As some of you may know, I’m a big fan of the saying “The more you know, the more you don’t.”  I’ve often said this in regard to strength and conditioning, but after “getting my nerd on” during the past few months with nutrition, it really applies to that world as well.

So what do I mean?  The more you learn about a subject, the more you realize how much is simply built upon assumptions, and sometimes, how much of the field is yet to be discovered.  How this applies to my world can often be seen with strength and conditioning terms like concurrent or conjugate periodization (I think I just heard a few of your snore while reading those words). 

Is it me, or is half of the eastern seaboard infected with the flu?  The Mayans may have incorrectly guessed the end of the world, but it looks like they were about three weeks off from correctly predicting the great "flu-pocalypse".

Anyway, as some of you may be sitting at home trying not to feel like death, I figured I could give you something to read.  After all, I've been doing my best to stay healthy...which is my usual routine of lifting heavy weight and eating lots of fruits and vegetables.

With that said, today's post will focus on Part 4 of my "Cranky Shoulder" series.  If you haven't caught my first three updates, feel free to click for Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3.

This past Christmas break, I spent a ton of time watching my niece and nephew.  And besides reveling in their infinite cuteness, trying to decipher their words, and avoiding diaper changes, I learned a lot about how they move.  I know, it may sound odd, but there’s a heck of a lot we can learn from watching toddlers play around. 

Before I move on, I urge you to keep an open mind.  Also, let’s collectively take a second to put down all the dumbbells, kettlebells, and, for the love of all things holy, please swear to me that you’ll never again touch a bosu ball.

Well, it is that time.  You guessed it, time for another edition of good reads of the interwebz.

First up is a blast from the physical education past.  As you’ll see, it shows high school boys displaying feats of strength at a 1960’s California high school, and I’d doubt that many men in all of America could complete this course now. 

As my head hurts from watching Notre Dame get absolutely pounded by Alabama last night, today’s post is mostly in video form.  In fact, I figured today’s post is pretty appropriate....as fixing your bum shoulder is going to be a lot easier for you to accomplish than Brent Musburger realizing his dream of eloping with A.J. McCarron’s girlfriend. (If you need help with that reference, just click here.)