Another week of links for your enjoyment:
- At Darwin’s Table discusses the joys of swimming for an Aquatic Ape. I must confess, as a former competitive swimmer, it did make me a little nostalgic.
- Jane Be Nimble has done a great little post on the reason that many of us train so hard: preparation for old age. I have to admit it makes me fume when people make the assumption that because someone is old they can’t do anything physical. I hate it when people write their own abilities off “because they’re too old” and I hate the prejudice. I don’t believe that old equals infirm and I think it is one of the biggest myths pervading today’s society, along with the idea that seeded bread is a health food.
- The BBC has reported that a new EU health food claims law has begun to take effect. The regulation requires health food companies to provide evidence to support the claims made on the labels of their products. According to the BBC, claims have already been rejected and these include well-known and popular mainstream remedies such as: “apple cider vinegar can improve bowel movement”, “green tea is good for blood pressure, cholesterol levels, bones, teeth and eyesight and works as an antioxidant”, “cranberry juice can reduce the risk of urinary tract infection in women”, and “glucosamine can reduce the risk of osteoarthritis”. I can’t wait for them to tackle the sports supplement industry…
- Boris at SquatRX has done an interesting post about dumbbell pullovers. I could never get these to work so I just concentrated on getting really, really good at weighted pull-ups. Having read this article, I may revisit them.
- On Boddicker Performance, Dr. Perry Nickelston does a guest post and shares a little bit about how the FMS (Functional Movement Screen) paradigm devised by Gray Cook fits into his program. For those of you who haven’t got into it, the FMS consists of seven movements; Deep Squat, Hurdle Step, In-line lunge, Shoulder Mobility, Active Straight Leg Raise, Trunk Stability Push-up and Rotary Stability. There is a scoring system out of a possible 21 point perfect screen.
- I was interested to read Charlie Weingroff about the use of the cobra pose in increasing mobility for certain populations without compromising stability. Charlie has since done a short Q&A on the cobra pose about sets and reps and notes a few other suitable exercises for similar populations.
- I did my own brief review of the recently released Predators film on Twitter but I was amused to read this horrified review by Melissa Lafsky and this slightly less horrified and more detailed review by Abe Sauer. In short, if you go, don’t take any expectations along with you.
- Eric Cressey has been through his archives and sifted out a couple of great little articles for us to revisit. Worth a look if you’re on the corrective exercise bandwagon…
- For those of you interested in creature features, I was amused to see this grumpy-looking cat ancestor.
- And for inspiration, here is Donnie Thompson’s record breaking squat:
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