Last weekend, Oklahoma fans everywhere gasped in terror as their pride and joy, Heisman winner Sam Bradford, was injured playing against #20 BYU. It’s not as bad as it could be, as he won’t need surgery, but his throwing shoulder is sprained and recent reports say that he’ll miss at least two weeks – and as many as four weeks.
Now, BYU isn’t a bad team by any stretch of the imagination, but the Sooners were highly favored and things fell apart during the second half, as Bradford stood on the sidelines. So that begs the question: Can Oklahoma win without …read more

The weight room should be looked at as a serious place.  It’s not for messing around or hanging out.  You go to workout and then you get out.  Even as a I write that, it seems a little bit harsh but it’s true.  Every weight room I’ve been in has been mostly serious.  It’s rare that anyone is joking around or just hanging out around the weights and for good measure.
he weight room can be a very dangerous place.  Weights are heavy and people can get seriously injured from them.  When you’re lifting weights, here is a laundry list of …read more

Weight lifting isn’t a dangerous activity if you employ the proper precautions such as spotter, comfortable weight, stretching, preparation. However, not all of these precautions are used all the time and you can get yourself in real trouble. This blog covers some of the common precarious positions and/or predicaments involved in weight lifting.
Barbell Military Press – One of the absolute most dangerous exercises. If you’re lifting a barbell full of weight and you suddenly lose balance backwards, you can snap your arms or have the weight fall on your head. Besides lifting less weight, you can …read more

Every now and then everybody gets dinged up in some form or fashion. The knee, hamstring, back, shoulder, wrist, neck, ankle can range from sore to nagging to downright painful. Lately I’ve had a little lower back stiffness, a nagging knee, and some pain in my shoulder and wrist. No matter what the injury or quasi-injury, my thought process stays the same.
First, I determine whether something is just there or whether it’s a new occurrence. For example, I have a good back but I have built muscle over some problems that happened when I was …read more

Injuries, injuries, injuries. It’s been a hot topic for ages now as huge amounts of people give their reasoning as to why there’s been an apparent increase in the frequency of serious injuries in International cricket. And now they will affect the World Cup, as key teams have players out with injury:
Australia: Matthew Hayden (toe), Andrew Symonds (bycep)
Pakistan: Abdul Razzaq (knee), Mohammad Asif (Elbow), Shoaib Akhtar (Knee)
New Zealand: Jacob Oram (finger)
England: Micheal Vaughan (everything)
to name but a few, with the likelihood that the World Cup will take down some more big names during its tenure. If the World Cup meanders …read more

Regular readers of Six and Out will notice that posts here have been a little thin on the ground recently. There are a number of factors at work here, I have all the usual excuses of too much work, not enough time, yahda yahda yahda. But largely I’ve been struggling to think of new ways to describe my feelings towards the state of English cricket.