3 stage progression into the full blown movement. It happens to be very similar to the progression that I use with my clients. Some of the article is a big technical for the lay person, but the value will come from the videos.
Matt Perryman and I were discussing some things on facebook about exercise, stress, and recovery the other day. I highlighted the conversation on my blog here. That conversation joggled my memory about an article Matt wrote a while back about fat loss and running. Some of his views have changed slightly, which is evidenced in our recent conversation, but I still think this is a phenomenal article that many people I’m encountering need to read.
Nick Tumminello is always delivering quality exercise videos on his blog. In his recent post he highlights an underutilized exercise that I really like throwing into the mix every now and again. We’re so hung up on bench pressing that we often forget about other horizontal pressing exercises. Hell, the closed chain push-up is a phenomenal exercise that people write off. I haven’t done true bench pressing for months as I’ve been primarily weighted dips. Point is, don’t get sucked into the bench press or die mentality.
JC Deen responds to a question I receive time and time again… “Can you draft me up a meal plan?” I couldn’t have responded better myself. People asking for meal plans are missing the forest for the trees. Back in the day I used to write up meal plans for my clients. I took them a step further by providing “swaps” for every single food listed in the plan. That way there was some variability and latitude. But even there, I never felt like my clients were learning anything. They weren’t learning how to eat. Though the meal plans provided opportunities to learn… people weren’t using them as such. Instead, they would be lazy and take the meal plan as something that allows them not to think about their nutrition. Which is silly. So check out JC’s article titled Fitness Meal Plans – Why I Don’t Make Them.
Listening to an old strengthcoach podcast over the weekend, I was reminded of an article Patrick Ward wrote titled Stress and the Female Athlete. The majority of women I work with are not athletes. I suppose we could call them recreational athletes as they’re mostly into lifting weights and running. Be that as it may, Patrick’s article applies to this population. I encounter so many women who are obsessive about their training and eating. To a point they’re stressing constantly. Piling this sort of stress on top of low calories, poor nutrition, negative body image, and social/family stress and you’ve got a system that’s out of whack after a while.
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