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First off, I really want to thank everyone who purchased, promoted, or even just endured the launch of my product How to Read Fitness Research last week.  I think it went really well and I’m happy to have created such a much needed product in this field.  This week, we’ll be back to some regularly scheduled (non-promotional) content. 

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However, as part of the launch last week, my colleague (and super smart guy) Mike Reinold shared some content that I thought would be very useful so I decided to share it here as well for those who don’t follow his blog. 

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Basically, in last week’s post where I shared a video I talked about subscribing to the electronic table of contents of various journals to stay on top of the most current research.  And in my product I list the journals that I think every fitness professional or serious exercise enthusiast should follow.

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But Mike took it one step further and shared some journals that he thinks would also be valuable to those with more of a rehabilitative focus.  I figured I’d present those here so you didn’t miss them.

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Here they are…straight from Mike’s post:

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• JOSPT – Journal of Orthopedic Sports and Physical Therapy – the cream of the crop for ortho and sports PT journals.  Pretty technical but still quality.  The best reason to join the APTA and sports or ortho sections.
• AJSM – American Journal of Sports Medicine – another elite journal, geared more towards ortho and sports physicians and surgeons and a gold mine of information for us too.
• Sports Health – A fairly new journal designed for us all – docs, PT’s, ATC’s, fitnes specialists, etc. A little less technical (which is often good), but great.
• JAT – Journal of Athletic Training – Official journal of the NATA and always has some good content.  Similar to JOSPT, likely the best benefit of joining the NATA.
• JBMT – Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies – For those of us that enjoy different approaches, manual therapy, and expanding outside of the typical American thought process.  Edited by Leon Chaitow, you’ll enjoy the content.  As a side note, I believe that this is where Tom Myer’s Anatomy Trains concept really took a jump start.

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So if you’re interested in rehab and you want to get a jumpstart on the competition by reading some research…these journals would be a great place to start!

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Since today is July 2nd I want to wish a belated Happy Canada Day to my Canadian readers as well as a Happy 4th of July weekend to my American friends.  Since the holiday is upon us I thought I’d just share a couple quick things from this week.

1.  About a week ago Mike Reinold wrote an interesting post about using the cobra yoga pose to reverse the effects of common postural issues.

He even created this little chart to demonstrate the application and usefulness.

While the majority of the comments revolved around the effects of this pose on the lower back (which may be forced into hyperextension if the hip flexors are excessively tight), I was also thinking about the ankles.  Despite the fact that our ankles tend to be dorsiflexed to some degree while seated, I would argue that tight/short muscles on the front side of the lower limb aren’t really that common compared to the calves.  Since most people tend to sleep with their feet slightly plantar flexed and often our feet are pointed when sitting in other positions, perhaps extending the ankles to relieve the effects of posture at the ankle joint isn’t warranted.

2.  My friend Aaron Schwenzfeier posted the following video on his blog this week and I couldn’t help but hope that my daugther will be more inspired by women like Emily Azevedo (bobsledding athlete) than some of the anorexic media driven nonsense that exists today.  Only once strong, fit, and confident women become the norm in the media will young girls be able to grow up without the expectation to be unhealthy and wafer thin.

3.  And finally, if the above video didn’t leave you impressed, please view the following video posted by my friend Sam Leahey.  This is the newest and best way to develop your body into a fat burning machine.  Enjoy!