Links - A Few More Good Ones

Welbourne is a big, big human being.

1.) Talk To Me Johnnie
          This is a blog that's written by former NFL offensive lineman John Welbourne.  He played in the NFL for 10 years and has dedicated his life to strength and conditioning training, both as a coach and a player.  The guy really knows his stuff and writes a lot about training and life as a pro athlete.  I also like the tough guy mentality (coffee must be black, weights must be heavy, you must know your drink, etc).

          His blog probably would have made my list of the "Go To's," but he only updates it about once a week.  He is a busy guy.  Still, it's worth checking out.  If you're interested, he is also the mind behind CrossFit Football, a football specific version of CrossFit that is much more intelligently designed than mainstream CrossFit.


2.) Mark's Daily Apple
          Mark Sisson is another paleo writer.  His version of the diet is extremely user friendly, and he has put hundreds of pages of free info up on the web.  He does a great job analyzing the different facets of the diet.  He also has a much more loose approach to it, putting non-paleo things on a spectrum of good to bad.  People find this very user friendly, and his website has enjoyed immense popularity.

          I also admire the fact that he is very open with readers and even runs a column every Monday where he fields questions from readers.  The forum is also very active and full of smart people.

          I said before that he is another paleo writer, but that's not quite true.  He writes about a "primal" diet.  That's actually the reason I didn't include him in the first list.  As much as I enjoy reading his articles, I don't like the fact that he invented a new name so that he could essentially brand the diet for marketing purposes.  As you might have guessed, he sells a couple supplements.  I also promise not to ever post pictures of my abs ;-) (not that I have any).


3.) Student Doctor
          If you are a pre-med, you absolutely MUST become familiar with this site.  On the mainpage, they have tons of great articles written by doctors and admissions committee members and others.  The forums are a phenomenal resources for pre-meds with questions as well.  You can go to the main forums and post with any questions you have, or you can go to the school specific discussions, and if you have enough patient to sift through dozens of pages of posts, you can learn a lot about the way individual schools' admissions processes.

          There is also an Interview Feedback section which is mind blowing.  Students have interviews at these different schools and fill out an in-depth questionnaire here.  This has proven to be very helpful for me personally, and I always make a point to sift through some of the responses as I prepare for an interview.  I strongly suggest you check that out too.

          Student Doctor is an absolute goldmine for a pre-med.  Shout-out to my buddy, John, who pimps my site there.


4.) 70's Big

A solid 70s big meal.

          These guys are serious lifters who write an entertaining blog about exercising.  This is real deal exercising focused on squatting, deadlifting, benching, and all of the olympic lifts.  I think you can also see some CrossFit influence, but, as with Welbourne's site, more intelligently applied than the mainstream stuff.  They do a great job combining solid exercise information with some humor.

          Please note that these guys are for the most part serious lifters; not all of the information on here is going to be useful for the layman.  A great example of that is in the sample meals in the Food FAQ; I posted one to the right to make my point.