From Jon: Each Sunday thePTDC will publishing a list of the top articles from around the web in 5 different categories: bodybuilding, general health, fat loss, strength training, and nutrition.

We scan the net, but if you'd like to submit your article for consideration, please send it to [email protected].

Our Choice for the Article of the Week

I Was a Vegetarian for Five Years and Today I Slaughtered a Chicken -- Nick English

If you've read Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma, you might recall his effort to eat from what he distinguished as 3 separate food chains: industrial, pastoral, and hunter/gatherer. The pastoral food chain led Pollan to the point of slaughtering his own chicken, forcing him to reconcile this act of slaughter with his desire to honor the life of that chicken. Nick English takes on a similar problem in "I Was a Vegetarian for Five Years and Today I Slaughtered a Chicken," leading him to a new understanding of how eating fits into our sense of beauty in the world.  So often in fitness, we talk about food in such clinical terms that it's easy to forget what Nick English learns here -- that eating is "intimate" and that "our souls are made from our food."

 

Bodybuilding

Reverse 21s for Hypertrophy -- Ben Bruno, T-Nation (Our pick for Bodybuilding article of the week)

Attention Skinny Guys - Learn How You Can Build More Muscle Than Ever Using This Fool-Proof System -- JC Deen

Integrative Bodybuilding: When It Comes to Diet, One Size Fits One -- Scott Stevenson, Elitefts

 

General Health

How To Create a Powerful Fitness Team While Becoming a Great Presenter -- Luka Hocevar, JasonFerruggia.com (Our choice for General Health article of the week)

What Trainer Must know About Depression - Helen Jones, thePTDC

Push-up Mastery: How To Age Awesomely -- Nick Horton

Body Transformation Scams Exposed: How the Fitness Industry is Fooling You! -- Jordan Syatt

Tracking Personal Training Clients - Jonathan Goodman, thePTDC

 

Fat Loss

Getting Stronger During Fat Loss -- Nate Winkler, JTS Strength (Our choice for Fat Loss article of the week)

How NOT to motivate people to lose weight -- James Fell

Don't Throw Away the Scales -- Andrew Read, Breaking Muscle

STARVATION MODE: IS IT REAL? IS IT A MYTH? WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS? -- Jade Teta

 

 

Strength Training

Extension Based Back Pain is a B****. And What To Do About It -- Tony Gentilcore (Our choice for Strength Training article of the week)

Is Stability Training Dumb? -- Josh Henkin, Breaking Muscle

Set and Rep Schemes in Strength Training (Part 1) -- Mladen Jovanović, Elitefts

The Effect of Range of Motion and Posture on Isometric Deadlift Strength -- Bret Contreras

Why Your "Max" Isn't Your Max - The 6 Types of Actual Maxes -- Chet Morjaria, Breaking Muscle

 

 

Nutrition

Top 5 Reasons Your Diet Isn't Working -- Chad Landers, Burn the Fat Blog (Our choice for Nutrition article of the week)

Size Does Matter - Managing Weight Cutting in Weightlifting -- Dresdin Archibald, Breaking Muscle

Can Caffeine Increase Strength, Power, & Athletic Performance? -- Charlie Seltzer, BuiltLean.com

The Paleo Hybrid Diet -- Nate Miyaki, T-Nation