Health Liability will make or break Football »
By 2008, I was impressed American football continued to get away with butchery, even killing. Like me, many former players saw through the football mythology, understood The Spectacle, the power of denial for issues that impacted the health of athletes. Popular sentiment held football as essential for American life, right? Yeah, we older guys heard [...]
NFL players and head injuries – an update »
I have written previous articles about concussions in sports and specifically about how head trauma may have affected Steelers’ quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. A brand new news report on ESPN claims that Cincinnati Bengals wide-out Chris Henry who died in a tragic accident last year had “chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) — a form of degenerative brain [...]
An update on creatine and DHT – Part Two »
In part one of this article, I showed you the comment of Professor Gary Green on a recent study showing creatine to raise DHT levels in men. In this part I will show the response from the original authors Kathryn Myburgh, Johann van der Merwe and Naomi Brooks, all of the Department of Physiological Sciences, [...]
An update on creatine and DHT – Part One »
Some of you may remember a study published in September of last year in the Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine (CJSM) regarding the effect of creatine of DHT levels in South African rugby players over three weeks. If you didn’t read the actual study then I’d at least hope that you read the article here [...]
Avoid the post-exercise sauna »
For some people there is nothing more relaxing than a hot sauna after lifting weights, but some new research coming out of the University of Montana is suggesting that this may not be the best time for it. Post-exercise is one of the best times to eat as you have set up pretty much the [...]
Caffeine may reduce the risk of developing diabetes »
Like I said last update, this marks the end of Caffeine Week. And this one is just a quickie, mostly because I’m going to briefly discuss a mouse study and I really don’t see the need to go into a ton of detail unless there are humans involved. Researchers from Nagoya, Japan fed genetically modified [...]
Caffeine works better if you expect it to »
This article was actually going to feature as part two to the illusion of caffeine but then I decided to make it its own little update. I know what you’re wondering based on the title, but bear with me as it turns out that your coffee will give you a better kick up the ass [...]
The illusion of caffeine »
I never check for updates from the journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, so you (well, I) can thank a recent BBC article for letting me know about this study. It is somewhat relevant not only because it’s officially Coffee Week here at ST, but because it references caffeine tolerance which is apt for the previous two articles [...]
Ergogenics: Caffeine – Part Two »
The previous article discussing the ergogenic effect of two different dosing protocols of caffeine involved looking at men and leg performance. This update looks at the upper body strength of women, specifically the bench press. For those interested, the full study can be found online for free here. This study published in the JISSN did [...]
Twenty grams of protein per meal may be optimal »
For years, bodybuilders have espoused the benefits of consuming tremendous quantities of protein. From as far back as Eugen Sandow consuming a gallon of milk per day, to the 3,000 calorie weight gain shakes of the ’90s, to the modern day claims of top bodybuilders that they eat 500 grams of protein per day, the [...]
