Overdue distractions for your Friday

On November 18, 2011 by Juliet

Yes, I know I skipped this last week… but I saved the good articles and threw them in here.  If you don’t feel like reading any of these pieces, at least watch this video of Jillian Michaels eating sh** that I stole from Jen Sinkler.

Eric Cressey
Is an Exercise Degree Really Worth it? Part 1 & Part 2

Bret Contreras
How to Be Successful in the Strength and Conditioning Field
Favorite Glute Exercises from the Most Masculine Men

Yoni Freedhoff
Are You Trying to Qualify for the Boston Marathon of Weight Loss?
Why Cholesterol Screening for Kids is the Wrong Idea

Andy Bellatti
Even if Artificial Sweetners are 100% Safe, They’re Problematic
Some Musings on School Soda Bans
Should RD’s Be Gatekeepers of Nutrition Advice?

Tony Gentilcore
What’s in Your Fridge?
Stuff to Read While You’re Pretending to Work

Kellie Davis
A House Divided

Ali
Labeling

Stevo Reed
To Overhead Press or Not to Overhead Press

Arya Sharma
Weight Management in Primary Care – More than Just Lifestyle
Excess Weight Weighing Down Canada’s Forces?

Harold Gibbons
26.2 vs 1RM

Marion Nestle
Food Politics Semantics: The Meaning of “Natural”
Oh no! USDA Cutting Back on Research.
Ketchup is a Vegetable? Again?

Michael Boyle
Training the Overweight Client

Erika Hurst
The Real Reasons You Should Exercise

Nate Green
Rise of the (New) Meatheads
Intermittent Fasting: Big Help or Big Hype? (An interview with Dr. John Berardi)

Ben Bruno*
1 Arm T-Bar Row (this is a cool row variation btw, I tried it last weekend before beginning my new program and loved it)
9 Random Training Tips

*As usual, be sure to check out his good reads lists if you want more on training.  He always provides way more than I would have found on my own even if I follow many of the authors.

Kristen Perillo
Training: A Zen Art
Lessons from the Week