Exercise Biology Forum

Serving Size Is What Drives How Much We Eat More Than Anything Else

2013-04-22T07:57:07+00:00

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/259413.php

Dose-dependent responses of myofibrillar protein synthesis with beef ingestion are enhanced with resistance exercise in middle-aged men

2013-03-27T11:37:23+00:00

full text(PDF)
http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/apnm-2012-0092

Does Adding Aerobic Exercise to Resistance Training Increase Muscle Growth?

2013-04-08T10:11:41+00:00

http://workout911.com/?p=4434

nice study overview by Brad

Kinetic chain weight training, strength assessment, and functional performance testing with reference to sports and rehabilitation

2013-04-07T06:01:29+00:00

Kinetic chain weight training, strength assessment, and functional performance testing with reference to sports and rehabilitation

Jesper Augustsson

Department of Orthopaedics
Institute of Surgical Sciences and
Rehabilitation Medicine
Institute of Clinical Neuroscience
The Sahlgrenska Academy at Göteborg University
Göteborg, Sweden, 2003
ISBN 9162858521

free text
http://www.orthopaedics.gu.se/digitalAssets/958/958473_J_Augustsson_Avhandling.pdf

Is Periodized Training Useful?

2013-03-20T16:56:33+00:00

European Journal of Applied Physiology
April 2013, Volume 113, Issue 4, pp 975-985
Comparison of muscle hypertrophy following 6-month of continuous and periodic strength training
Riki Ogasawara, Tomohiro Yasuda, Naokata Ishii, Takashi Abe

Abstract
To compare the effects of a periodic resistance training (PTR) program with those of a continuous resistance training (CTR) program on muscle size and function, 14 young men were randomly divided into a CTR group and a PTR group. Both groups performed high-intensity bench press exercise training [75 % of one repetition maximum (1-RM); 3 sets of 10 reps] for 3 days per week. The CTR group trained continuously over a 24-week period, whereas the PTR group performed three cycles of 6-week training (or retraining), with 3-week detraining periods between training cycles. After an initial 6 weeks of training, increases in cross-sectional area (CSA) of the triceps brachii and pectoralis major muscles and maximum isometric voluntary contraction of the elbow extensors and 1-RM were similar between the two groups. In the CTR group, muscle CSA and strength gradually increased during the initial 6 weeks of training. However, the rate of increase in muscle CSA and 1-RM decreased gradually after that. In the PTR group, increase in muscle CSA and strength during the first 3-week detraining/6-week retraining cycle were similar to that in the CTR group during the corresponding period. However, increase in muscle CSA and strength during the second 3-week detraining/6-week retraining cycle were significantly higher in the PTR group than in the CTR group. Thus, overall improvements in muscle CSA and strength were similar between the groups. The results indicate that 3-week detraining/6-week retraining cycles result in muscle hypertrophy similar to that occurring with continuous resistance training after 24 weeks.

interesting study

2013-03-01T19:10:25+00:00

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3551736/

Say bye, bye “BOSU”

2013-02-21T07:41:12+00:00

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19417231

Nutrient timing revisited: is there a post-exercise anabolic window?: post-exercise nutrient timing

2013-02-17T07:24:17+00:00

http://www.jissn.com/content/pdf/1550-2783-10-5.pdf

Women breast size and strength exercise

2013-02-13T08:40:31+00:00

It kind of awkward, so you guys have to excuse me.
Here it goes.
I’m pretty sure that exercises alone cant do much to change the way the woman breasts looks like
cause it’s mainly fat tissues, and not muscle
I found this article
http://www.naturallyintense.net/blog/exercise/weight-training/does-weight-training-really-reduce-breast-size-in-women/

with some study done back in 1985
unfortunlly there is no direct link and I have troubles to find it

If anyone have addition knowledge on subject I’ll glad to hear
Thanks

Massage for Exercise Recovery

2013-01-22T17:55:11+00:00

Today I read the following article, which examined the use of massage for recovery post-exercise: http://www.runnersworld.com/injury-prevention-recovery/does-massage-work-rabbits-know The study cited is here: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23274593

The author of the runnersworld article, Alex Hutchinson is well regarded as a science writer, but I still would be curious to see the full text. Because of Hutchinson’s reputation among the scientific community I do tend to trust his reporting is accurate.

What I really found interesting about this study is the use of a machine to simulate massage. I’d love to see similar studies in the future because the value of human contact itself is such a huge confounding variable in any sort of massage study.

Admittedly with lots of conjecture, the assumption is made that massage post-exercise reduces inflammation response. I wonder if one is seeking muscular development is this is useful. It’s my current understanding that inflammation is part of the remodeling process in the growth of muscle. I’d be interested to hear what others think.