Weekly Health and Fitness Roundup: 26th March – 1st April, 2012

This week’s Inspire Fitness Health and Fitness Roundup links cover a wide range of topics, including simple nutrition, hip stability, and the health consequences of physical inactivity.

Blogs and News

“Red Meat: Is It Bad For You?”: The way that general media publishes information about health science can be confusing and deceptive.  This is particularly true for foods that researchers have observed to have positive AND negative effects on the body (think red wine, chocolate, coffee, etc.).  Here, Helen Kollias of Precision Nutrition takes a closer look at a recent study on red meat that has received some attention outside of the scientific community.

“Mobility Exercise of the Week: Bowler Squat”: Eric Cressey outlines an excellent exercise that ticks a lot of boxes at once – great for hip mobility, glute activation and strength, balance and stability training!

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