Things I've Found That Are Awesome #42

Yes, yes I did, I got this up two weeks in a row. Maybe I'll make this a consistent thing? With starting to turn the corner for the stretch run to the big day this fall, I'm really going to do my damnedest to at least get this section posted every week, even if it's early or late. In the more immediate future I'm looking forward to lacing up the boots again to go abuse my body (and others) for fun.

On with the next thing, here's the random Insta post for the week;

So who would be standing in that line with everyone else? Comic courtesy of Catherine and her New Yorker daily calendar.

A post shared by Jarrod Dyke (@jdykefxvp) on Apr 25, 2017 at 8:06am PDT

Is a Calorie Really Just a Calorie?- Well we've all asked it at one point in our lives. No I'm not going to tell you the answer, you have to read the thing. Trust me when I tell you, it's worth the little time it'll take. Brian St. Pierre rarely puts out something not worth reading...actually probably never, enjoy!

The Case for Hypertrophy- Those that have hung around me longer than a few minutes at a time, know my distain for this craze of getting skinnier (smaller). A guest post from Bryan Krahn, on Jen Sinkler's Thrive as The Fittest, will hopefully make you see that I'm not 100% crazy when I try to shoot that crap down.

Single Leg Strength- We all know (hopefully) by now that if you don't have single leg work in your program it's not complete. Now that you've been reminded of that I encourage you to check out Matt Ibrahim and Tim DiFrancesco's series on Instagram on single leg strength, you're welcome.