Just wanted to let everyone know that I’ll be speaking at the 8th annual Basketball Specific Strength and Conditioning Symposium in Las Vegas on May 14th along with my good friend Todd Wright. I’ll be talking about What Every Basketball Player Need.
To register go to
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Do you take Vitamin D? You should. Unless you work outside 52 weeks a year you probably don’t get enough Vit D. I recommend a Vit D supplement to everyone I know. A recent Mercola.com article really sheds some light on this.
According to Dr. Heaney, “the embarrassing secret about the whole field of nutrition is that we don’t have any a priori idea about what normal is; absolutely no idea at all.”
For example, the Institute of Medicine, in approaching most nutrients, simply defines the requirement as the least you can get by on without developing a certain disease. But this may be a far cry from what you need for optimal health, and as a general rule, many nutritional guidelines are insufficiently low.
With all this evidence showing we need far more vitamin D than we’re currently getting, why have agencies such as the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) failed to keep up? Why are they still recommending levels that are so far below ideal? According to Dr. Heaney, there are two main reasons for this discrepancy:
They’re looking for disease prevention rather than health promotion, and the endpoints are very different. The US Preventive Services Task Force, for example, is concerned with the prevention of diseases, and their focus is on what you need to do in order to minimize your risk. “The focus of prevention is not inappropriate for an agency that’s concerned with prevention. But that’s not the same thing as promotion of nutrition,” Dr. Heaney says.
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Nice piece from former Division 1 coach Scott Paluch
More Games or More Meaningful Games?
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If you coach, or are in any way involved in youth hockey, watch this video.
This proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that we are wasting our time with full ice hockey for young kids. We should be playing 1/2 ice in squirts!
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I’ve made no secret that I hate The Biggest Loser. I will admit to watching part of one episode and then never watching again. It is everything that is wrong about fat loss and our industry. Screaming, mean, uneducated trainers have made millions and become celebrities while injuring people in a made for TV farce. Read this
Biggest Loser Secrets- We’re All Fat Again
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Another good article on the sporting version of the Race to Nowhere from the NY Times.
Fun fact. Pat Aufiero of Winchester, Ma ( former MBSC clients and husband of current MBSC client Meghan) sent me this article. Quoted in the article is MBSC client and noted youth sports expert Bob Bigelow ( also of Winchester and father of MBSC staff member Steve Bigelow). How’s that for one degree of separation.
The Rising Cost of Youth Sports, in Money and Emotion
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Heres another great post about youth sports. It made me happy because I say these words all the time. Yes, I do my share of “car coaching” and my daughter did once tell a friend “it is really important to play well if the game is far away” but, I always say these words.
Want know what they are?
The Only Words You Need Before or After a Game
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This a really well written piece.
The Race to Nowhere in Youth Sports.
I know I’ve posted about this topic a lot but, we are still losing the battle. Be a parent. Stand up for what is right. Make hard decisions. Don’t follow the crowd and listen to some clown who only sees your wallet.
As many of you know I have a general distrust of medical science. I have moderately high cholesterol ( low 200’s) but, have avoided statins for years ( thank god, I was right on that one). Just curious what others think?
7 Factors to Consider If You Are Told Your Cholesterol is Too High
Here’s a great answer on whether your ten year old needs to move to a “high level” from USA Hockey’s ADM courtesy of Ken Martel. Before you read it, here’s my two cents. If your child is happy and improving, don’t do anything.
Should My Ten Year Old Switch Teams?