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Friday, April 3, 2015
The Real Culprit Behind Running Pain and How to Fit It
A common myth is that running is bad for your joints because it is high impact and leads to joint wear and tear. But if you are experiencing this wear and tear, consider that running is not the culprit.
In truth, your body is simply out of alignment, kind of like a car that needs an alignment. Your car’s tires (or your knees) wear unevenly and eventually need to be replaced or repaired. While that might work for your car, it’s not a great plan for your joints.
Unexpected Lessons on Training and Happiness - From Wine
Well, it is official - meat makes you die again, and now, so does wine. At least I can anticipate the cause of my demise as opposed to worrying about being eaten by a shark or losing in the Hunger Games.
Thursday, April 2, 2015
CrossFit Versus the NSCA: Where Is the Truth?
The word reify keeps popping into my head as I hear about the CrossFit versus NSCA lawsuit. Reify means “to make real.” In German, it is called Verdinglichung, which is literally, "making into a thing."
I wonder whether this lawsuit reifies the idea that CrossFit creates injury. At the least, it creates a negative association for people not familiar with CrossFit.
4 Reasons You're Not Getting Stronger
You’ve been training for a while. And you’ve made some good gains. But now that you’re getting close to where you want to be, the gains have stopped. Try as you might, nothing seems to add pounds to your lifts. What gives?
Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Passing Out During a Lift: Smart Strength With Charles Staley
Note: Charles is here on a weekly basis to help you cut through the B.S. and get to the bottom of the biggest questions in health and training. Post your questions via social media or in the comments section below to participate in next week's mailbag.
Question #1: Measuring Food
READER: The dreaded food scale. Do I have to weigh and measure? If I do, will I always have to?
Real Functional Fitness: CrossFit and the Battle Against Cancer
When we think of the “functional” aspect of CrossFit, we most often think of it in terms of the translation that CrossFit provides into the real world - the ability to recruit motor patterns in order to move large loads quickly over a distance.
Another way to look at it is this is that CrossFit makes you better at life. Few people will argue this. That is a very real, functional application of strength and conditioning training.
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