There was..

recently a post on the dragondoor strength and conditioning forum called Health in a Nutshell. It was a series of points, 20 to be exact, from a poster regarding his opinions on how one should go about taking care of their health. It garnered some positive and negative feedback and some lively debate. I read the debate but didn't post on it, so I'm putting my own few Health points up here. Maybe you'll agree with some of them.

1) Man or woman, young or old, should do some form of resistance training
2) Joint mobility is vital to health, do it every day. It outranks flexibility
3) Essential Fatty acids are just that, use them
4) A Good fitness text (Tsatsouline,Boyle,Siff,Gallagher,Hatfield etc) Is worth a thousand magazines. Buy a book by one of these authors, read it, then buy another.
5) Steaks are good...I urge everyone to eat them.
6) Do you really need all those Carbs You are eating all day? Thought not. Cut back a bit, have a steak instead.
7) Drink Green Tea, it works.
8) The vast majority of people spend the vast majority of their lives in flexion. It's time to do more extension.
9) Take care of tissue quality. Get a foam roller, massage, stretch. Your body will love you for it.
10) The deadlift is a truly great exercise and should be a staple in your training routine.
11) Clients, look through your program and really think about it. If it does not include at least 3 of the following, Mobility work, Prehab exercises, Core activation, Some form of functional movement screening, A Strength component, Flexibility training, Energy System development, Regeneration techniques and Nutritional analysis, you are being swindled. Please get a new trainer who will do the job properly.

I think that'll do for now. Hope it helped a bit.

Scott