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New Research Says You’ll Likely Gain Weight During the Holidays; Here Are 7 Tips to Avoid It at Thanksgiving
The holiday season is good for spending quality time with loved ones, taking a much-needed reprieve after a long year of work, and — perhaps most of all — indulging in festive foods that warm the soul. However, those fuzzy feelings can come with a cost to your waistline, as a recent study illustrates. A systematic review published…
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Are Long-Length Partial Reps the Secret to Hypertrophy?
Natural bodybuilder, powerlifter, and BSc-qualified biochemist Jeff Nippard released a YouTube video on Nov. 11, 2023, hailing long-length partial reps as “The World’s Smartest Intensity Technique for Muscle Growth.” That’s a bold claim, but he presented evidence to back it up. Traditional reps typically require the lifter to move the weight through their full range of motion (ROM)….
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New Study Compares Diet Soda vs. Water For Weight Loss
With a 12-ounce can of Coca-Cola containing a whopping 39 grams of sugar, it’s long been understood that sweetened sodas will likely derail anyone’s weight loss journey as the 140 calories per can* — which should arguably say 156 calories per can instead since every carb contributes four calories. The positive or negative effects of diet sodas, however,…
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Can You Use the Placebo Effect for Better Muscle & Strength Gains?
Forget your lifting belt; your mind might just be the most potent tool you have at your disposal to help you perform better in the gym. In a Nov. 8, 2023 YouTube video, exercise science researcher, coach, and competitive powerlifter Dr. Layne Norton expanded on the scientific evidence behind the placebo effect — and offered some helpful real-world…
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Does More Volume Equal More Gains?
On Nov. 2, 2023, natural bodybuilder, powerlifter, and coach Dr. Layne Norton published a video on his YouTube channel wherein he broke down the findings of an October 2023 study published in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, comparing the effects of progressively increasing training volume on strength and muscle gains compared to consistent training volume. The research…
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How Exercise Affects How the Body Uses Sugar
Sugar plays a significant role in fueling the global obesity epidemic, as it makes it easy to enter a caloric surplus. However, sugar can play a nuanced and even helpful role in one’s diet when not ingested aimlessly, like from sugary sodas and other empty calories (i.e., calories that offer no nutritional value). In a video published on…
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The Mike O’Hearn Show: FDA Shifts Peptides to a Schedule II Substance
On Oct. 13, 2023, Mike O’Hearn brought the owner of Titan Medical — a hormone replacement therapy clinic based in Tampa, FL — John Tsikouris, on The Mike O’Hearn Show to review the sudden shift the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) made on peptides to a Schedule II substance — the same category as “fentanyl, hydromorphone, meperidine, methadone, morphine, oxycodone, dextroamphetamine, methylphenidate, methamphetamine, pentobarbital,…
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Dr. Layne Norton Explains New Study: You Don’t Need a Caloric Surplus To Build Muscle
A new study on the interaction between caloric surpluses and rates of muscle gain might just change the way you formulate your next bulking phase. On Wednesday, Sep. 27, 2023, Dr. Layne Norton took to YouTube to break down the data. The study in question, entitled “Effect of Small and Large Energy Surpluses on Strength, Muscle, & Skinfold…
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Mitchell Hooper Explains Why You Should Stop Using Cold Therapy During Recovery
2023 World’s Strongest Man (WSM) Mitchell Hooper holds a human kinetics degree from the University of Guelph and a master’s degree in clinical exercise physiology from the University of Sydney. He knows not … Read more
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New Meta-Analysis Suggests Artificial and Stevia-Based Sweeteners Help Reduce Fat Mass
Fret not the artificial sweeteners! A 2023 review in Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition has concluded that zero-calorie sweeteners might actually be helpful for reducing fat mass. More specifically, the findings … Read more
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