The Top Article of the Week

I Hurt My Back Lifting Weights…Now What? -- Michael Mash

Over the course of a lifetime, most people will experience back pain at least once, if not many more times. In some instances, people injure their back when they are lifting weights. When this happens, many people think it's best to do absolutely nothing but rest, and in most cases, this is anything but true. Unfortunately, many medical professionals, despite their best intentions, continue to dole out incredibly bad advice. In this article, Michael Mash discusses what to do when you are dealing with back pain, and provides some incredibly sound advice, including the importance of education, finding movements that are tolerable, training around the issue, and much more. This is also an extremely important topic for coaches to be aware of.

General Health

Lack Of Sleep And Hormone Havoc -- Dr Brooke Kalanick, Girls Gone Strong

Why You Should Squat In Pregnancy -- Kara Stewart-Agostina, Girls Gone Strong

Exercise For Grown Ups -- Shane McLean via tonygentilcore.com

7 Words That Helped Me Establish Boundaries -- Jill Coleman

Your Dream Physique: Is It Really Worth It? -- Erica Suter

Strength Training

Stop Vilifying This Exercise -- Travis Pollen

Bench Pressing Secrets of the Pros -- Nick Benerakis, EliteFTS

Busting The High Bar vs Low Bar Squat Myth -- Dr John Rusin

Hypertrophy-Stability-Motor Control Continuum -- Sam Spinelli via deansomerset.com

Fix Your Lunges with The Foam Roller: Plus Massive Leg Growth and Strength Gains -- Joel Seedman

Fat Loss

Productive Why-ning -- Evelyn Carbsane

6 Things I Learned about Nutrition when I Met Ben Greenfield for Dinner --  Ines Subashka

Why You Should Stop Relying On Willpower To Lose Weight -- Justin Kompf

Running On Empty -- Caitlyn Dow

Career

The Current State Of The Fitness And Training Industry -- Geoff Chiu

How (and Why) to Write a Sports Performance Blog Article -- Carl Valle

10 Tips to Make It as a Strength Coach -- Nicholas Bronkall, EliteFTS

Four Important Pillars For Finding A Personal Trainer -- Paul Robinson, edmontonjournal.com

The Formula for Getting Tons of New Fitness Clients Through Facebook -- Brandon Bernica