STAHP! Please, just STAHP.

There’s a dark humour quote in surgery, “There is no surgery so simple that a resident can’t screw it up.” I’ve decided to make up an adage, “There is no concept or idea that the fitness/nutrition industry can’t corrupt,” because I never thought I would have to ever, ever, write a post like this.

It astonishes me that there is now a clear line in the sand between “evidence-based” trainers and non-“evidence-based” trainers. There’s even a third camp, which I’ll nick-name the “anti-evidence-based” trainers, where it’s not just a passive, I-don’t-really-read-much-research, but an active, I-explicitly-ignore-and-deride-research. Read More...