I’ve done a couple of these top 10 / top 5 round-ups so far and they seem to be quite popular.  If you’ve missed them, here they are:

• Top 10 free strength and fitness websites
• Top 10 strength and fitness blogs
• Top 5 Adam T Glass articles
• Top 10 T-Nation corrective exercise articles
• Top 10 Articles: The Tight Tan Slacks of Dezso Ban

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Enough with the history lesson already! Show me the articles! 

OK, OK, relax.  Here are my top 10 posts from Extreme Human Performance:

1. Z-Health Bone Rhythm explained: this brief entry is a clear explanation of how the Z-Health method can help your lifting.  I am by nature extremely sceptical of any method other than my own deduction so I enjoyed seeing inside this box, even if only briefly.  In short, the Z-Health Bone Rhythm method involves thinking about the levers you are using to lift weights.
2. Abdominal bracing or abdominal hollowing: this article explores the different approaches to using the abs to protect the spine while lifting.  Many old school lifters talk about drawing in the navel to touch the spine and most modern powerlifters talk about bracing, or pushing out the abs against their belts.
3. Metabolic inflexibility: if you’ve ever wondered about the science behind why lean people can get away with eating poorer quality food, here it all is.  And here is an update from 2009.
4. Get off the foam roller: I use my foam roller all the time and feel that improving my tissue quality has been one of the best things I have done for my mobility and general performance.  So I found this article very challenging.  One to keep coming back to, I think.
5. Sleep and the metabolic syndrome: I remember a while back that Dan John said he uses extra sleep to help him lose fat.  Here is some of the science behind why more sleep is good for your body composition goals.
6. Specific Adaptation to Imposed Demand (SAID): this interpretation of the SAID principle and a programme specification for incorporating it into a personal training template is insightful and is something I will be looking to include more in my own training.
7. Nerve Flossing: if you wanted to know what it is and how it works, Mike explains here.
8. Mike Nelson on Superhuman Radio: this is great, as I get to mention two of my favourite internet resources in one link!  Seriously, though, there is a lot to be said for the visual aspect of performance as is discussed here.  When the Olympics were on, Mike did some posts (part one and part two) showing the eye positions of the athletes.
9. Cardiobots and Cardiobunnies: Mike responds to a provocative reader query about endurance training.
10. Tendonosis vs. Tendonitis: learn the difference and between mere inflammation and damaged connective tissue.  Further reading here.
11. Bonus number 11! (Sorry, Mike, I couldn’t resist it – dry British humour, you know) Adam Glass talks grip drills, what works and what doesn’t.  Unsurprisingly, I liked Adam’s essential list: plate curls, one-arm fat-bar deadlifts (à la Herman Goerner), hammer lifting and gripper work.  Note that this article is actually part of a series, so don’t miss the other great entries. 

I hope you enjoy these as much as I have.

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!