The Top Article of the Week
When and How Static Stretching Can Actually Work — Dean Somerset, deansomerset.com
Does static stretching produce any significant results for our muscles and joints? Are any of these results beneficial? When and how should static stretching be included in a client’s fitness program?
Get the answers in this week’s top article, by Dean Somerset.
General Health
Wishes vs. Goals: One Neat Trick Your Doctor Does Want You to Know — Blake Metcalf, A Workout Routine
Five Reasons You Aren’t Getting the Results You Want in the Gym — Ricky Kompf, tonygentilcore.com
Creating an Unreasonable Family — Mikki Martin, The Ready State
The Sorry Experiment — Carmen Ohling, carmenohling.com
Fat Loss
How Much Do You Like Your Diet? Since Adherence Depends on Enjoyment, We Tried to Quantify It — Yoni Freedhoff, Weighty Matters
Five Simple Ways to Start Losing Fat — Shane McLean, Balance Guy Training
Why Diets Work, Until They Don’t — Josh Hillis, GMB
Three Diet Experiments that Can Change Your Eating Habits and Transform Your Body (Even if They Seem Way too Easy to Work) — Julia Malacoff, Precision Nutrition
Four Big Protein Mysteries Finally Solved — TC Luoma, T Nation
Strength Training
Returning to Deadlifts After Back Pain — Zach Long, The Barbell Physio
Band Face Pulls Are Dangerous! — Nick Tumminello, nicktumminello.com
A Five-Minute Quad Workout that Might Kill You — Ellington Darden, T Nation
Squat, Bench Press, and Deadlift Tips – Best of 2019 — Tony Bonvechio, bonvecstrength.com
Career
Four Fitness Career Lessons from Reading Harry Potter — Andrew Coates, andrewcoatesfitness.com
The Complete Personal Trainer — April Durrett, NASM
How to Be More Decisive in Three Steps — Darius Foroux, dariusforoux.com
How to Turn a Complimentary Personal Training Session into a Long-Term Client — James McDonald, the PTDC