Sage Rountree

Today I was asked why we call hip stretches "hip openers." I don't have a good answer! Are we opening something that's locked? Is "openness" of the hips even desirable, given the stiffness that's required for good running? I decided that a better term might be "hip balancers," since there's so much going on anatomically around the pelvis, and much of our work in yoga is to stretch the tight parts and strengthen the weak parts.

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John Berardi of Precision Nutrition, wrote in his blog last week about two recent studies (you can find them here) that tell us how consuming 20 or 30 grams of protein per meal is all one needs to improve recovery and protein synthesis.

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Athletes have a love/hate relationship with pigeon pose. Most who hate it at first do so because it hits all the tight places in athletic hips. Once those release, folks learn to love it. But in its traditional orientation, facing downward, pigeon pose can be far too intense in an athletic body, causing more trouble than it solves.

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As a strength and conditioning coach I meet lots of great trainers and coaches.  Unfortunately even the best of us can get caught up in the latest and greatest "exercise myths".  I've listed a few of the most common myths to watch out for below. 

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