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Journal article · 2023

The Effect of Gut-Training and Feeding-Challenge on Markers of Gastrointestinal Status in Response to Endurance Exercise: A Systematic Literature Review

Isabel G Martinez, Alice S Mika, Jessica R Biesiekierski, et al.

Sports Medicine

Eating during endurance exercise can provide useful fuel while also causing digestive discomfort. Repeated practice with food or drinks may help, but the evidence does not show that every part of digestion adapts. Eight studies examined…

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Journal article · 2022

The HERITAGE Family Study: A Review of the Effects of Exercise Training on Cardiometabolic Health, with Insights into Molecular Transducers

MARK A. SARZYNSKI, TREVA K. RICE, JEAN-PIERRE DESPRÉS, et al.

Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise

How much can exercise change when the scale barely moves? A large family-based research program followed previously sedentary adults through 20 weeks of supervised cycling. Average maximal oxygen uptake, a measure of aerobic fitness, increased by…

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Journal article · 2022

The Impact of Training on the Loss of Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Aging Masters Endurance Athletes

Burtscher J, Strasser B, Burtscher M, et al.

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Losing endurance with age is not the same as losing endurance because training has changed. The authors examined long-term evidence in masters endurance athletes, mainly runners, alongside research on stopping and restarting exercise. Across six long-term…

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Journal article · 2024

The Importance of Recovery in Resistance Training Microcycle Construction

Colby A. Sousa, Michael C. Zourdos, Adam G. Storey, et al.

Journal of Human Kinetics

A workout can fit neatly into a calendar and still leave too little recovery for the next demanding session. The authors examined 24 studies of recovery between resistance-training sessions. Training to failure, higher volumes, and certain…

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Journal article · 2020

The M-band: The underestimated part of the sarcomere

Lange S, Pinotsis N, Agarkova I, et al.

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta Molecular Cell Research

What keeps a muscle's pulling filaments aligned when the forces on them are unequal? The M-band, a structure at the centre of each contractile unit, links thick filaments into an organised network. Proteins called myomesins provide…

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