We have been hearing for years now that the be-all, end-all nutritional supplement has been fish oil and essential fatty acids. No, they have not come under disfavor, but some people like Charles Poloquin believe the “sunshine vitamin”, Vitamin D3 has more upside benefit than even fish oils. (It should be noted that D3 is far superior than the the synthetic D2 version). Poliquin asserts,
“Vitamin D3 may be the single most important supplement we can take for our health.”
Now that the NFL draft is concluded, teams are looking forward to the mini-camps and soon after, regular training camp. In the meantime, players are employing state-of-the-art athletic training and conditioning that meet the demands of the positions they play, and also specific to their individual anatomies. This is where personal training end and professional sports athletic training begins. Read the rest of this entry
Pull it, carry it or put it over your head. Those are the basic lifting movements. Deadlifting, one of the most, if not the most useful overall exercise is a pulling movement and there are many other variations and exercises that pull, like rows.
The flip side to that coin are pushing exercises, like military presses, push presses and jerks.
You’re busy and don’t have a lot of time to train, so your plan is to get fit in the least amount of time without shortcuts. Here is your ticket to success.
It is going to be hard to get me to change from chocolate milk to anything else for a post-workout recovery drink. The high-priced drinks for me have come and gone, the most recent being Muscle Milk, which I have come to loathe. There is a healthier alternative to my “brown milk” that I am willing to give a try, but only for health reasons, mind you! What am I talking about?
I followed a recent thread over at Performance Menu about the idea of using strongman training as a type of GPP instead of Crossfit brand of GPP. The contention of the poster, quoting a Marine, was that some strongman training might be more suitable to what soldiers do regularly in the field.
I posed this question to pro strongman competitor, Scott Brengel who responded in this guest post.
Sometimes it takes a kick in the ass to jump start your dream and that may have happened to Scott Brengel when he got “terminated’ from the gym where we trained. This gym had a top-notch coach and trainer at their disposal but they opted for “fitness for the masses”. Their loss. Read the rest of this entry
At first, I am watching this video and I am thinking this is “ghey”, but as I watched, I was amazed by the strength and skill of these two men. (I was actually looking for the support wires)!
I could more expect to see a performance like this from a couple of tiny, female Chinese acrobats, but not by two muscular dudes. This is pure strength, balance and precision at it’s finest. Wait until you see the one arm handstand on top of the other guy’s dome. That is sick! Take a look.
I am still trying to imagine someone doing a handstand on my head or the other way around.
