JB's Fitness Things

Put your belt on for safety…right? As you walk into the brisk confines of CFW on a Saturday morning and look around, what do you see? I see barbells, dumbbells, and bands for fitness, I see a table full of people’s shaker bottles that they didn’t take home (I’m looking at you). I see cubbies full of shoes, belts, shirts, and knee sleeves for safety… or so we’re told. A few weeks back at our coaches meeting I brought a very unpopular, but well researched opinion to the group. Our belts and knee-sleeves, the things that are most meant to keep us safe and healthy, are hurting us. That doesn’t make any sense at all. Well, let’s take a deeper look! Let’s start with the belt. To understand whether a belt is helping or hurting you you’ll need to know a few things about how the body protects itself from heavier loading. Core muscles: Most people think of six-pack abs when they think of core muscles, which is part of the equation, but the core muscles hold a much higher value...

Vitamin Week! Do you ever wonder what all those vitamins are for walking through the aisles at Costco? Hundreds of different numbers and letters all scattered about. Well this week’s blog is going to be dedicated to helping you understand what each vitamin does, and where you can get the vitamin in natural foods. First let’s understand the different between the two types of vitamins… Fat soluble vitamins : A vitamin that can dissolve in fats and oils. Fat-soluble vitamins are absorbed along with fats in the diet and can be stored in the body's fatty tissue. They come from plant and animal foods or dietary supplements. Vitamins A, D, E, and K are fat-soluble. Water soluble vitamins : A vitamin that can dissolve in water. Water-soluble vitamins are carried to the body's tissues but are not stored in the body. They are found in plant and animal foods or dietary supplements and must be taken in daily. Vitamin C and members of the vitamin B complex are water-soluble. ...

Bigfoot, and the mystery of lactic acid… Bigfoot isn’t real. Well, at least I don’t think it’s real. I mean science tells me it’s extremely unlikely, but according to the stories I’ve been told as a kid, and the two hours per week that my dad watches “Finding Bigfoot” it is possible, I guess? So why do we as a culture accept that there is a real possibility that something with no scientific backing may exist… because someone at some point told us that’s the way it was (usually as children), and our uneducated common sense/our imagination wanted it to be real. Unfortunately, when you bring it up in your place of work as an educated adult, you may get some funny looks. Oh man is this going to be a bad take if they ever find one of those things… Lactic acid, like Bigfoot to society, is one of the most commonly used misnomers in exercise science. There is some truth, as we do know that lactate has an impact on high intensity exercise, but what impact it does have is commonly mistak...