Christian Peterson
Great Asses = Great Runners
In usual fashion, The Maple Grove Barefoot Guy inspired this post. Christian writes about the need for strong hips/ass as a prerequisite to good running form. I couldn’t agree more.
I’m a huge fan of strength training for runners as a form of crosstraining. I have an entire section of my book dedicated to weight training, I routinely recommend programs like Kemme Fitness and Crossfit, and I even support Christian’s seemingly Read More...
The Legality of Being Barefoot in Public: How I Deal With Stupid Laws
I was mindlessly perusing Facebook this morning and I came across Christian’s post about Ohio’s law banning barefootedness in Federal buildings. I’m not going to go into the back story, so read his post to learn more. Since he’s a prosecutor, I was curious about his legal interpretation of the decision. I’m vaguely familiar with the Constitutionality of the decision based on my experiences as a government teacher, so his analysis wasn’t a surprise.
So our Read More...
You Don’t Run Enough Bro…
It’s a slow news week, I’m suffering from writer’s block with the Squirrel Wipe project, and I’m sick of discussing Susan G. Komen. What am I to do? Disagree with Christian!
In his latest blog post, The Maple Grove barefoot Guy discussed the need to run often. His conclusion- we run too much.
As evidence, he points to the latest Lieberman study and something like 75% of the participants getting injured as evidence. The problem- the study was conducted on Read More...
