[musclesntx]

Alright, as mentioned I got two hours of advanced massage work today. I know I go a lot but I have NO doubt that it plays a huge role in my recovery. I sleep better after and the aches and pains I've dealt with over the last several years have vanished. I don't get adjusted as much as I used to, but to be honest, I don't feel like I need to with the amount of massage I get - things aren't getting tugged on as much. Don't get me wrong, as SOON as I feel the need, I'll go visit one of my chiros, but I'm not on a weekly or every other week schedule like I have been in the past.

Switched my cartilidge support supp from Osteo BiFlex to the Pharmanex version. Don't get me wrong, I love the Osteo BiFlex, and you can get it anywhere, but I get a good deal on the Pharmanex brand and to be fair, I thought I'd give it a try. I'll call a spade a spade and if I start feeling aches that have been gone with my BiFlex usage, I'll dump it and go back to the oldie and goldie.

I've also went back to a little extra stretching a couple of times per week. Not just 2-3 minutes either. I'm going to dedicate at least 30 minutes per week to some intense stretching. Not really Extreme (DC) style, but enough to make sure I'm keeping limber and not losing range of motion.

I'd venture to say that my wind is better than it has been in a couple of years as well. Texas is HELL on allergies, so when you have asthma and allergies, sh!t gets tough. Whether or not I have mentioned it here, I'm alternating ever 2 weeks with heavy but short rest work (usually supersets). That's why you see me doing iso work on occassion - because it's impossible to keep the intensity with the constant supersetting and giant setting of complete compound exercises.

Yesterday, we were talking about extra-curricular type seminars and such. I get a huge listing of those things on a regular basis from different organizations. Since I've been in the field for a while, I have an idea which ones are worth your time and which ones aren't. They aren't cheap either, so if you're worried about dropping a few hundred dollars on knowledge, I recommend you stay on scholar.google.com (which, btw, is a great site for finding studies). However, most of these seminars are pretty cutting edge and use real world info. There are usually pre-reqs for many of them, but if you're interested, send me your area and I can let you know what you have coming up.

I've thought about a few articles I could write, but I realize this is the type of crowd that prefers exacts, although there are exceptions to everything and nothing is the same for everyone. I try to limit my writing here to specifics, but it's probably the hardest thing to write because there are so few of those.

Alright, I've rambled long enough... PEACE!