Conditioning Research

I heard this mentioned on the radio yesterday - a story in the Telegraph about how men become more masculine if they tilt their head back a bit and look slightly down their nose, according to scientists. There is more in the story .  What intrested me is that this chimes with some of the things about posture that have been here over the last few years. I was thinking of some of the things that Esther Gokhale says and also the instructions of Art DeVany, as explained by Dan John the other day : Art De Vany’s wonderful presentation in Las Vegas (May 18, 2008), and available on DVD, sums a very simple way to follow this idea: Lift your Heart! Not only does it have a beautiful ring to it as a way to live one’s life, it is a simple (elegant) way to move. Allow the heart to rise up to the sky (again, what a great idea for living: Heart to the Heavens!). He also noted to “ look over the cheekbones” as you walk and it ties in very well with Gockhale’s insights. From an evoluti...

Superb I interviewed Erwan here and look forward  to training with him in Edinburgh next week

There is some amazing lifting here from Tom Martin. ( via Sugden Barbell ) 20th November 2010 Tom Martin today pulled 350kg to better Ed Coan's long standing IPF junior world record (347.5kg at 82.5kg bodyweight in Dallas, 1984). The lift took place at the GBPF/BUCS British University Championship .

I just spotted this one while browsing. Delayed-Onset Muscle Soreness Alters the Response to Postural Perturbations. There are maybe some interesting implications - like DOMS could lead to injury through making you less able to maintain a stable and safe posture?   So therefore training that promotes extreme soreness may be counterproductive.

I first came across Patrick Diver via the Body By Science Blog where he was commenting regularly and posting some videos of his training.  I was intrigued at a high level endurance athlete training with  short HIT style sessions.  That led to this interview.  I hope you enjoy it and get as much from it as I have.  There is some great material in here! Patrick , normally in these interviews I start off by asking a little about your background: how you got into training and how you developed your particular approach.  Who are you? Pushing Hard on the bike Hi Chris, my name is Patrick Diver and I’ve had a personal training business, Greyhound Fitness , for nearly 9 years now in Orlando, Florida. I also have a couple other websites including patrickdiver.com a nd fitnessgod.com.  The latter, funny URL and all, has a new weblog I just started (also to be found at patrickdiver.blogspot.com ).   As far as philosophy is concerned, first ...

Now I don't expect you to watch this whole thing.....but if you are interested in deadlifts then you might want to look at this video from the recent world championships in South Africa Lots more videos here (it is worth subscribing to the IPF channel on YouTube )

Sleeping in anything other than a completely dark room could lead to depression, research suggests. reported in The Telegraph this ties in to what Robb Wolf says!