Is Stretching Part Of Your Exercise Routine?

"Stretching is a pleasant ritual for many people, myself included. It’s simple, it feels good, and we believe — or hope — that it prevents and treats injuries. For many others, athletes and couch potatoes alike, stretching is also a bit of a drag: a duty that weighs on the conscience, one more thing to make time for. And yet they still do it, counting on the benefits.

"Can all these people be barking up the wrong tree? Yes. In fact, stretching is not an important part of fitness and wellness. Stretching’s primary goal — flexibility — does not have any clear value to anyone, not even most elite athletes, let alone the average fitness nut. It’s also easily achieved with other kinds of exercise that are more beneficial for fitness in other ways: strengthening can also improve flexibility.1 Most stretching is simply a waste of time, its reputation completely undeserved."

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Quite A Stretch

Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (T.E.N.S.)

What is the truth about this heavily advertised modality for pain, as well as other applications?

The peculiar popularity of being gently zapped with electrical stimulation therapy

T.E.NS. for Pain Relief: Does it Work?

T.EN.S.: The Evidence Is Not Impressive

(The Fix)

Water Intake: The Truth

We all have been exposed to many claims that we should drink a great amount of fluids for heath and athletic performance.  However, this propaganda is bogus, there is no scientific evidence to support such claims.  In fact, there is probably more danger of OVER-hydration than under-hydration.

Why you don't need 8 glasses of water a day.

More On The Issue Of Sex/Gender In Sports

"As expected giving the current controversies and confusions about gender, reactions to female-identifying hyperandrogenic athletes being allowed to compete as women has been mixed and acrimonious."

The difficult problem of intersexuality and athletics

This Olympics Controversy Highlights The Reality Of The Sex-Gender Continuum

"But if the people in charge of sports (who are mostly men) want to use a single biological marker to decide who counts as a woman, they are going to have a very difficult time justifying that — particularly when that marker is something like testosterone, which all women naturally produce"

Should Olympic Athletes Get Sex-Tested At All?

The Science Of Swimming

A look at the newest stroke in swimming:  the fish stroke.

Is This New Swim Stroke the Fastest Yet?

Sensory-Deprivation Tanks

"If psychological training is the next big thing for elite athletes, floating is right on the cutting edge—even if it isn’t exactly new. Neuropsychologist John C. Lilly began ­experimenting with sensory-deprivation tanks in the 1950s, and in the decades following, a wide body of research examined ­whether floating could be used to treat a ­variety of psychological disorders."

Steph Curry's Secret to Mental Strength?

Athletics Are Rewarding, But There Are Risks

This post is an attempt to objectively look at a category of activity that I have joyfully participated in virtually all of my life.  Following essentially is my life story regarding such, and some advise after over 71 years of active living.

Ivy League Leads The Way For Safer Football

As a former high school and college football player who has always loved the game, as well as being a science-based thinker, I have been sensitive to the issue of safety in football.  In recent years, I have been vocal about two sports issues:  safety in football; the culture of sports.