8 Random Things: Research, Thanks, ISSN, Grip Strength, and Metabolic Flexibility

Happy Friday to you!

A few random things for you!  You have been warned that I do some shameless self promotion in there too, but there are some great things to learn too.

1) THANKS!

Wanted to send out a HUGE thanks to everyone that reads this blog, hits me up via Twitter (follow me), Facebook and via the contact tab above. I truly appreciate all the support and feedback! It is from your feedback that I can make the site even better. THANKS!!

2) Metabolic Flexibility at the International Society of Sports Nutrition (ISSN) June 2011 in Vegas!

Vegas baby Vegas!!  I am incredibly stoked that I will be doing an hour presentation at the ISSN conference in June on Sat about Metabolic Flexibility! I am looking forward to it and I promise that it will not disappoint.

The ISSN conference this past June in Florida was a blast! I really hope to see many of there in Vegas this coming June! More info at http://www.sportsnutritionsociety.org/

3) Biochemistry Course from The Movement

My good buddy Craig Keaton of the Movement Dallas and I are are putting together a 2 day Biochemistry course, unlike any other for the Movement Certification. This will be an invite only and candidates have to atleast attended the Biomechanics of Physique Transformation at a min (exact requirements are still being worked out). The official Movement brain trust (Marty, Adam T Glass, Frankie Faires, myself and Craig Keaton) will then meet up to go through all of it in early November to make sure it is up to par. We will have tons of great info and plenty of “lab” time too.

If you are interested in the Movement Certification process, email me at the contact tab above with the subject line “Movement Cert” and I will get back to you.

4) How Movement Looks vs How Movement Affects You

I am much more concerned with how movement affects you than how the movement looks. I’ve done “perfect looking” squats before, but they did not test well (I moved worse); so I did not do them.

Everything is either making you better or worse. How the exercise APPEARS when you do it does not tell the entire story.

Will Williams demonstrated some “perfect” looking swings by a common standard, but yet was in pain after doing only a few reps of them. His “less than perfect looking” swings did not cause nearly as much pain, and his movement after was better.

The EFFECT of the exercise on you is much more important than how it LOOKS. This does not mean you should do exercises in horrible form since there is an efficient way to perform them, but don’t make them look perfect just because you are supposed to do it that way.

I can add tons of tension to fix things during and exercise like squats, but that may not be best for MY body.

HOW you perform and exercise matters.

HOW it affects your overall movement quality matters.

Form matters, but not above how it affects you.

Summary — test it! If you move better = good exercise. If you don’t move better = not good for you on that day. Over time work to have it look better (more efficiently) AS LONG AS it tests well.

5) Testing vs Research

I love research, but research is a starting point.

To quote Joe Kenn “I AM THE RESEARCH”  source: Patrick Ward’s great blog

You are your own research. By all means do research, but then test it to see what happens with YOU!

I’ve looked at tons of research data in my life and the amount of variability from one person to the next on some things would freak you out. It is actually the bane of much research. Standard statistics assume that everything follows a nice bell-ish shaped curve and is linear. That is not always the case. Variability is GOOD!.

Increased variability (on fine scale) in heart rate (HRV) is a marker for health. The whole Western medicine/research at times goes off the tracks when we assume variability is bad. The downside is that the math to do non-linear analysis is pretty nutty (Sample Entropy in HRV for example). I went off on a rant, but keep in mind that you are your OWN research and results are not linear either.

6) Product on Protein, Fats, and Carbs.

For those on my newsletter list, I had a cool deal on some killer info on the TRUTH about proteins, fats and carbs. It was intended as a newsletter only deal, but if you poke around hard enough on twitter you can find it.

7) Scar Symmetry

Been listening to some older Scar Symmetry and love them! They have been in CD player for about 2 years now. Great metal for your Friday!

8) Grip Product from Adam  T Glass

Adam will have a new grip product out in about 2-3 weeks.  I have seen it and it is awesome!  It is a great entry level DVD set for how you can get started and why grip is important.  The content is amazing and you know Adam is the grip master.   Just wanted to give you a heads up on it and as soon as I have more info, you will be the first to know!

Comments!

Let me know what YOU think by placing a comment below! Comments make me all warm and fuzzy.

Rock on
Mike T Nelson

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