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Medicine | Barbell Medicine
A doctor has just diagnosed you or a family member with osteoporosis. What does this mean, and what should you do about it? In this …
Placebo Performance Enhancing Drugs
The efficacy of placebo in enhancing performance is as well established as it is multifactorial. Geers 2014 This presents a paradox of a placebo being an inert substance, yet still having an effect on performance.
Strength & Cancer-related Mortality: Is it enough to exercise, or do you actually need to get strong?
Cancer is among the leading causes of disease and death in the U.S. and contributes to a substantial burden of disease in the world [CDC, WHO]. Enormous amounts of resources are spent on treatment as well as research into new treatment approaches (e.g., chemotherapeutics, immunotherapies, and other emerging treatments) that often provide small, incremental survival benefits over existing therapies at great cost.
Barbell Medicine Guide to Neck Pain Part IV: A Functional Approach to Management
Our fourth and final article in the neck pain series will discuss our approach to managing neck pain (see here for Parts I, II, and III), Whereas the traditional “impairment-based” approach involves searching for problems in the neck and trying to target them, we will instead advocate for an approach that aims to restore function for a person’s daily activities and individual goals.
The Menstrual Cycle, Estrogen and Performance: Part IV
In the final part of this series we will look at how altering exercise programming based on the menstrual cycle actually affects strength in athletes. Previous parts of this series are available here (Part III), here (Part II), here (Part I). The Science on Periodizing Training Based on The Menstrual Cycle The evidence that points to differences in training capabilities during different phases of the menstrual cycle has spurred another area of research relevant to female strength athletes.
The Menstrual Cycle, Estrogen, and Performance: Part III
In the third installment of this series, we’ll review the data on how the menstrual cycle affects training and sports performance. If you’re new to this series, check out Part I and II, available here and here. Data on the Effects of the Menstrual Cycle on Performance The main question is how these menstrual cycle impacts training adaptations and performance.
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