Updation

So I have decided to do a few random updates here while I am working out the video issues. I am keeping the web people hopping!

I just got done with an interview with Mark Young, a fitness professional in Canada who also writes for T-Muscle.  We chatted about the power of the nervous system, neuroplasticity, working the opposite joint for better strength, arthrokinetic reflex (bad joints= piss poor strength),  how the brain gets information for performance (hint, think joints, eyes and inner ear), Z-Health and much more!  Mark will drop me a line once it is live and I will have a link here too for all of you!  In the meantime, check out Mark’s blog at

Mark Young Training Systems

Treadmills

By now everyone is familiar with my disdain for treadmills and the cardio bunnies you see on them putting in countless hours.

Get Off the Treadmill

They have the best intentions, but there is a much better way.   Go outside, grab a kettlebell, pull something, push something, heck, even do bodyweight drills.  If you are in Minnesota, come out by my place and you can smash some tires with a sledgehammer, play with kettlebells, push cars, pull the tire sled, deadlifts, heavy tire flips, etc.   Kick your butt and have fun doing it!  Plus it is summer now, so get out in the sun and stock up on your Vitamin D!

Below is an article from Alwyn Cosgrove discussing treadmills (may not be uber work friendly site) and thanks to Nate Green for doing the Myth Busters article series.

Myth: Sweating on a treadmill is just as good as sweating outside.

I predict a treadmill backlash coming.   I wrote a whole very technical article on treadmills and have submitted it awhile ago.   I can’t say much more at this point, but I am hoping it will see the light of day in August and hopefully sooner.  I have a lot of the literature reviewed in it; so I can’t go into detail here.

Have a great weekend!

Rock on

Mike T Nelson

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