In this week’s list of recommended reading, we’ve got some training and nutrition tips:

Training Basketball Players – Here’s an excellent, “outside-the-box” post from Charlie Weingroff about what he looks for in dealing with basketball players.

If You Like Steak, Read On – This great blog from Brian St. Pierre highlights some recent research that helps to bury the myth that all red meat is bad for you.

Oh, and you need to watch this.  If it doesn’t get you a little fired up for the World Cup, nothing will.