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Junkyard Orthopedics
A mentor of mine says, “A piece of exercise equipment is valuable in inverse proportion to its cost.” Meaning that if you spend $5000 on a Bowflex machine, you will receive no benefit from it, but an implement you make for $1 will be almost invaluable. By that measure, this is my pot of gold... Continue Reading →
Torpid Taper
By the week before a competition, you’ve accumulated fatigue and it’s time to refill your tank with a week’s layoff. That means going easy and limiting yourself to foam rolling and active recovery (spelled “yoga”). Everyone I know tries to screw this up. You’re resting and supercompensating from training stress and your body is gathering... Continue Reading →
“Sky’s Out, Thighs Out”
Maybe I'll just never wear pants again. That's how awesome it is to ditch hiking in 2-lb. pants and a pinchy belt for the sublime freedom of the Silly Yoga Shorts. I took advantage of cold weather today to simulate the much lower temperatures at GoRuck (55-60°F), and I learned a couple things. First, nothing... Continue Reading →
Lazy Fitness
If you are a Lean, Solid Dog, you need a lot of rest. By a quirk of history, Americans took much of what we “know” about fitness from a terrible source, bodybuilders. Why terrible? Because since the Seventies, bodybuilding has been transformed a few times over by steroids, and if you are training with "Vitamin... Continue Reading →
Steamy Yoga
Hot yoga, very hot. At the front of the room, someone gets so into the distinctive, raspy throat breathing that he sounds like he's, um, with someone very special to him. With this door opened, the rest of the room gets equally disinhibited until it sounds like we're at an orgy on Fire Island. Or... Continue Reading →
The Neanderthal and the Yogi
If you were ever hectored about your posture, you were probably told to "stand up straight" and maybe to turn your chest out or pull your shoulders back. Those are good cues, but nobody mentions the most important thing: "elbow pits forward." Jerry shirt, jerry can To stand up straight up with your chest out,... Continue Reading →