Is protein good for you? (or, Hire a damned methodologist already)
I was perusing the Table of Contents in the Journal of Sports Science and Medicine, and noticed a study entitled, “Effects of protein supplementation on muscular performance and resting hormonal changes in college football players.” Read More...
The beauty (and truth) of randomization
One very important distinguishing feature of many studies is whether it is a randomized controlled trial, or just a regular controlled trial. Read More...
HIIT vs Steady State–Who will win??
I’m no “real world” trainer, but if there’s anything that I am, it’s a “real world” researcher. And if there’s anything I can say that I do well, it’s research reviews. This review was a very exciting thing for me to do because this is a trial that has “real world” training implications and hopefully, you will see that not everything is crystal clear in an abstract. It also enabled me to demonstrate a few examples of how alternate analyses can be useful as well as the importance of succinct data reporting. Read More...
Stay tuned
Sit tight everyone, Read More...
Isolation is the key
Just like in CSI, evidence comes after the crime has been committed. Read More...
Neoprene wraps (Birmingham et al, 1998)
In this installment of “Neoprene wraps”, I’ll be looking at the study done by Birmingham et al. in 1998–of the earlier studies done on neoprene wraps and proprioception. Unfortunately, I haven’t got electronic access to an even earlier one in 1995–but maybe I’ll trek over to the bricks-and-mortar library to pick it up some time. Read More...
Neoprene wraps (Introduction)
There was a recent question in the Injury sub-forum at JPFitness.com (the link to JP’s forum is on the sidebar to the right) on knee sleeves in weightlifting. My own experience with knee sleeves and knee wraps has been somewhat limited in terms of using them, but given that I was part of the trial team that looked at knee bracing in patellofemoral syndrome, I’m not entirely unfamiliar with their concept, as we used neoprene knee sleeves as part of a placebo arm in evaluating patellofemoral braces in treating patellofemoral pain. However, I was definitely intrigued to look at the literature in terms of evidence for the use of neoprene sleeves in non-injured populations. Read More...
Do you know why?
I have a friend who recently decided that he would switch his workout from the evening to the morning. Like EARLY in the morning. Like, get up at 5am so he can eat, dress, go pick up his workout partner and arrive at the gym by 6:15, to start their workout at 6:30, which starts with “cardio”. This change, from a nice workout in the evening, which permitted sleeping to a decent hour in the morning to go to work. So I asked him why he was making the change. And the conversation went a bit like this: Read More...