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Skeletal Muscle Protein Metabolism and Resistance Exercise
This is an excellent study showing the benefits of BCAA supplementation, especially for those of us who train fasted. Includes some surprising conclusions, like BCAA supplementation alone (without exercise) increasing muscle growth and BCAAs + carbs actually being inferior in some cases to BCAAs alone. As an added bonus, the full text is available for […]
Nocebo?
Posted by in Science on October 13, 2012
Everyone’s heard of placebo, right? There have been plenty of studies that demonstrate the placebo is a powerful effect, and that the act of simply expecting improvement often leads to improvement itself. Turns out, there’s an equally powerful opposite, called the nocebo response, which is examined in the study below. Deutsches Ärzteblatt: Archiv “Nocebo Phenomena […]
There’s No Such Thing As ‘Cardio’
This is an awesome tl;dr on a study released by the author that shows something anyone who has performed a widowmaker already knows: Anaerobic resistance training builds cardiovascular fitness just as well as aerobic. And best of all, the author makes the full text of the study freely available. The Life & Times of James […]
Study: The mere anticipation of an interaction with a woman can impair men’s cognitive performance.
Posted by in Science on September 18, 2012
Well, now, this is an interesting study. The TL;DR of it is this: A previous study has shown that when men interact with women, they don’t think as well. This study shows that, not only is that true, but that when men just think about interacting with women (pretty much all the time) they also […]
An excellent article on the science behind organic foods
Thanks to John Phung for the heads up! The Sins of Organic « Dangerously Hardcore
Be Careful Who You Get Your Supplements From
As a public service announcement for those who don’t get over to Reddit very often, here’s an interesting thread where an enterprising lad took a sample of the very cheap, very concentrated American Pure Whey protein product and ran a chemical analysis on it. The results? Well, roughly, a sample of APW that should have […]
Which is Better for Increasing Strength: 1, 4 or 8 Sets Per Exercise?
Interesting research review that examines a study that not only tracked strength differences but also mass differences on identical regimens of squats (only differing in sets performed) with three groups of previously trained lifters. The results are pretty interesting. Not that I’m strongly considering switching to squatting 8×8 two times a week, but doing 5×5 […]
The American Scholar: A New Theory of the Universe – Robert Lanza
Posted by in Science on June 3, 2012
This is without a doubt one of the more interesting articles I’ve read recently, intersecting nicely with my own thoughts on the nature of existence. Taking the position of Devil’s Advocate briefly, I will say that I believe most scientists shy away from this type of outlook (the Anthropic Principle in general) not because of […]
Willpower and Desire as They Relate to Fitness
Numerous times recently both on Fitocracy and in questions from readers of the blog, I have gotten questions on dieting. This is not a huge deal, and while I think it has been covered more thoroughly by more learned folk than I (see Lyle’s site, Alan Aragon’s site, and Martin’s site), I will likely end […]
Cholesterol adds more muscle gain to old people who train
Now, I’m not sure you should read too much into this (old folk, correlation != causation, etc.), but this study does make me think twice about the advice of some very large guys (like Jamie Lewis and Stan Efferding) to increase fat intake. Cholesterol adds more muscle gain to old people who train
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