From Jon: Each Sunday thePTDC publishes 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

The trap bar is an amazing tool for beginners and advanced lifters alike. The simple tool allows coaches so simplify the deadlift and give clients more variation in training. But what else can I use this bar for? If you just said deadlifts you would be dead wrong. Ben Bruno lays out 10 different ways to use this bar to add some fun and pain into your training and the training of your clients.  You can either thank Ben or curse him, either way your going to be in for some fun.

Bodybuilding

How to Hip Thrust - Bret Contreras (Our choice for bodybuilding article of the week)

Your Definition Of "Aesthetics" Is Incomplete, Junior: The Missing Link - Josh Hamilton

How To Get Bigger & Stronger Quads - Matt Mills, Lift Big Eat Big

Why 10 x 3 Is Best for Strength and Size - Andrew Read, Breaking Muscle

How to Breathe When Lifting Weights - Part 1 - Jordan Syatt

General Health

Embracing the Flexed Lumbar Spine in Lifting - Andrew Lock (Our choice for general health article of the week)

Supramaximal Interval Training vs. High Intensity Interval Training - Nick Tumminello

Getting Control of Overhead Movement: 5 Basic Drills to Prepare the Body - Lauren Beasley

Cellulite, Stretch Marks, and a Love Your Body Challenge - Molly Galbraith

Are You a Strength Coach or a Life Coach? - Lee Boyce

Fat Loss

Conditioning Stations for Fat Loss - Dan Blewett, T-Nation (Our choice for fat loss article of the week)

The Surprising Truth about Sugar and Weight Loss - Christian Finn

Double Your Weight Loss in 3 Minutes a Day? - Yoni Freedhoff, Burn the Fat Blog

Recovering Your Metabolism: Do You Need to Increase Or Decrease Your Calories? (Part I) - Lucas Serwinski, TonyGentilcore.com

Recovering Your Metabolism: Do You Need to Increase Or Decrease Your Calories? (Part II) - Lucas Serwinski, TonyGentilcore.com

Strength Training

6 Challenges You Must Accept and Beat - Dan John (Our choice for strength training article of the week)

Cardio and Lifting - Cardio Wont Hugely Impact your Gainz in the Short Run and may be Beneficial in the Long Run - Greg Nuckols

Are You Tucking or Flaring? - Erik Eggers, Elitefts.com

Improve Your Double Kettlebell Snatch - Artemis Scantalides

Five Plateau-Busting Bench Press Tips - Joe Schillero

Nutrition

Help! My Personal Training Clients Won't Follow Nutrition Advice - Jonathan Goodman (Our choice for nutrition article of the week)

High-Protein Diets Linked to Cancer: Should You Be Concerned? - Spencer Nadolsky

Is Nutrient Timing Dead? And does "when" you eat really matter? -  Brian St. Pierre

The 11 Most Nutrient Dense Foods on The Planet - Kris Gunnars

Does Protein Timing Really Matter? - Scott Stevenson