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Learning our morals

You: “Billy is lying ‘tis bad”

Me, an intellectual: “Billy is telling the wrong lies”

-Le Squirrel

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James Kim Shorrock, Hong Kong - January 2013

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Outlining the importance of an anatomically-correct toebox that allows for proper foot function. 

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Crushing the Rectus Femoris to help reduce knee pain. 

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Zinc is also one of the most underrated, underused, and perhaps misunderstood minerals and its use in supplementation. Undoubtedly, the role of zinc within the body serves as a foundation for numerous physiological processes. Zinc is implicated in a wide variety of processes of cellular metabolism, and is required throughout the breakdown of approximately 100 enzymes (IOM 2001). Early reports shown that it serves a crucial function in immune system response (Prasad 1995), protein synthesis, wound healing and immunity, cell division, and DNA synthesis (Prasad 1995). Another key aspect of Zinc is its role in supporting normal growth and development, as well as during youth and pregnancy (Meret 2006). Interestingly enough, Zinc is also essential for a suitable sense of taste and smell (Prasad 1997).

Zinc is probably most notable for its powerful antioxidant properties and its positive impact on hormonal production. Therefore, the importance and awareness of zinc is important for strength and conditioning professionals, lifters, and personal trainers to know concerning the many functional implications within the body, as zinc plays a pivotal role in numerous health and performance outcomes.

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More studies surface that question what is in fact over pronation and what does it mean towards injury.