Our body's natural anti-inflammatory mechanisms apparently take the night off, which is why we awake stiff and filled with aches and pains that make one wonder if we'd be better off staying in bed.¹ After learning this, I stopped taking a couple of naproxen or ibuprofen with my morning caffeine and instead wait patiently for …
Breaking it Down
There was a time not long ago when I struggled miserably in my attempts to front squat. I couldn't find a hand position I was comfortable with, the "bodybuilding" style with arms crossed didn't work and I gave up on the lift shortly after every attempt to try again. What I didn't realize was that …
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