Vertical Leap, Fat, Trans Fat, Rollerbladers, Grasso Lunge

Somehow a bunch of links piled up on me:

• The Beast Skills tutorials don't come around very often these days, but they are always worth the wait. The latest covers standing rollouts with the evil wheel.
• Crossfit has a vertical leap thread going. Two Joe DeFranco pieces are referenced therein: Fabulous 15 (which I believe I've linked up before) and Dirty Tricks For Higher Jumps.
• I don't have any medical chops for evaluating this critically, but every time Art De Vany posts something by Mark Sisson it makes a lot of sense. This time: Fat Cells as Disposal Sites for Toxins.
• Speaking of fat, you (and I) really should completely eliminate trans fat from our diets:

  Furthermore, two independent methods of estimation indicate that the adverse effect of trans fat is stronger than that of saturated fat. By our most conservative estimate, replacement of partially hydrogenated fat in the U.S. diet with natural unhydrogenated vegetable oils would prevent approximately 30,000 premature coronary deaths per year, and epidemiologic evidence suggests this number is closer to 100,0000 premature deaths annually. These reductions are higher than what could be achieved with realistic reductions in saturated fat intake.

• Hopefully the offseason is still a month away, but I'm thinking I'd like to work the Grasso Lunge into my winter routine.
• Finally, a bit of fun: "Unbelievably Long Rollerblade Grind" @ Google Video.