Andrew’s Blog

365 Ways #278–Back in the saddle

#278--What happens when you eat one of the foods on your forbidden list? What about when you go out and drink too much or stop exercising for a couple of...
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365 Ways #277–If they were slow, they wouldn’t be called PROprioceptive

#277--Proprioceptive signals travel faster than pain signals and get to the dorsal horn of the spinal cord more quickly. That's why when a person sprains an ankle, walking it off...
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365 Ways #276–Pain and nutrition

#276--People in pain use more vitamins, minerals, etc than people without pain. For example, a person with a history of back pain may burn through twenty times the amount of...
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365 Ways #275–Fish: Farmed or Wild?

#275--It's no contest. From a health perspective, wild fish is the only choice. I wouldn't touch it otherwise. Farmed fish are subject to diseases and parasites due to being raised...
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365 Ways #274–Life’s in session

#274--Leukemia has been a good teacher. There was a time when I couldn't cross the finish line truly happy unless I came in first. But if you see pictures of...
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365 Ways #273–Don’t play favorites

#273--When working out unilaterally, always begin with the non-dominant side. This allows you to give more neural drive to the side which needs it more before movement-related fatigue degrades motor...
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365 Ways #272–Plyometrics

#272--At Triumph Training we jump. We also bound and hop and skip just like we did when we were kids. Why? Well, it’s fun. But these plyometric movements also teach...
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365 Ways #271–Overcoming jet lag

#271--I have a lot of clients who travel for a living, often crossing multiple time zones multiple times during a week. To combat the "jet lag", I give them the...
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