Jackson's Honest to host a world premiere viewing of its SharkTank episode on ABC!Read more

An elimination diet is the gold standard for identifying food sensitivities. The basic premise is to remove an item from your diet for 3-4 weeks, reintroduce it and observe the effects. If the reintroduction increases symptoms, the food should be kept out of your diet at least for the short-term. It is important to reintroduce items one at a time (e.g., butter as butter not as a component in a wheat-flour-based cake) and in a quantity significant enough to cause a reaction (a few servings). Here is an example symptom tracker from the Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM). Lab Tests and Food Sensitivities There are lab tests to determine food sensitivities (e.g., IgG antibody testing), but there are limitations of them based on the test itself, as well as how the food is prepared, processed, and/or how frequently it is consumed by the individual (1,2). In addition, there are potentially...Read more

Want to up your pull-up game with one simple fix? Wrap your thumb around the bar. That’s right, wrapping your thumb helps to create a stable shoulder position to pull from, it’s a stronger grip and it has loads more transferability. Of course it’s going to feel “weird” in the beginning, so did the overhead squat, front squat, kip, false-grip, hook-grip… Hanging from the bar with the thumb wrapped keeps the shoulders slightly externally rotated and more engaged, thus a stronger pulling platform. This effect is enhanced the further we can get the grip around the bar, similar to a false-grip. Carl Paoli describes it as getting your pinky knuckle on top of the bar. This gives a better movement pattern allowing more lat engagement. You can see this when the athletes body leans back slightly at the beginning of the pull. Without the thumb wrapped this position requires much...Read more

Details on next week's schedule modifications as the staff heads to Ali Minton's wedding.Read more

EC dishes on the next Strongman Foundations slot and OpenSesh details.Read more