In only 57 short days, Lindsay and I will finally be getting married.  Now, I haven't spoken a ton about our wedding on here, but Lindsay has been as cool as a cucumber....while I'm finally starting to realize/stress out about everything that needs to come together.

Marriage day events/antics/cowboy dances aside, I haven't mentioned on my blog how great Lindsay is in the field of nutrition.  She already has her Masters in Nutrition Communication, and is currently pursuing her PhD in Applied Nutrition and Food Policy at Tufts. While I tend tease her and call her a "professional student" (I mean, it's true) I like to think we make a pretty good nutrition power couple.  After all, it's not like I can ask many other people what the recommended daily intake is for manganese, and what are symptoms of toxicity? (Nerd alert!)

If you've had access to the internet over the past few weeks, you've probably seen the terrific Always video, #LikeAGirl.

If you haven't, it's probably because you've been living in a cave; an underground bomb shelter; or took up residence in the Alaskan countryside, a la the National Geographic Show "Life Below Zero."  If that describes you, then it's probably because you've been hiding from Ebola.  After all, I can't blame you, it IS the United States...where where we don't want to vaccinate our children, but we freak the hell out about infectious diseases.

Irony, politics and diseases aside, here's the commercial which is absolutely fantastic:

So, you know that feeling when you wait all week to watch your favorite TV show?  Only, once it starts airing, you realize that this week's episode is simply a "clip show?"  Well, ladies and gentlemen, this is what we have here.

Call me lazy (no seriously, you can....I spent most of this past weekend binge watching "Orange is the New Black"), but I wanted to highlight a few different articles as well as one very, very interesting deadlifting video.

1. First and foremost, I wanted to share a great blog post on one of my best clients, Sarah B.   Originally posted last night on our company blog, her progress deserves an extra shout out on here:

Today, I'd like to talk about a serious topic: butt winking.  Yes, you read that correctly.

Contrary to what you may think, the "butt wink" is a very scientific term (ok, not really), and it happens when someone is trying to twerk while squatting.  And for those of you who may not be as familiar with Miley Cyrus (that means you, Mom), a butt wink is when someone tucks their pelvis/butt under at the bottom of a squat.  

It's actually a pretty common flaw in someone's squat, but before you start "dancing with Molly," there's something you should know: a butt wink can be a serious "wrecking ball" to your squat and spine.

(Epic self-five for not one, but TWO Miley references in one sentence!)

While I was researching my blog post last week, I stumbled upon an interesting infographic from February 1944, in Popular Science magazine. Now, wartime propaganda and hilarious Pepsi-Cola advertisements aside, there were some key takeaways:

• 3% of "Young Men" could not do a chin up, while 25% could not do 5 chin ups.
• 24% could not vault a waist-high obstacle
• I'm not quite sure what "skin the cat" means (do I even want to?), but 40% couldn't do it...and that sounds depressing.

Now, as someone who used to work with younger kids, I can definitively say that if those same tests were administered to today's youth, the results would be staggering.