A few articles, blogs, and vids of stuff we have been digesting over the last week….

A few home truths from Jason Ferruggia, as always, an entertaining and informative read. This one will help dispel a few myths  http://jasonferruggia.com/you-cant-handle-the-truth/

Awesome motivational video posted by Mark Young featuring Dustin Carter, a high school wrestler. 

Here is a guest post by a client of Tony Gentilcore which addresses the frustration about the general spread of BS in the fitness industry. It was written in response to some comments made about the poster below, which is BTW the finest advert ever conceived. Thanks very much to Heat Magazine, Oprah, Britains Biggest Loser, Tracy Anderson, Special K, Slimming World I could go on a while.. http://www.tonygentilcore.com/2010/08/a-little-dose-of-tough-love/

James Smith of the diesel crew on writes about how to classify various exercises within a block periodisation model of general, specific, and highly specific exercises. This article gives some great sport examples. 

http://www.elitefts.com/documents/classification_of_the_means.pdf

Pretty cool advanced suspension trainer exercise, you can pick up this bit of kit up cheap from http://freedomtrainer.co.uk/. Suspension trainer is something we will write a little more about in the future!

A great piece by glute boss Bret Contreras, detailing one of his clients workouts. Lots of heavy lifting and no incredible hulk like muscle development. Still think yoga and pilates are the way forward to develop “toned, long, and lean muscles **cough cough, bullshit”. Maybe its time for a change…

http://bretcontreras.wordpress.com/2010/08/19/gluteal-goddess-workout/