Archive for the ‘Research (Studies, Reports, etc.)’ Category

Should “Morality” Factor Into Exercise?

Saturday, November 3, 2007 22:51 No Comments

Just picked this one up on the wire:
Beer After Sport is “Good For The Body.”
Now, your first inclination should be to think, “Hey, didn’t Eugene write a blog post about how the media distorts and misrepresents scientific findings and how we should be reading the studies themselves?”
Indeed I did.
After the initial shock and horror [...]

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Cheaters in Sport.

Tuesday, October 9, 2007 23:54 No Comments

I previously blogged about cheating in professional-level sports and how athletes, though they’ve given their pound of flesh to achieve the lengths they do, are still cheaters if they use illegal substances (read: steroids) to enhance their performances.
Poor Marion Jones.  She was one of my two favorite female athletes from the track and field world [...]

This was posted under category: Research (Studies, Reports, etc.), Sports Performance

You Can’t Cheat Your Way To Fitness. Or Can You?

Monday, September 17, 2007 21:42 No Comments

What would you look like with 117% larger muscles and 73% more muscle fibers? Well, researchers are one step closer to making those pipe dreams a reality.
Mighty Mice Made Mightier.
(For all you science geeks, like me, here’s the study link. If you can’t be bothered with all that “science stuff”, this picture should make everything [...]

This was posted under category: Research (Studies, Reports, etc.), The Mental Game

When Should You Exercise?

Tuesday, September 11, 2007 9:54 No Comments

What’s the best time of day to exercise? Morning? Evening? Lunchtime?
The short and simple answer: Whatever time works for you.
For example, if you’re like most people, you may find that you don’t really get a choice - your schedule (and its relative inflexibility) decides when your exercise time is, even if it’s 5:30am.
For those of [...]

This was posted under category: Research (Studies, Reports, etc.), Sports Performance, Strength Training

Become an Educated Consumer!

Tuesday, September 4, 2007 21:38 1 Comment

If you’re a client of mine, you’ve heard me say the title of this blog post at least (by my conservative estimate) 7800 times.
It is so vitally important to apply your critical thinking abilities to the confusing and sometimes scary world of fitness and nutrition, I can’t understate it. In fact, let me say [...]

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