From Jon: Each Sunday thePTDC will publishing a list of the top articles from around the web in 5 different categories: bodybuilding, general health, fat loss, strength training, and nutrition. We scan the net, but if you'd like to submit your article for consideration, please send it to [email protected].
Our Choice for the Article of the Week
Nick Tuminello has been on us about our lazy thinking habits for a while -- back in Part 1 of this series, he showed us how our personal biases impact our ability to read evidence critically. In Part 2, Nick shows us how our willingness to believe in "experts" can just as easily cloud our judgement. Bottom line: learn to separate information from the package in which it's delivered, or you'll fall prey to the "Dr. Fox effect" too.
Bodybuilding
Is Bodybuilding Unhealthy? -- Tom Venuto (our choice for Bodybuilding article of the week)
How to Build Mass as a Tall Lifter -- Lee Boyce, T-Nation
Weighing The Risks - How Weekend Athletics Can Ruin Your Gainz -- JC Deen
General Health
How to Build The Perfect Body: A Discussion on Body Image - Staci, Nerd Fitness (Our choice for General Health article of the week)
5 Myths of Pregnancy & Strength Training and Exercise & Pregnancy: How to Plan Your Strength Training Workouts - Jessie Mundell, GGS
7 Rules of Conditioning - Christian Thibaudeau, T-Nation
Don't Take Squat for Granted - Brandon Smitley, Elitefts
Curing a Case of the Workout Pees -- Jen Sinkler
Fat Loss
How It Feels to Regain Weight After You've Lost -- Jill Coleman (Our choice for Fat Loss article of the week)
Paleo: The Good, Bad, and the Ugly -- Dani Shugart, T-Nation
Strength Training
Courageous Conversations With Coaches: Anterior Pelvic Tilt With Elsbeth Vaino -- Bret Contreras & Elsbeth Vaino (Our choice for Strength Training article of the week)
A Better Way to Cue "Knees Out" in a Squat -- Derrick Blanton, BretContreras.com
Training with Purpose: Rebuilding -- Gabriel Naspinski, Elitefts
Moderating the Knees In Versus Knees Out Squat Debate -- Conrad Stalheim, Breaking Muscle
Where "Fitness Testing" Drops the Ball -- Lee Boyce
Nutrition
Hunger and Fullness Cues, and the Story of Hyper-Rewarding and Hyper-Palatable Food -- Brian St. Pierre, EricCressey.com (Our choice for Nutrition article of the week)
Strong, Healthy, and Vegan? (Yes, It Can Be Done) -- Melody Schoenfeld, Breaking Muscle
What's The Best Diet and What's Bunk? (And the Real Deal on Fasting) -- Pat Flynn, Breaking Muscle
6 Reasons Why a Calorie is NOT a Calorie -- Kris Gunnars, Authority Nutrition