What is “soft-tissue?” Your muscles and the ligaments, tendons, and fascia that are in the surrounding areas. What happens when soft-tissue quality is poor? Essentially, the muscle fibers get “knotted up” – not literally, of course – often the fibers will develop adhesions (or knots) where the muscle fibers are no longer in a smooth [...]
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Vegans abstain from any animal products, including things made with animal products such as gelatin, leather and cosmetics. There are ethical and political reasons tied in with veganism. I’m going to steer very far away from that and just look at the dietary claims and see if they hold water. What Vegans say: – Veganism [...]
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Training for a Hike Single Leg Strength Work is Essential! A large percentage of training should be dedicated to Step-up and Step-down variations. This is pretty much what a hike is after all. The step-up will help you get up to the peak, but what about when you’re on your return trip and your legs [...]
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Today is my b-day. I’m 31. And, I’ve got a list 31 Things I’ve learned that I’d like to share. This list is pretty mixed up and not organized by importance/rank. (By the way, if you didn’t see my 30 Things I Want to Share post, you can check it out here.) I’ve always held [...]
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We’re starting a new series dissecting popular diets. First up: Paleolithic Diet, aka Paleo. Grab some coffee, this is a heavy one! click to enlarge This graphically explains what Paleos (at least the original diet) eat. Grains, legumes, dairy, starches (such as potatoes), refined sugar and franken or artificial foods are not allowed. There are [...]
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The NY Times posted an interesting article this week about consuming snacks during training. There is some solid research that shows the advantages of fueling during training (Fueling athletes: fact versus fiction on feeding athletes for peak performance.), but these studies are generally citing elite athletes – not your average moderate exerciser (which most of [...]
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Over the weekend, my husband and I spent the night at his best friend’s family’s lake house to give his family a crash course in nutrition. It was a great reminder to me that there’s still so much misinformation floating around out there that can have serious complications to people’s health over time. Since I’m [...]
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Ahhh, the subtle importance of ankle mobility: I think the best rule of thumb here is to simply do-as-I-say and not worry about whether you think you do or don’t need ankle mobility work. Everyone needs these drills and it’s best to just go ahead and add them in twice per week. Adequate ROM at [...]
READ MORE »1. If you didn’t catch my post on ACL prevention and research at SAPTstrength.com, you can check it out here. Usually I don’t plug my own posts, but this research is quite significant. 2. Excellent video on how the stomach churns through whole foods vs. processed foods: 3. NY Times post about interval training and [...]
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I’ve touted the benefits of picking up heavy things, namely how deadlifts and squats build strength quite effectively. But what if you have an injury (or two)? Personally, squats/deadlifts aggravate my injuries to the point where my back gives me the finger for a week and my hips refuse to move without protestation. My body’s [...]
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