Training articles, exercise technique, programming notes, and workout education.
Source: PubMed record for Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise study; DOI: 10.1249 A new PubMed-indexed study in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise compared eight weeks of traditional aerobic exercise with exergaming in middle-aged and older adults.…
Source: PubMed record for a Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition systematic review and network meta-analysis; DOI: 10.1080 A new PubMed-indexed sports-nutrition review compared creatine, beta-alanine, and combined creatine plus beta-alanine supplementation across randomized controlled trials in healthy…
Source: PubMed record for a Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness commentary; DOI: 10.23736 A new PubMed-indexed commentary argues that CrossFit research needs tighter sport-specific methods before coaches, athletes, or readers turn single studies into sweeping training rules. The…
Source: Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research / PubMed. DOI: 10.1519 The National Strength and Conditioning Association has a new PubMed-indexed position statement focused on strength and conditioning for female athletes, with Part I centered on lifespan, injury, and health…
Source: Proceedings of the Nutrition Society / PubMed. DOI: 10.1017 A new PubMed-indexed narrative review takes aim at a common problem in fitness nutrition: social-media claims aimed at active women that sound precise, sex-specific, and urgent, but often rest on…
A small PubMed-indexed study in competitive natural male bodybuilders tested whether inspiratory muscle warm-up could improve bench press 1RM and pulmonary-function measures.
Source: Geriatrics & Gerontology International / PubMed. DOI: 10.1111 A new PubMed-indexed review suggests that older adults may gain more lower-body strength from heavier resistance training than from lighter or moderate loading, while bone-density outcomes may be less clearly separated…
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports / PubMed. DOI: 10.1111 A new PubMed-indexed resistance-training study suggests that two popular intensity techniques may land in a similar place when they are built into a structured progressive-overload plan. The…
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports / PubMed. DOI: 10.1111 A new PubMed-indexed sports-science study adds nuance to a simple gym question: why do some athletes seem to need more fluid than others? The paper studied 30…
Source: PubMed record PMID 42374157; Scientific Reports, DOI 10.1038 A new randomized trial in Scientific Reports tested whether adding daily targeted stretching to regular swim training would improve 800-meter performance in master swimmers. Thirty swimmers were assigned either to regular…
