Here is this week’s list of recommended strength and conditioning reading:

A House Divided – This was a great guest blog by Kellie Hart Davis for Tony Gentilcore’s site. It homes home for those of us who have certain family members who don’t embrace the healthy lifestyle like we do.

Using Soft Tissue Therapy to Enhance Stress Resistance – This great piece from Patrick Ward discusses the role of manual therapy in stress tolerance.

Optimizing the Overhead Squat – I thought this was an excellent article from Eric Auciello at T-Nation and teaching and moving through appropriate progressions of the overhead squat in strength and conditioning programs.