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Costco's Kirkland Athletic socks work for me. I can play a full out match and not get blisters. But they're pretty expensive. I think I pay something like $1.75 per pair.

Many people here were advocating that Altra make a pair of tennis shoes. Not only does that seem unlikely, but the Altra brand has been making most of their shoes these days with much narrower toe boxes. These shoes probably work well for those with narrow feet who need toe box room, but they're...

Back in the day, Prince shoes used to offer a few models with a straight big-toe line that were marketed under the NFS (natural food shape) last. Unfortunately, these were grandpa shoes, heavy and very stiff, and they became progressively narrower over time. I asked a Prince rep on here if...

I started serving with a continental serve after getting a lesson. The serve has always been one of the stronger parts of my game. For this reason, and experience coaching people who have habituated a frying pan serve, I'd never suggest starting a beginner on anything other than a continental...

For the shoulders, I suggest looking into the throwers 10 exercises and working them into your routine. Also, I advocate dead hanging from a bar as part of a shoulder stretch (you're getting some of this benefit anyway because you do pullups). Make sure to always warm up your shoulders before...

As a general rule, I think it is safe to eat whatever you normally eat. I don't have any difficulty eating a full meal before a match. But I'm not going to change my diet and try something new right before a match.

I'd guess the study was trying to measure maintaining or increasing flexibility by stretching, not how good someone feels. If it makes you feel better, then I'd think that it is good for your health. I've never been flexible and am losing some flexibility as I age. I find even doing back squats...

We need to protect the country and especially the elderly from the danger of pickleball. I hear the govt is just going to mandate two weeks to flatten the curve. Please stay in your home, don't talk to other people. Avoid eye contact with strangers. Don't go outside with your paddle. California...

Did you think you weren't going to get it? I've been living normally for the past few years, didn't see any benefit to trying to protect myself from something that was already endemic. My only bit of advice is to use a saline rinse for your throat and nasal passages if you're getting any sign...

Or perhaps if you just ate a huge amount of leafy vegetables you wouldn't need to take Warfarin? Thinning out your blood too much isn't something you want to mess around with.

So it is possible that you're one of the hyper-responders to dietary cholesterol I've read about. In that case, I definitely wouldn't advise your son to eat 7 yolks a day, but I'd probably have him throw in one whole egg and something like 5 egg whites just to get some of the benefit from the...

I agree with this. Large nutritional tracking studies have found that dietary cholesterol consumption is uncorrelated with blood cholesterol in most people, some are hyper-responders but it isn't clear that they're at risk. Anecdotally, one of my brothers was eating five eggs a day, including...

Did you read the article? Cochrane didn't admit any of their analysis was wrong. They apologized for people interpreting the lack of any quality evidence that masks work as proof that masks don't work. But most rational people are going to interpret the lack of quality evidence that masks work...

What about all the soft drinks, bags of chips, and boxed cereals! I agree that eating healthy food isn't necessarily expensive, but it takes more effort than eating junk. I've been getting at least five servings of fruits and vegetables these days by buying a bunch of vegetables, washing them...

For those who are interested in scientific evidence, please see the Cochrane Review referenced in this article by an epidemiologist. https://vinayprasadmdmph.substack.com/p/the-cochrane-review-on-masks-is-damning

The numbers quoted above show a lack of experience with statistical analysis and knowledge of the available data. Official data suggests that the elderly have risks that are thousands of times greater than for children and the younger. Grouping people with such disparate risks together makes no...

I've been to the La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club to watch the USTA hard court nationals a few times. Nice place, but never tried to play there. Balboa Park is beautiful and that's always a safe bet for anyone visiting the area for tennis. Lots of great clubs in the Encinitas/Rancho Santa Fe/Del...

I have duck feet. The Eclipsion series has been too narrow for my splayed toes. Last pair of Yonex I've played in was the Sonic Cage 2 Wide. OK, but not quite wide enough for my feet. Still a fast shoe.

La Jolla used to have a small tennis club downtown, near Bishop's (a Catholic High School). Haven't been down there in years, so don't know the scene or if it is still going. Balboa Park in San Diego has a good club for visitors. The day fees are low and the weekend scene is quite active with...

SPX 3 has more cushioning than T22. Still not as good as old-school Yonex which will return energy and make you jump high.

Yes, I'd say the current evidence suggests it isn't a problem. The evidence I'd seen was poor quality and didn't accurately reflect the complexity of the evidence (the evidence was more on insulin problems contributing to cancer).

When I look into it more, it seems the link is not well established. Which is good for me. Seems that the true link is to insulin problems (usually tied to obesity) and not to sugar consumption in itself. Since I have a good weight for tennis (basically slightly heavier than most pros my...

Yeah, I'd just eat bags of candy and chocolate if I didn't know it was bad for me. Most of the stuff in the US is sweetened with HFCs, and a lot of the chocolate is poor quality. I've cut out soft drinks years ago, even moderate use. And now I take my coffee black. I'm active and have always...

Let me assure you I not only want to put meat and saturated animal fats in my body, I actually eat them regularly. I also eat vegetables and fruit, and try to limit my sugar consumption which is my weakness. I used to not eat enough vegetables, but now I steam large amounts at a time, divide...

This sounds like a way of restating the Lipid Hypothesis or what is also known as the Cholesterol Hypothesis, which indicts saturated animal fats as causing heart disease. This theory is being heavily challenged in the medical literature. You can spend days online going into the papers citing...

They are low quality because they are mostly observational studies with self-reported diets. After gathering the data set, then the researcher is attempting to statistically correct for known confounders and find something statistically significant. So the first problem is people either lie...

It is neither a justification or rationalization to point out that most nutritional studies are of low quality and very hard to do. That you aren't aware of this means that you're not familiar with the problems of getting nutritional data or doing human based studies. This isn't something that...

Dietary studies are notoriously hard to do and mostly of low quality. The anti-meat movement is mostly based on religious beliefs rather than empirical evidence. Remember that many of those who promulgated the lipid hypothesis in the 70-80s, also pushed (CSPI) trans fats as a safe replacement...

Sir, this is a tennis board. I've only seen you post things about global warming. You're definitely afraid.

Maybe if you'd eat some meat, you'd put on some muscle, stop being depressed, and stop worrying about global warming all the time.