What a Pain in the…Back
By Aimee Polgar DC-s, CISSN – Approximately 80% of people experience low back pain (LBP) in their life time, and low back pain does not […]
Category Archives: Fitness
You’re Lovin’ It!
By Jose Antonio PhD FNSCA FISSN. Bite-Sized McNuggets For You To Chew On: Studies on fast food and exercise are about as common as […]
Cardio Makes You Fat and Apples Will Rise
By Jose Antonio PhD FNSCA FISSN Key Points To Memorize for the ‘Cardio Makes You Fat’ Crowd Longitudinal training studies of fat kids shows […]
Which Way for Whey?
Which way for whey? By Brian Klepacki, MS, CISSN, CSCS Are you sick and tired of trying to navigate through the world of choosing the […]
Killing Pain or Killing Your Workout?
There are over 900 studies documenting the adverse effects of statin drugs designed to protect the heart by reducing cholesterol levels. Conversely, there have been […]
The Single “Training” Hypothesis
By Jose Antonio PhD FISSN – If you are/were a science major at a college or university, then you’ve been taught the ‘scientific method.’ Scientists […]
Full Court D
By George L. Redmon PH.D. Make It Rain Anabolically With Vitamin D Unwavering literature indicates that physical and athletic performance peaks when 25-hydroxy-vitamin D [25(OH) […]
The 10 Commandments of Holiday Dieting
by Orit Tsaitlin CISSN Your trainer or sports nutritionist probably tells you that he adheres to his diet while traveling. He will also tell you […]
Getting Big: Stuff to Know
By Sergio Fontinhas – Skeletal muscle hypertrophy refers to an increase in cell size (due primarily to the addition of myofibrillar protein) following chronic heavy […]
1 vs 3 vs 5 vs 100 sets
By Jose Antonio PhD. How many sets and reps are best for strength? Size? Exercise performance? I’ll get to that. First a quick note. […]
Skeletal Muscle Fiber Hyperplasia
by Jose Antonio PhD. PREFACE – It has been about a score (that’s 20 years for those who slept through English 101) since I’ve […]
Caffeine – ‘Nuff Said
By Jose Antonio PhD. I love caffeine. There! I admit my addiction. Me and caffeine are like a Antony & Cleopatra, Bacon & Eggs, or […]
