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Fear of loss: How the fitness claims get you
All through my undergraduate “career”, I worked in labs. Just as there are gym rats, I was a lab rat. Great experience for me. Okay pay for a student. But when I finished my undergrad, I already knew I...
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Belief shouldn’t be part of why something works (unless it’s curing cancer)
There are a lot of things you should believe in: the resilience of the human spirit, your own resolve to achieve what you want to get out of life, and perhaps that we will be able to sort ourselves out...
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If you’re going to claim to improve hypertrophy, measure hypertrophy. (P.S....
There’s been lots of attention to one of the latest studies out of McMaster University on low-load high volume resistance exercise and protein synthesis. I, for one, am not beneath jumping on...
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It was bound to happen
This blog entry is courtesy of Fran Mayo who read an article in “Runner’s World” about some of the benefits of drinking pomegranate juice. It was fairly inevitable that I would get around to talking...
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The Information Diet
The New Year season is full of resolutions to diet for weight loss. It’s also one of the most fruitful seasons for merchants who produce weight-loss products to add to their bottom line. They’re easy...
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Toe-ing the line: What I think about this whole shoe thing
Oldest discovered leather shoe: 5500 years old I’ve had a few emails asking me to review some of the literature on the new shoe trend. Every company is jumping on the bandwagon to create their version...
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Beta-alanine: The meta-analysis – 18 trials, still a marginal effect
I’ve always thought a meta-analysis on beta-alanine was a good idea. So many of the trials have been underpowered, that it felt like weren’t getting anywhere fast. I wanted to be the one to do it, but...
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30 seconds of idiocy. The cure for cancer is delayed by decades.
There was a really interesting letter in the journal Nature on Thursday, “Australia’s grant system wastes time,” which was about how much time goes into preparing a grant for funding with Australia’s...
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The HMB-FA randomized trial: Not Sure If….
Wow. It finally happened. On first glance, I haven’t seen data this promising about a supplement since…ever. HMB (beta-hydroxy-beta-metahybutyrate) has been so _unpromising_ since its emergence back...
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