I hope you all had a great weekend and are getting excited for the upcoming 4th of July holiday. I’m looking forward to my 93-year-old grandmother beating me in golf, which is a yearly occurrence in my world. Fortunately, I’ve had some good strength and conditioning reading to keep my mind off of how bad my golf game is.

The Truth About Sugar – The crew at Precision Nutrition never disappoints, and this article is an excellent example of why. One particular quote that really jumped out at me was, “…despite lowering sugar intake by nearly 20% over a 14 year period, obesity (and diabetes) rates have continued to climb.”

How Sports Scientists are Trying to Change College Football – This ESPN article was actually surprisingly well done. In particular, I liked Fergus Connolly’s quotes about the data only being useful for asking better questions, not guaranteeing solutions. Additionally, his comments on the importance of getting to know the person – not just the data point – is incredibly important.

5 Reasons to Use Speed Deadlifts in Your Strength Training Programs – I recently posted on Instagram about my favorite approach to incorporating speed deadlifts, and it reminded me to bump this older article of mine back up from the archives.

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Here’s a #tbt to me in eighth grade because nobody believes me when I tell them I used to rock an Afro and looked like Jonah Hill as Seth in “Superbad.” No filter needed because I pulled it off just fine without one in 1995. #cspfamily #selfdeprecatinghumor

A post shared by Eric Cressey (@ericcressey) on Jun 22, 2017 at 10:12am PDT