The top 10 strength and fitness blogs

Last week, I wrote about the top 10 fitness websites on the internet that I browse to find trustworthy articles on strength and fitness.  This time, I’m going to talk a bit about blogs.  And we all know that there’s nothing a blogger likes more than blogging about blogs…

1. Applied Strength is one of dozens of blogs about getting stronger and fitter using kettlebells.  Brett Jones is an RKC and writes programmes with Gray Cook, one of the legends behind Perform Better.  I’m not currently into kettlebells, but I like Brett’s inquisitiveness.  I also appreciate the new exercises and techniques that he takes the time to post on his blog.
2. Chasing Strength is another kettlebell blog by Geoff Neupert.  Infrequently updated, the content is nevertheless excellent when it appears.  Like this pressing tutorial, which I have started thinking about combined with a “grease the groove” approach in some feeder workouts…
3. Adam T Glass is one of those genuinely unique and larger than life characters.  He also seems to be entirely in a class of his own.  Basically, if he can get his hands around it, he can bend it, lift it or tear it.  I really wouldn’t want to upset him…
4. Conditioning Research does exactly what it says on the tin.  Well, it started off that way but now it includes lots of cool videos of people doing strong stuff.
5. Extreme Human Performance is another descriptive blog that focuses on documenting the extraordinary feats of strength that people can achieve when they put their minds to it.  I was probably one of the few people who were disappointed by Mike T Nelson’s moving there as I was already following him beforehand and figured that whereas I used to follow two blogs, now there was only one.
6. Precision Nutrition is the place to go for the nuts and bolts of your nutrition information.  I couldn’t decide whether to put this in the website or the blogs list.  I came down on the blog side because that’s the part of the site I benefit from most.
7. The Science of Sport provides a fascinating analysis of the current sporting events, breaking down the barriers between the (generally) ignorant media and the curious public.
8. World’s Strongest Librarian defies description.  Josh Hanagarne is a remarkable human being.  Just go and have a look and see.  You won’t regret it.  Along with Carl Lanore of Superhuman Radio, Josh seems to be one of those people whose main activity in life is making other people feel better about living.
9. Tony Gentilcore at the Boston Herald.  Tony is light relief for when things strength and fitness related get too serious.  I just wish I could get Google reader to pick up an RSS feed for his blog at the Boston Herald…
10. Brian St Pierre is the resident nutrition guru at Cressey Performance and an all-round knowledgeable guy with regularly updated posts on foods that are good for you, bad for you and downright ugly for you.

So that’s my take on the best strength and fitness blogs out there at the moment.  If you know of any other great blogs, please let me know.  I can always fit another subscription into my Google Reader!

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