2024
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Does Intermittent Fasting Improve Appetite Control?
Intermittent fasting strategies often induce spontaneous weight reduction. A meta-analysis explores the effects of intermittent fasting on appetite, and surprisingly finds non-significant results.
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Do squats count as cardio?
In the powerlifting world, it’s often joked that “cardio” can refer to anything over five reps. A new study searches for some truth behind the joke by exploring the cardiorespiratory and aerobic demands of squatting.
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Why is exercise variety good for muscle growth?
For decades, bodybuilders have preached that “switching it up” is needed for continued growth, often taking the form of high exercise variety. While there is truth in this belief, it can lead to inefficient training if you don’t know why and how to apply it.
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Does Caffeine’s Ergogenic Effect Depend on the Time of Day?
If you’ve ever dared to walk into a gym at 5:30pm, you know that a lot of people like to exercise after work. Caffeine is ubiquitous in pre-workout supplement formulations, which begs the question: is pre-workout caffeine effective in both the morning and the evening? A new study investigates.
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Do Non-Responders Need More Volume?
Not everyone responds the same way to resistance training. While some people were just dealt a bad hand in terms of genetics, many poor responders just need to alter their approach to training. Is increasing volume their answer?
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Should You Limit Sugar Alcohols?
This article discusses how ingesting foods containing sugar alcohols impacts the gastrointestinal (GI) system.
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Split vs Full-Body Training
This guide provides an overview of how to construct and implement split- and full-body training programs in various scenarios.
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Is Saturated Fat Inherently Fattening?
For decades, saturated fat was widely blamed for a dramatic rise in rates of obesity and heart disease. In recent years, that narrative has been challenged by proponents of increasingly popular ketogenic and carnivorous diets. Is saturated fat inherently more fattening than other fat sources?
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Is Breakfast Really the Most Important Meal of the Day?
Breakfast is often called the most important meal of the day. Will skipping breakfast negatively impact afternoon gym performance? A new study investigates.
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Retraction Notice: A Reminder to Keep the Evidence in Evidence-Based Fitness
Over 5 million people heard about a study reporting beneficial effects of cold water immersion and cold showers on fat loss and psychological outcomes. That paper has been retracted, but the damage has been done.