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