Friday Thoughts 60
Welcome to Friday thoughts, where I share random ideas, half-formed blog posts and my favorite things I saw on the internet this week. Enjoy!
Does coffee or caffeinated drinks dehydrate you? The research says no, but every person in the world will rush forward to tell you otherwise. I’m not suggesting only drinking coffee from now on, though maybe I should. Instead, just be careful of things that everyone repeats without knowing more details behind it. Two or three cups of coffee isn’t going to ruin your hydration status. Enjoy it.
Flashback! Here’s GAIN’s post of the day from 7 years ago. Inverted row, or as we call them now, ring row tips. Ring rows can get written off as an easy exercise and many people just kind of go through the motions on them. Being aware of the coaching points below and making sure to walk your feet far enough forward will assure a challenging movement for anyone.
Crazy 8 year old skills.
Everything that’s wrong with internet fitness. This guy is controversial in the training world because he has beliefs like squats and deadlifts are bad for you because they’re too dangerous, but has people doing things like a trapbar snatch, which in my opinion, is way less safe than simply picking something off the ground. Not to mention there are 15 other options to train that movement pattern without having to get inside of a trapbar to do it. Maybe he knows best since he’s a doctor.
NCAA Cross-Country Championships
That’s all for this week, thanks for reading along. Until next time!
Justin Miner
@justinminergain