Monthly Archives: February 2009

Erasing Human Fear Response? New Study

It’s Coming! Just a heads up that I will be having a very special announcement in the next few days here on my blog. Until then, it will be top secret. For coaches/trainers or neuro freaks, I have an announcement … Continue reading

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Fruit, vegetable, and fish consumption good for your heart?

Brand new, bleeding edge research that will be published in March! (Epub was Jan 21) Fruit, vegetable, and fish consumption and heart rate variability: the VA Normative Aging Study. Park SK, Tucker KL, O’Neill MS, Sparrow D, Vokonas PS, Hu … Continue reading

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VPX Meltdown: Does It Work for Fat Loss? Brand New Fat Loss Research

Welcome again and thanks for stopping by! This issue will not make me any friends with the supplement companies, but I stand by science; so off we go! See the full abstract below and my comments after that. Thermogenic effect … Continue reading

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Performance Research for February: Protein Synthesis and Exercise Round 3

Kind of a “Duh” study below, but it is always nice to have research back up what we already “think” we know. I have my standard comments at the end as always. I think it was Dr. Peter Lemon (someone … Continue reading

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Official De-Lurk Day

Greetings! I have declared today an official De-Lurk Day. If you have enjoyed this blog or you happen to stumble across it via a search or however you ended up here, drop me a comment and say what is up. … Continue reading

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Z Health Question: Case Study/Car Accident and Basketball Performance

Happy Monday to all of you! I trust your weekend was a good one. I spent all day in the lab on Friday (6am-7:30pm) and stopped by Chipotle for a nice chicken burrito (hmmmm, burrito) and watched an episode of … Continue reading

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Will Caffeine Help Me Lose Fat? New Research

Here is a great review about an age old question. Does caffeine help you burn more fat? The use of burning more fat for fuel is referred to as the “Randle effect” The more technical definition is the inhibition of … Continue reading

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Kettlebell Snatch Test 4 Hour Work Week Style

Tim Ferris Does KBs! As most of you know, I am a huge fan on the 4 Hour Work Week by Tim Ferris. The ironic part is that I don’t even count how many hours I work in a week, but currently … Continue reading

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Music, Mobility, and Rhythm Z Health Style

After the onslaught of crazy science stuff, I figured a few of your brains may need a break. Below is a great video of some crazy mobility work done to the song “Loose Cannon” by the band Killing Joke. I … Continue reading

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Performance Research for February: Protein Synthesis Round 2

Even more data for all you on how to stay “functional” and add muscle. Off to the U of MN for some early morning testing on subject in my Energy Drink study. Aging, exercise and muscle protein metabolism. Koopman R, … Continue reading

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