Time Stamps
00:00:00 – Podcast Updates
00:21:29 – Q&A Intro and “How do you go about researching a whole new subject?” (Q1 from Teo)
00:39:29 – “Does T2DM make hypertrophy impossible?” (Q2 from Jon)
- Should You Cut Before You Bulk?: How Body-Fat Levels Affect Your P-Ratio
- Body-Fat and P-Ratios: A Rebuttal To The Rebuttal
- Body-Fat and P-Ratios: A Rebuttal To The Rebuttal To The Rebuttal
- For more direct data on diabetic populations: Beyond general resistance training. Hypertrophy versus muscular endurance training as therapeutic interventions in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Acosta-Manzano et al. (2020)
- Another 2020 systematic review: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis of the Effect of Resistance Training on Whole-Body Muscle Growth in Healthy Adult Males. Benito et al. Average increase of about 1.51kg.
- Metformin: optimism that it would help with hypertrophy: Metformin to Augment Strength Training Effective Response in Seniors (MASTERS): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
- But, that didn’t pan out. Didn’t stop hypertrophy altogether, but did seem to reduce it: Metformin blunts muscle hypertrophy in response to progressive resistance exercise training in older adults: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter trial: The MASTERS trial
00:55:18 – “Does getting a pump increase strength?” (Q3 from Alexander)
- Size vs. Strength: How Important is Muscle Growth For Strength Gains?
- Biomechanical implications of skeletal muscle hypertrophy and atrophy: a musculoskeletal model
01:05:20 – Stimulant metabolism (Q4 from Connor Smith)
01:17:40 – “How much can BMR vary between individuals?” (Q5 from Jon)
01:29:35 – “Is it possible to taper down activity levels (steps) without reducing calories?” (Q6 from Angela)
01:41:10 – “How do you incorporate plyometrics and explosive training for jump height” (Q8 from trugor)
01:54:29 – “Is there any research showing damage to the blood vessels or whatnot in the longer term due to the blood pressure increase, because of bracing/Valsalva maneuver?” (Q9 from No_Performer_8133)
- Occupational heavy lifting and risk of ischemic heart disease and all-cause mortality
- Occupational physical activity and cardiovascular disease in the United States
- Relationship between cumulative exposure to occupational lifting throughout working life and risk of ischemic heart disease in men and women. The Copenhagen Aging and Midlife Biobank
02:00:51 – “How much isolation work is too much?” (Q10 from tompa01)
02:10:05 – “Favorite and least favorite things I’ve cooked” (Q11 from Ali Shah)
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