SPARTAN PERFORMANCE                                     CROSSFIT SUFFOLK

Three rounds, 12-9- and 6 reps, for time of:
135 pound Squat clean and jerk
Muscle-up

How To Do Joint Mobility Drills  "So why would the specific form of a mobility exercise matter? Why not just move all your joints through all their ranges of motion in any old way? My answer is that mobility exercises work by communicating with the brain, and it will only communicate effectively when it sends the correct signals. Here is a discussion of some neural mechanisms by which mobility drills could improve coordination and reduce pain."—Todd Hargrove, Better Movement

Still Counting Calories? Your Weight-Loss Plan May Be Outdated  "The new research, by five nutrition and public health experts at Harvard University, is by far the most detailed long-term analysis of the factors that influence weight gain, involving 120,877 well-educated men and women who were healthy and not obese at the start of the study. In addition to diet, it has important things to say about exercise, sleep, television watching, smoking and alcohol intake."—Jane E. Brody, NY Times