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Journal Editors Make Excuses for Paleo Fraud
CrossFit Accesses an International Journal of Exercise Science Email One of our friends in exercise science forwarded us this email from T. Scott Lyons and James Navalta, editors in chief of the...
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On the Take with Power Plate Part 2
Editor’s Note: John T. Weatherly has helped with conditioning programs and research at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. John is also a frequent commenter and contributor on the...
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Greg Glassman on The OC Throwdown
Photo Credit: http://blog.fattonybmx.com The OC Throwdown is a fitness competition organized by a company called THE OFFICIAL OCT LLC., owned by a Mr. Darren McGuire. Sadly the OCT is probably best...
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ACSM President-Elect: Gatorade Does “Affect Objectivity”
ACSM president-elect Larry Armstrong admitted in 2000 that Gatorade funding affects objectivity in science. Witness the difference between 2000 Larry Armstrong and 2015 Larry Armstrong. 2000 Larry...
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Buzzing with Good (or Bad) Intentions? by Dr. Lon Kilgore
Editor’s Note: We are pleased to present another guest post by Dr. Lon Kilgore. Today’s Kilgore article looks at the risks of vibration plate training. It continues the theme developed by John...
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CrossFit’s Case Against the NSCA: The Facts
CrossFit Games Masters competitor Shellie Eddington participated in the study conducted at CrossFit 614. She never heard anyone talking about injuries. In 2013, the National Strength and Conditioning...
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NSCA Leaders Don’t Support the NSCA Education Recognition Program
Editor’s Note: John T. Weatherly has helped with conditioning programs and research at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. Weatherly began his NSCA muckraking with a two-part series...
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YOU be the Judge Part 6: Deadlift foot and ankle placement, by Dr. Lon Kilgore
Editor’s Note: Dr. Lon Kilgore began his YOU be the Judge series with five articles examining the NSCA’s self-contradictory squat instruction. Today he turns his focus to the NSCA’s self-contradictory...
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YOU be the Judge Part 7: Power Clean, by Dr. Lon Kilgore
Editor’s Note: Dr. Lon Kilgore has already exposed the NSCA’s self-contradictory instructions on the deadlift and the squat. Today he turns his sights to the NSCA’s self-contradictory power clean...
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YOU be the Judge Part 8: Curl, by Dr. Lon Kilgore
Interrogative: What should professional fitness trainers teach their trainees about performing the curl? Evidence: The NSCA Essentials of Strength Training & Conditioning, the NSCA Basics of...
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Mooned by NSCA Sponsors, Part 1, by John Weatherly
Editor’s Note: The Russells’ blog has a history with NSCA and ACSM sponsors. We first detailed Gatorade’s corruption of hydration science. Gatorade has since begun advising athletes to drink “ad...
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Gatorade’s Hydration Confessions
CrossFit Inc. and Dr. Tim Noakes have taken on Gatorade and its partners in exercise science. The topic: hydration. CrossFit hosted an international conference on Exercise-Associated Hyponatremia....
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Mooned by NSCA Sponsors, Part 2 by Russ Greene
John Weatherly’s first article in this series covered some striking facts about the supplement company Musclepharm. This company has faced multiple lawsuits for misleading consumers as to its protein...
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Mooned by NSCA Sponsors, Part 3 by John Weatherly
Editor’s Note: Can strength and conditioning coaches trust the supplements at NSCA conferences? John Weatherly concludes the NSCA sponsor series this week by exposing the disguised steroids and false...
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Jail Time for Air Squats? USREPS’ Scheme to Stop CrossFit
An Update on Fitness Licensure ACSM and NSCA would like to threaten CrossFit Chesapeake’s coaches with jail time for training this woman. It’s time to update the CrossFit affiliate community on the...
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According to the NSCA, Soreness is an Injury
If you’re sore after a workout, are you injured? Strangely, it depends whom you ask. The National Strength and Conditioning Association’s (NSCA) Tactical Strength and Conditioning (TSAC) program says...
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USREPS’ Licensure Scheme: High Profits, Low Standards
Editor’s Note: Derek Fields has worked on the Russells’ support team for a couple of years. Today he writes about what it takes to become a USREPS-registered personal trainer. USREPS is composed of...
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ACSM Official: “When You’re Licensed, You Can Charge More Money” (video)
Of the many interactions we had at the American College of Sports Medicine’s 2015 meeting, none were as enlightening as our conversation with Bob Oppliger. Bob is the chair of ACSM’s Health Science...
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Dr. Scotty Butcher Reviews a “Multi Modal Training” Study
Editor’s Note: Dr. Scotty Butcher of the BOSS Strength Institute submitted this research review to the Russells’ Blog. In this article, Dr. Butcher critiques a newly-published study in the NSCA’s...
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The Sport Science Myth Part 1, by John Weatherly
Editor’s Note: Gatorade and MusclePharm would like to you think that American sport science exists. But when John Weatherly told us that American sport science was largely a myth, we were surprised....
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