You Probably Care Too Much About Exercise Form
“Proper” form is not the end-all be-all when it comes to injury prevention nor being able to lift more weight. There are many high level strength athletes who have unique forms when lifting and are healthy and injury free.
Sleep Is The Fountain Of Youth
How often do you hear a personal trainer recommending more sleep? The reality is that better sleep is one of the single most important things you can do for your health, fitness, productivity, and intelligence.
Why You Can't Just "Move More" To Lose Weight
It’s commonly believed that we can just continually increase exercise (“move more”) to manage our weight - the reality is that this approach, while possible, is far from optimal.
The Magical Exercise For Preventing Lower Body Injury
One of the most common lower body injuries (hamstrings strains) is also, interestingly, one of the most preventable. A single exercise has been shown to reduce occurrence of this injury by as much as two thirds, as well as to be effective in preventing reinjury. Here’s what you can do to bulletproof your hamstrings.
How Do We Get Injured?
How do people get injured? What can you do to prevent injury? What can you do to work around injury once you’ve got one? This post covers the general topic of injuries and what to do about them.