And again, here are some links that I hope you won’t have found yourselves… plus a few that I really love and can’t bear not to share.

• Most likely in the latter category for most people is Aaron Friday’s writing, which strays into that touchy subject of anger and training.  On the one hand, there are those who advise calmness in order to achieve your training goals and, on the other, there are those who advise rage.  Aaron finds that rage works quite well to make things happen but, astutely, he notes that it also makes things end.  Once the goal is accomplished, there is nothing further to do.
• Following on the heels of a couple of swimming-related book reviews, here is an interesting take on swimming as an anti-depressant.  You may have spotted that I am a big fan of sport as therapy and this is a similar take on that.
• If you’re looking for information about whey protein, then this could be something to look at.
• I’ve done plenty of book reviews recently and I’ve enjoyed battling through some books that I haven’t read for a long time.  Here, in the Guardian newspaper, Rick Gekoski outlines his favourite sporting books of all time.
• Whole Health Source reports that the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition has just published the results of a major Japanese study on saturated fat intake and cardiovascular disease.  Apparently, researchers measured dietary habits and then followed 58,453 men and women for 14.1 years.  They found that people who ate the most saturated fat had the same heart attack risk as those who ate the least.
• Offsetting Behaviour is a great little blog that I am rapidly getting addicted to.  This post describes how a letter to the Lancet by an important medical institution completely misunderstood the point of a study about alcohol and cardiovascular disease.  Apparently, the study actually provided evidence that there is substantial support for the hypothesis that moderate drinking reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease.
• Seth Roberts reports on the troubles that the developed world is still having with its purportedly advanced and sophisticated health system.  I won’t get into detail as I find it too depressing.
• I really enjoy reading Sumoman for his incisive wit and puckish attitude.  Here he is again poking fun at some of the orcas on a forum he frequents.  Oh, and doing a 184kg parallel back squat.  Oh I wish I could do that…
• That wonderful British institution, the BBC, has done a documentary about bodybuilding and actually put someone through a basic lifting and eating programme.  Predictably, he can’t wait to get off the wagon and back on his lagers and bread products…
• Powerlifting Watch doesn’t typically do articles so you may have missed this little summary of training principles.  Sometimes, I’ve found it’s worth checking your programme back to a list like this if you’re doing something a little “off the wall”.
• I recently bought myself a kettlebell and, while I’m doing my best to behave and follow the programme minimum of get-ups and swings, I did have some fun attempting a bottom up press (in the safety of my back garden).  Nick Tumminello has recently championed the effectiveness of this exercise from a shoulder-health point of view.  Read more here.
• This fascinating account of a person who developed lupus and was cured by exercising and following a paleo diet and cutting out grains is well worth a read.
• The Tight Tan Slacks is back with an article by one of my favourite characters from the history of strength sports and bodybuilding: John Grimek.  John says that we shouldn’t underestimate the power of the mind in making a routine work.
• The Guardian newspaper has run an article about why children should be allowed to spend more time barefoot while they are growing up.  Let’s have some more support for this kind of common sense in our lives, please.
• Time Magazine notes that there may be another food crisis coming: “Wheat prices have surged a terrifying 50% since early June, the biggest jump in 30 years, according to HSBC. Droughts in Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan, which together account for 26% of world wheat exports, are leading to fears of tight supply and super-charging prices. Russia’s government made matters worse by slapping a ban on wheat exports from mid-August.”
• And please check out this great tip for shoulder health from Mark Rif.  Having had shoulder issues myself, I thought I had seen pretty much everything for helping to improve stability and mobility at this difficult set of joints but clearly not…