We have talked before about the importance of preserving the intended stimulus of a workout—that it’s important to choose the appropriate weights and movements in a training session that allows [...]
Training is a bit like the expression, “The more you know, the more you realize you don’t know.” For example, when you first learned a clean, you were probably just trying to grasp the basic [...]
You thought you had finally figured it out: Avoid all of the foods that are high on the glycemic index (GI), like bananas and potatoes and watermelon, and your blood sugar and insulin levels will [...]
I always laugh when people tell me they’re doing the ketogenic diet, yet they’re drinking milk and eating nuts and aren’t counting the grams of sugar foods like this have on their daily carb (and [...]
People take fish oil for various reasons: Inflammation, performance, heart health, cognitive function, to name a few. But now, a new reason (or two) enter the fold… Research published in JAMA [...]
If you took off on a 5 km run, you wouldn’t sprint the first 400 meters, gas yourself and end up walking. You would probably strive to run at a reasonably consistent pace for 20-some-odd minutes. [...]
Though the benefits of lifting weights are well-researched and well known, there was one thing runners and cyclists could always hold over the heads of the strength training advocates: Heart [...]
Eager pupil: “Can you teach me a pistol?” Coach: “Can you back squat your bodyweight for five reps? Can you do Bulgarian split squats at 50 percent of your bodyweight? How’s your hamstring [...]
Heed the warnings: ‘Don’t overdo it.’ ’Training for a marathon is bad for your health.’ ‘Overtraining is as dangerous as being inactive!’ Warnings to the public that too much exercise might be as [...]
If you’re even a little bit of a critical thinker, you probably suspect that doctors don’t always have all the answers. You’re probably skeptical that half the time they disappear into the other [...]
