Strength training app for testing
Calling all techie (and non-techie) lifters to try out a PL app — StrengthLogs.com. Developed by an acquaintance of mine who’s looking for testers, it’s a web-based application for anyone who strength trains. It allows users to have a way to keep track of the most important aspects of their training, including day-to-day logging of every exercise performed, every meal consumed, and every measurement taken.
Give it a go and see if you can break it! Find the bugs! Enjoy!
BMI in NJEM – orly?
A new metastudy in the NJEM, which pooled data from 19 long-term studies looking at deaths from any cause found that a body mass index (BMI) between 20.0 and 24.9 is associated with the lowest risk of death in healthy non-smoking adults.
Previous studies weren’t able to predict specific health risks from being overweight/obese; this new study provides precise estimates of the increased risk of death among people who are overweight and obese, and exactly how much one’s risk appears to increase depending on BMI.
Currently, two-thirds of U.S. adults are overweight or obese. 17 percent of women are severely obese.
Healthy women who had never smoked and who were overweight were 13 percent more likely to die during the study follow-up period than those with a BMI between 22.5 and 24.9. Women categorized as obese or severely obese had a dramatically higher risk of death.
One thing to note here is that one needn’t be skinny/lean/Ms Sixpack-Abs to see improved health.
You can easily and dramatically improve your health outcomes simply by getting BMI in the “normal” or even slightly overweight ballpark as a result of good nutrition and regular activity. If you’re fit and your BMI is in a decent range, you can rest easy. If you’re unfit and that BMI is creeping up… you take your chances.
Over-90 and kicking ass
Olga Kotelko is considered one of the world’s greatest athletes, holding 23 world records, 17 in her current age category, 90 to 95.
Why don’t you sit in this nice rocking chair, dear?
Oh, you poor middle-class menopausal thing! How weak and feeble you must be! How weary and arthritic your joints; how delicate your spine; how tremulous your grip. Here, have some gentle aquacise and Tai Chi. Don’t touch those heavy weights. Don’t challenge yourself. You’ll just hurt your spleen.
What exercises are best for menopausal women? The mainstream media weighs in. Bitches, please. My osteoporotic 85-year-old grandmother, whose crumbling spine has shrunk her to a 0.8 KU (Krista Unit; 1 KU = 5 feet), is out there dispensing justice to her garden with extreme prejudice and walking in bear country 90 minutes a day. She laughs at your stupid advice. If she had a squat cage she’d be busting out the buttprints on the floor, too, but she’s too busy smashing bears in the face with a shovel.
Sure, you probably shouldn’t be running marathons if your knees are jello, but c’mon. Oddly enough, this article appeared the day before. Run nun run!
Manage your body weight the green way
Hey! I want to get riptshizzled and be eco-conscious! But how?
KC at The Woman Condition has the answer.
Amazingly, staying active and eating right is actually better for the planet — assuming you don’t expect to get fit using the “industrially produced supplements, treadmill and TeeVee method”. Support small farmers, get outside, do more chores by hand… hey, that’s almost easy!
The Paleo Solution podcast
It’s understandable to yearn for the good old days when food was anything you smacked in the head or nibbled from a tree branch. Understandable… and luckily, says researcher Robb Wolf, a pretty smart idea.
StrengthBox Beginnings in Toronto
My peeps over at StrengthBox in northeast Toronto are offering a Beginnings course — great for folks just starting out.
Want to get back into shape, work towards a leaner physique, and learn more about natural movement? StrengthBox Beginnings may be for you. It’s a new month-long class that’s being offered three times per week (M-W-F at 7 am) at the StrengthBox gym in Toronto that’s designed to get you moving again in a safe, fun and co-operative environment.
StrengthBox Beginnings is not a bootcamp. The emphasis is on learning the fundamentals of movement. All exercises are completely scalable and intensity is ramped up gradually as you’re ready. This is in-line with our philosophy:
- Life should feel good.
- Fitness should have real-word benefits
- It’s important to have fun.
Email [email protected] and check out the website for more info.
Change Your Body, Change the World: The “Exuberant Animal” Podcast
“Exuberant animal” is one of the best phrases I have ever heard to sum up a holistic approach to movement and wellness. And in Frank Forencich’s new book Change Your Body, Change The World, the exuberant animal is us.
Training with spinal injury blog
When life hands you lemons, make lemonade. When life hands you a spinal cord injury… you feel like shit for a while, then hit Home Depot and rig up various inventive solutions for a pullup bar. At least that’s what Ian did. He’s learning how to move and train again after a spinal injury, and […]
Workout Structure for Fighters: Endurance
From the hive mind and kicked asses at Bang Fitness, some tips on designing a fighter workout.
If you compete as a combat athlete (or coach them), you know that endurance is important. But what is endurance?