Rant 60 March 2011: Fear is My Homegirl
“If you don’t feel fear with a heavy weight over your head, then you are probably mentally ill.”
–Charles Staley
Think you’re badass? Try the Metro Dash
Metro Dash was created by former Navy SEALs with a passion for fitness. After years in the military, the team became involved in various endurance competitions and races. They discovered that they couldn’t find exactly what they were looking for: a creative, intense, urban course (check it out! there’s some crazy shit there!) that can […]
Campaign to save women’s bodybuilding
An interesting issue around the IFBB’s potential decision to eliminate women’s bodybuilding. I’d be curious to know more about the politics behind this decision…
Update from Katie
Reader Katie M is featured on our reader mail page here. She’s been busy recently. Here’s the email she just sent…
Girls against boys
Been getting the link to this story from a few readers.
14-year-old high school wrestler Cassy Herkelman became one of the first two girls to ever qualify for the Iowa state high school wrestling tournament. One of her first opponents, Joel Northrup, a self-described deeply religious student in Herkelman’s 112-lb weight class, defaulted rather than fight her. Herkelman later lost her next two matches…
Stress nom nom nom
We can understand overweight/obesity (along with a host of disordered eating behaviours that don’t necessarily result in excess body fat, but are still not healthy food relationships) as the consequence of a coping mechanism. Humans and many animals use food and eating in some way to deal with pain, discomfort, and distress.
The coping mechanism operates through several pathways, but basically you can understand eating behaviour as a potential mode of self-medication and self-soothing. Here’s a recent article from Neuropsychopharmacology about one of the ways in which this can occur…
Fuck Supplements: The Vitamin D edition
Vitamin D is a particularly interesting debate, as it is a substance that is not widely available in food. We evolved to get the bulk of D from the sun, not food. Vitamin D status has been shown to be an important factor in chronic disease. Many of us live in climates where there is not year-round optimal sun.
It’s a conundrum. So what to do?
My Date With Charles Staley
Oh, that dreamy Charles Staley. A girl could talk posterior chain activation with him all night.
I’m currently in the middle of a desert, in a city that (from an environmental point of view) probably shouldn’t exist (no, not Vegas, but that’s another good candidate), to train and get my ass beat down by one of the most awesome strength coaches in the US. I am squeeing inside like a crazy fangirl…
Stumptuous Eats book update
So, for those of you who have been wondering Where the hell is that book that Krista said she would write? the answer is I’m working on it. 2011 is full speed ahead on what’s been informally titled Stumptuous Eats. Eventually, I will be moving book-related thoughts and excerpts to a new blog, so stay tuned and know it’s in process!
I’m quite excited about this book — it encapsulates everything I want to communicate to people about what it means to eat well, and several years of insight from coaching hundreds of clients from athletes to “real people”. It also captures everything I’ve felt and experienced through my own food journeys.
Plus there are fart jokes.
Stay tuned, gentle readers.
