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I'm clearly late to the conversation, but reading through the comments here and in the article that's being talked about made me want to give a very general broad commentary and summary. 1) Comparing the U.S sport system/ culture to the Australian and U.K systems is difficult. S&C is viewed as...

Check out mobilitywod.com It's run by Kelly Starrett who is incredibly well credentialed and a mobility fiend. He puts out a new mobility workout-of-the-day each day. If you do a simple search for psoas, you can find a lot of scalable psoas mobs and ways to treat the soft tissue yourself.

There are approximately 0 studies supporting the myth that weights - heavy or otherwise - will stunt anyones growth. On the other hand, there is a hell of a lot of evidence supporting the notion that heavy weights increase bone density. No, a 13 year old probably shouldn't be lifting...

I don't mean to sound rude, but gross mobility deficits - especially in your hips - is going to make diagnosing the cause of back pain over the internet near on impossible (even for someone with a biomechanics/ rehab background like Liz) and make giving too much advise kind of dangerous. See a...

Well, you would fall into the 'untrained' category of lifters (easy way to think of it is: untrained -> beginner -> intermediate -> advanced). Because of that, the easiest way for you to make very good and very appreciable progress is to keep your programming as simple as possible. In the...

I can't view videos at work, but the exercise description sounds like "jackknifes" (known by a few names). Bleh. If you want 100% honest bordering on vitriolic feedback regarding what you posted, here goes... I can't see anything there that is actually going to make you a particularly stronger...

Re: Training vs Break Dave, this is pretty much the line that made me really think about my position on this topic. As big brothers, fathers, coaches, and senior cricketers, I really do believe it is important that we regularly come back to this thought when we have interactions with any...

Re: Training vs Break Well, yes... and no. Your kids might lose this year... and maybe next year... and then they'll probably win the year after once the other team has been depleted of all but the uber cricket mad kids that are now burnt out and no longer care to improve. We're talking 11...

Re: Training vs Break The fact that you're asking this question suggests that you kind of already know the answer. Giving your boy some time off wins 10 times out of 10. Mike Boyle wrote up a really short, and really, really good post about this (ignore the fact that it's hockey and 9 year...

Re: gym exercises for leg spin bowling? If we are talking about swimming as a 'get up off the couch and have some fun' activity, then it's great, sure. While I don't do it as often as I'd like to, I love swimming for recreation. It's great fun, can be relaxing, can also be pretty taxing...

Re: gym exercises for leg spin bowling? Don't typically disagree with Liz but... I'd personally avoid swimming - especially if your considering it as a means of training the rotator cuff. Cross training sports should be used as a means to break up movement patterns. All you need to do is look...

Re: gym exercises for leg spin bowling? Liz is being pretty tame with her criticism of that program. Your strength standards will go precisely nowhere with that sort of plan. While program design isn't something you should really do for yourself, in the absence of somebody who actually knows...

Re: Williamstown and District Cricket Association (WADCA) 09/10 A shotgun, a shit load of dead rabbits, one ute, an unfortunate corner and a sorry ankle. ... oops, I mean, obviously stacking the two's when the one's are still a chance to make it. Priorities, you know.

Re: training plan All pretty standard and great. I've pretty much I've fallen in love with reverse dumb bell lunges from a deficit - takes sooooooo much strain off of knees and ankles. But... ... eek in general? Cressey probably argues the pro's and con's a lot better than I could...

Re: Western Suburbs Churches Cricket Association 09/10 If there's a new turf ground in Caroline Springs, it sure has been hidden really, really, really well. I'm gonna have to give Vanessa a call and find out exactly why she hadn't told me about this ground existing... Good to see the...