Friday Thoughts 49
Greetings from California! It’s rare that I travel at all, so getting to the airport and on a plane two weeks in a row is completely foreign to me. I’m here in LA visiting a college friend for the day, then shipping up to San Rafael to attend a weekend-long workshop at The Ready State. I got to meet Kelly last year, and his talk was superb. I can’t wait to spend the whole weekend soaking in all the Starrett’s knowledge.
Bday:
Elliot turns 4 this weekend, big birthday shoutout to him. Once I’m home we’ll be playing with the lego firetruck set he’s been asking for all summer, I can’t wait to give it to him!
Team Cupcake:
There’s still time to get involved on Kendra’s Team Cupcake for the Seacoast Cancer 5k. Take a walk or run around Pease for a great cause.
Warm Ups:
I fell into the trap of over-warming up sometime in my lifting career. I was doing all the foam rolling, activation, movement prep and the like, and what happened was I was more likely to nap than train. I’ve learned to spread this stuff out throughout the day, so when it comes time to lift, I can get right into the meat and potatoes.
Tracking Calories:
Dr. Rhonda Patrick makes a great case here for tracking calories - even just for a few days. Many of us are underestimating how many we consume. Combine that with over estimating how much we move and our estimates could be wildly inaccurate. It works the other way too, especially if you’re someone who takes their training seriously; you could be over estimating your calories and leaving yourself underfed.
Hammies:
This is a nice glimpse into the hamstrings on a cadaver. In college, I was lucky enough to go to a school where undergrads had full access to the medical school’s cadaver lab, and it really helped my understanding on muscles and their function. That area near the top, where they’re all coming together is a great place to target with a foam roller or mobility ball. I hope this video can illiustrate to you that thinking about individual muscles isn’t very much help when we’re trying to strengthen, or improve mobility. Instead, we need to think of the whole system and how it all works together.
Lol
I love skateboarding and so appreciate the confidence it takes to bomb down a hill like this.
In case you didn’t know, there’s probably a world record for everything, including most bites taken from apples while juggling.
Thanks for reading, you see next week!
Justin Miner
@justinminergain