Another week of links for you to enjoy…
- Caster Semenya has been cleared to compete as a woman, say the Science of Sport, and it’s been corroborated by the BBC, so I guess that means it must be true.
- Gray Cook needs no introduction. Gray has written a three-part discussion about the joint-by-joint approach to assessing mobility and stability and he’s released it on Dave Draper’s site in advance of his new book, the catchily-named ”Movement: Functional Movement Systems—Screening, Assessment and Corrective Strategies” coming out later this month. See part one and part two and eagerly await part three…
- I went digging through T-Nation this week looking for a stretch to help work on my left shoulder. I have been working hard on removing the knots that have tightened up the shoulder capsule, particularly around the back, for some time. I have only recently started hammering away at the other half of the problem, however, which is a tight pec minor. I can actually move the knots around with my finger, it’s really gross to watch… Anyway, I have found that a nice stretch after a rolling session is just what the doctor ordered (or it would be if the doctor knew what they were talking about) and I knew there was a great article on T-Nation about it so I dug it out and here it is.
- I was very honoured that Dorian Yates (or his marketing team, at least) decided to follow me on Twitter recently so I decided that the least I could do was to link to him. This little discussion of Dorian’s back training programme made for some interesting reading. I like the way he still used pull ups despite weighing about as much as a small military vehicle.
- I’ve been thinking about getting some Vibrams (late-adopted that I am) but I saw this article, reviewing them, and I thought again. It seems like there are other players looking to enter the market, which can only be a good thing, looking at the price of the damn things…
- As all bloggers know, there is only one thing better than blogging about yourself and that’s when other people blog about you. Since I get an honourable mention Anna’s delicious recipe for carrot roulade with egg and watercress filling, I felt honour-bound to share it with you all.
- Read about Leangains versus the 30 year-old crisis. Like Josh Hanagarne, I am two years past the 30 year-old crisis so I had mixed emotions reading this post. Great results, though. Martin clearly has a wealth of knowledge.
- I am not sure what to make of this remarkable set of pictures. I haven’t had a wildlife picture for a while, so hopefully this will go some way to redressing that balance. I guess a leopard can change its spots…
- I’ve seen this video popping up on a few sites, which is one of the reasons I haven’t put it on mine, but if you’re interested in strongman, you should definitely check out this video of Brian Shaw talking about strongman lifts.
- The Tight Tan Slacks of Dezso Ban is shifting back up a gear and we’re starting to see more of the old-time great articles coming through again. This one, in praise of heavy squatting, by Earle Liedermann is a great example of what we’ve been missing.
- I spotted a couple of recipes this week coming through on the blog and obviously, I routed them past Anna to see what she thought. I’ve yet to hear back but in the meantime, I thought this recipe for almond flour banana bread looked interesting. As did this mediterranean stew…
- And it doesn’t take much to wind me up about the evil that is sugar. Check out this great post on the subject here.
- Bret Contreras has done some great posts recently and everyone is praising his random thoughts, which are more like random mini-articles. To be honest, there is more content in each one of Bret’s random thoughts than in many bloggers’ individual posts and he gives fourteen (fourteen!) thoughts this time. I particularly liked number eight on this list, where Bret talks about “getting over the suck factor”. Bret says: “don’t give up on a new exercise or method right away. Give yourself enough time to get over the suck-factor so your nervous, muscular, and metabolic systems can adapt and allow you to reap benefits.”
- And Rich Williams presses two Inch (173lb) dumbbells:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rrcFdoQj60
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