Stanford researchers have developed a vacuum cooling glove that rapidly cools body temperature, greatly improves exercise recovery, and could help explain why muscles get tired. Why a glove? There you have a special network of veins. These networks of veins, known as AVAs (arteriovenous anastomoses) seem exclusively devoted to rapid temperature management. They don’t supply […]
Barbell Shrugged on Muscle Fibers
The Barbell Shrugged crew had Dr. Andy Galpin as a guest and talk about muscle fibers. Starts at [19:30] You can get mp3 versions and subscribe on iTunes.
Strength of Evidence Podcast #1
This was long overdue. Strength of Evidence Podcast (iTunes, Facebook) – a skeptical fitness podcast. Jon Fass, who you may know as a co-host of the Fitcast & Bret Contreras teamed up to take a look at at what the strength & conditioning, rehabilitation, fitness research really says. Topics: Evidence based decision making Hierarchy of Knowledge Logical Fallacies the Placebo Effect Where Research […]
Iron Radio Podcast DMAA, Caffeine, Research
Listen to Episode 158 of IronRadio with Guest Dr. Dawn Anderson. Topics: DMAA ban Strength Research Caffeine Download Audio: link to mp3 (right click + ‘save as’)
Doping: Supervision Instead of Bans
This was a good read. Current (article is from 2007) anti-doping policy: a critical appraisal. The authors took a look at common anit-doping arguments: the level playing field argument protecting the athlete’s health the concern for professional integrity the concern about unnecessary risk taking and come to the conclusion that: We believe that current anti-doping does […]
Examine.com Supplement Resource
Have you recently taken a look at Examine.com? It’s been a while since I first mentioned the supplement wiki. And it has grown quite a bit. Here for example is the entry on fish oil. Also, one of the creators, Silverhydra, offered some interesting insights he got, putting the fish oil page together.
Iron Radio #147 – Big Eats
Listen to Episode 147 of IronRadio. Topics: Science News, BIG EATS How maximum strength relates to your ability to do physical work (link to study) How many sets translate into maximum muscle protein synthesis (link to study) Download: link to mp3 (right click + ‘save as’)
After Workout Massages
A study published by Canadian researchers in Science Translational Medicine confirmed what many athletes already knew. Study: “Massage Therapy Attenuates Inflammatory Signaling After Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage” intense bicycle training one thigh was massaged one muscle for 10 minutes then they took tissue samples from both thighs and compared them Result: massaged thigh had lower inflammatory markers increased […]
Vitamin D and You – Naked Scientist Podcast
The Naked Scientist Podcast has an episode on Vitamin D.(SFW) Could a ray of sunshine hold the key to preventing MS, diabetes and even bowel cancer? Vitamin D – made naturally in skin exposed to strong sunlight – appears to reduce the risk of developing these, and a rash of other diseases. They talk about […]