Hey sub-thread in our Skool community here. Feel free to share any books or articles you find useful when it comes to health and fitness, mindset, or whatever helps others become more capable human beings. I'm a huge fan of reading and as much as I like to find new stuff, will often revisit old stuff and I can always help pull some nuggets out that help me become a better athlete, coach, programmer, etc. Lately I've been going back and re-reading Mark Rippetoe and Andy Baker's book, Practical Programming for Strength Training Any of you guys read it before? Outside of the X's and O's of training, it does a good job of explaining "the why" behind a lot of what we do. I think a lot of people would benefit greatly from understanding General Adaptation Syndrome, as explained in this book and numerous other texts. I think a lot of athletes want to feel like they get their ass kicked every session, and while it's good to redline every now and again or encounter functional overreaching that is purposely designed in a program, many don't understand the general concept of stress, adaptation, and recovery that leads to actual results. Sound off if you've given this one a read!

Hey guys - thought you may enjoy this article I just wrote for our substack. https://open.substack.com/pub/modernathletestrength/p/military-vs-sport-athletes-whats?r=5ertec&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Hi @Erik Grohmann , question for you. I was wondering what your take is on non-alcoholic beer and performance. I quit drinking alcohol at the beginning of the year, but do crave a beer every once in a while after a hard day, working in the yard, or on the weekend. There are a lot of options with non-alcoholic beer now. What are your thoughts on having them? I don’t want to compromise performance or interfere with my goals of crushing the Air Force IFT and pipeline. Any advice you have would be appreciated. Thank you.