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Musings by Cliff

Nutrition, health, training, and life and purpose articles with a liberal dose of off-topic content

Strength Training

Why You Should Strengthen and Grow Your Glutes and Posterior Chain!

While the ‘mirror muscles’ like biceps and chest tend to get a disproportionate amount of attention, especially in bodybuilding and recreational gym-going circles, the BIG muscles of the posterior chain are critically important to strength and power generation, and because they are… well… so BIG, they also have an outsized

The 20-Rep Squat Challenge

In the next month of Train With Me, we’ll be challenging ourselves with a version of the classic 20-Rep Squat routine. The 20-rep squat routine, also known as “breathing squats” or “Super Squats” after Randall J. Strossen’s book of the same name, is a legendary training protocol originally promoted and

Off Topic

Jamie Johnstone – Cliffdog’s Podcats Ep.37

Cliff chats with executive chef Jamie Johnstone about Everybody Eats, a ‘pay what you feel’ restaurant breaking down social barriers and reducing food waste, and his unique background as a self-described ‘Romani-Jewish, neurodivergent Chef’.

Off Topic

Breed-Specific Legislation Sucks…

Pit Bull Terriers and similar breeds are frequently singled out as ‘menacing’ but this is lazy policy and ignores the scientific evidence.

Carb-Appropriate Research Review

Is MSG Bad for You?

MSG has been linked to symptoms such as fatigue, brain fog, headaches, and more. But the evidence for any causal link to these is weak at best.