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Journal article · 2021

Pyramidal Systems in Resistance Training

Grégoire Hugues Cattan

Encyclopedia

Changing the weight from set to set can organize a workout without making it inherently better. Pyramidal training varies load and repetitions, either moving from lighter to heavier work, reversing that direction, or combining both. In…

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Journal article · 2011

Quantification of the effect of energy imbalance on bodyweight

Kevin D Hall, Gary Sacks, Dhruva Chandramohan, et al.

The Lancet

Why does the same change in food intake not produce the same weight loss every week? Researchers modeled how adults' energy expenditure and body composition change over time, then compared predictions with experimental data. For an…

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Journal article · 2018

Quantifying Atherogenic Lipoproteins: Current and Future Challenges in the Era of Personalized Medicine and Very Low Concentrations of LDL Cholesterol. A Consensus Statement from EAS and EFLM

Langlois MR, Chapman MJ, Cobbaert C

Clinical Chemistry

A cholesterol result can depend partly on how the laboratory measures it. This paper examines ways to quantify blood particles that can contribute to artery disease. It highlights disagreement between LDL cholesterol methods, especially when triglycerides,…

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Journal article · 2016

Quantifying the Association Between Physical Activity and Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Ahad Wahid, Nishma Manek, Melanie Nichols, et al.

Journal of the American Heart Association

How much difference might becoming more active make before weight changes? Researchers combined prospective studies linking physical activity with cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. Compared with inactivity, activity equivalent to 150 minutes of moderate aerobic…

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Journal article · 2011

Quantity and Quality of Exercise for Developing and Maintaining Cardiorespiratory, Musculoskeletal, and Neuromotor Fitness in Apparently Healthy Adults

Carol Ewing Garber, Bryan Blissmer, Michael R. Deschenes, et al.

Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise

An exercise week can meet an aerobic target while leaving other parts of fitness largely unaddressed. The 2011 recommendations describe a broader plan for apparently healthy adults, covering aerobic activity, resistance exercise, flexibility, and movement skills…

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Journal article · 2020

Randomized Controlled Trials

Zabor EC, Kaizer AM, Hobbs BP

Chest

What makes a randomized trial convincing evidence that a treatment caused a change? Assigning participants by chance helps reduce differences between comparison groups, including differences researchers have not measured. But the control treatment, outcome definition, follow-up…

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