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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 [...]
The guys at Fitr.tv have Dr. Andy Galpin as a guest and talk about muscle fibers. Starts at [19:30] You can get mp3 versions and subscribe on iTunes.
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 [...]
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’)
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 [...]
