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Heat After Lifting: Better Muscle Growth or Strength? — with Aidan Hopper (opens the original)
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🏋️♀️ Extended version of this interview: https://www.patreon.com/evidencestrong/posts/heat-therapy-or-169042101 🏋️♀️ Should you go to the sauna (or hot bath) right after your training session? Will it affect your strength or hypertrophy gains? Aidan Hopper led a meta-analysis of the studies that tested just that. Aidan Hopper, MS, CSCS, is a PhD student in Human Performance and Fitness and an adjunct professor at Lehman College. He earned his master's degree in Exercise and Sport Science from
What Team USA Learned From Testing Elite Weightlifters — with Kristof Kipp (opens the original)
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🏋️♀️ Extended version of this interview: https://www.patreon.com/evidencestrong/posts/biomechanical-of-168727322 🏋️♀️ This time, I caught up with Dr. Kristof Kipp on all the new developments in biomechanical testing of Team USA in comparison to the world's elite from other countries. Kristof Kipp, PhD, is a Professor at Marquette University, where he teaches and conducts research in applied sports biomechanics. His work focuses on the mechanics and coordination of strength-power sports, partic
Why You Can Keep All Your Muscle but Still Lose Strength on a Cut — with Khash Farzam (opens the original)
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🏋️♀️ Extended version of this interview: https://www.patreon.com/evidencestrong/posts/keeping-muscle-166807530 🏋️♀️ Manipulating body weight in sports like weightlifting and powerlifting may influence performance. This is because when losing weight, athletes usually lose some muscle mass, not only fat. But what would happen if all the weight loss came from the fat tissue? Khash Farzam discusses his patient, a powerlifter, who lost only fat, kept all his muscle, but still lost some strength. Dr
Retiring from elite weightlifting with Meredith Alwine (opens the original)
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🏋️♀️ Extended version of this interview: https://www.patreon.com/evidencestrong/posts/retiring-from-166804119 🏋️♀️ To become a great athlete, a person needs to make their sport a priority. This is the exact reason why retiring from an elite sport may be an extremely hard transition. Meredith Alwine retired two years ago; we sat down for a candid conversation on what helped and what still needs to be dealt with. Meredith Alwine is a former Team USA 71/76kg weightlifter who won the 2021 World Ch
Why Coming Home Can Be the Hardest Part of the Olympics — with Dr Karen Howells (opens the original)
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🏋️♀️ Extended version of this interview: https://www.patreon.com/evidencestrong/posts/post-competition-166449364 🏋️♀️ After representing their country on the biggest stages of the world, athletes face the hard comeback to a normal life, called post-Olympics blues. It is a known but hardly researched phenomenon. Dr Karen Howells is working to change this situation, with the ultimate goal of developing interventions to help athletes recover successfully. Dr Karen Howells is a Senior Lecturer in
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