Conditioning Research

Marc has another helpful post on Squatting which follows up some of the ideas I was discussing with Colin last week . Grooving the Raw Squat - Setting up and Performing a good rep. Again, he stresses breaking at the knees - not sitting back - and squatting between your legs. By reaching with your knees you are creating room for your hips to sit into this will allow you to keep your hips under the bar instead of sitting back and increasing the distance from your hips and the bar.  You should be looking to achieve full depth

I came across this interesting article on how probiotic yoghurt works. It is not about putting more "good" bacteria into your gut.  Rather it is epigenetic.  The yoghurt alters gene expression in the existing microbes in your gut, turning some function on and off. Fascinating stuff. How Probiotic Yogurt Works

John often comments on this blog and he is a good and knowledgeable guy, His stuff on planks is superb The 5 minute set - 15 secs in each of 20 different variations is also a massive challenge

As usual with me, no commentary here.  Just to say that this is interesting in its implications. Rinse your mouth out with a carbohydrate solution and you are likely to perform better interms of endurance capacity, whether you are fasted or fed. Riddle me this Batman......

Occasionally there is something really good on T Nation.  Such as today, where there is a good piece on a favourite exercise of mine - the Dumbbell Floor Press .

I have been training with weights since 1983.  I am a BAWLA certified Teacher and Leader.  I have read scores of books and thousands of articles on exercise.  Yet I am still learning. Which is great. Tonight I went to see Colin for a general maintenance session he is a Deep Tissue Massage therapist, but is himself an athlete with a background in rugby, powerlifting and wrestling.   Like me he is a big fan of Dan John and Kelly Starret and this evening I asked him to check out my squat form. Here is Kelly: I've read a lot about squatting over the years and thought that I had got it.  But recently Dan John's writing about proper squat style has been a revelation - He writes about it  here.   What I did not get until tonight was the whole idea of squatting between your legs.  I've read about it, probably told people to do it.....but I was not getting it myself. We have this idea of sitting back, forcing the bum back, as if...