Good Health And Wellness For Life

Keep your hands healthy and your grip strong

Nice site here on hand health. You may want something simple like a stronger grip but training grip only leads to imbalanced hands and raises the potential for injury so like it or not, you have to train the hands in all kinds of different ways.

The importance of strong glutes

Interesting article here on the importance of glute strength and there are several tests you can do to find which stretches / exercises you need to balance your glutes / hip flexors / etc.

Training one leg at a time?

Interesting article here that makes a strong case for doing 1 leg squats because these involve more muscles and are more functional than traditional squats.

Also mentions 1 leg straight leg deadlifts and slideboard leg curls (which seem to require some fancy equipment I’ve never seen before).

Male Hormone replacement Therapy: What have we learned since 2002?

I found this old New York Times article by accident. It talks about how Male hormone replacement therapy or testosterone therapy has been around for over a century (although back in the day they would put ram testicles in men) and how we haven’t really done research to see how safe and effective it is.

That was in 2002. I’m not sure what (if any) research has been done since then. Does testosterone help reduce the aging process in men? And if it does, is it really necessary consideri9ng guys like Willie Gault and Jack LaLanne who are doing fine with “just” exercise and diet?

Willie Gault’s healthspan: training or genes?

Good article here, an inspiring article, on Willie Gault. He was a world class sprinter and NFL wide receiver in his 20s. He still is a world class sprinter in his 40s. Pretty amazing.

I don’t know what to make of the 1500 crunches - conventional wisdom says a little variety would be nice. He benches 225 x10 (and does 3 sets) which is pretty good for a guy who is 175-180 pounds.

Obviously anyone who gets on an Olympic team has good genes but clearly some of Willie’s success comes from his training regimen. I just wish we had more details.

We know he eats organic food, not too much, and eats fish but not meat. He works out 4 days a week with HSI - apparently a professional track club. He does less weight training than the younger sprinters but does at least benches and squats. And we know at least once in a while he does a rediculous number of crunches.

That’s more than we know about Brian Leetch, the last athlete I thought I’d use for inspiration.