Thank you. This is something that the majority of the media (including writers for Lifehacker at times) could pay more attention to. Now only if we could get writers to stop reporting anecdotal evidence that’s unsupported/contradictory to the literature; if you added that “evidence” to the above chart, we’d see even…

This. It’s the first thing we suggest to our athletes, novice and elite.

Yes, work capacity is related in part to aerobic capacity. But lifting relies on the ATP-PCr and anaerobic glycolysis system (predominantly); neither the NSCA or the ACSM suggest training aerobically to increase lifting safety (nor does the linked article mention any actual science to support that claim).

I’m not…

For academics/researchers Academia.edu used to be the popular choice, but now everyone seems to be trending towards Researchgate. Their RG score system seems to be a bit odd, but the resource/article sharing is spectacular!

Quite right, but that’s again due to the workout, not the increase in lean mass (and as an aside, if your resistance training workouts are approaching HIIT level, you’re not maximizing hypertrophy or strength capacity adaptation). Cardio can be done in a similar interval modality to increase RMR as well; it’s not…

I like the premise of this article, but the assumption that the increase in lean mass will significantly affect the resting metabolic rate is rather exaggerated. Plenty of research has indicated that muscle mass only burns ~6kcal/day/lb. A pound of fat burns ~2kcal, so we’re only going to see a RMR increase of…

I like the concept of the article, but we do need to be careful with these statistical concepts. Yes, pure exploratory correlation does not necessarily imply causation (and this is a common mistake made by researchers and reporters). But correlation performed in a confirmatory analysis (where the pathway of effect has…

Yeah, I'm personally not a proponent of supplements; you can get plenty of protein with veggies, grains, meats, etc. Plus, the majority of the protein guidelines common on the internet (and often here on Lifehacker) are ridiculously excessive and lack research support (2g/lb of bodyweight can be DANGEROUS to bone…

Afraid they will never be "proven" to build muscle. As I tell my students, science can never prove things (only support or refute an idea). But generally, protein has been shown to be helpful.
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I was more talking about Dr Norton's qualifications for "good" cardio; his standards are quite biased where they could possibly allow for a cardio workout that would meet his qualifications without any level of cardiometabolic adaptation optimization. Doing cardio without any priority for CM adaptation is rather…

We do have to be careful in the assumption that different cardiometabolic loads have the same training effect on the heart. While there's plenty of evidence that there is definitely a benefit from any exercise mechanism that increases heartrate, aerobic exercise has the largest positive impact on cardiovascular health…

I guess I interpreted the statement that cardio is good for you to imply that the health benefits were a priority. Otherwise why would folks that so obviously hate cardio do it? Decreasing lipid stores can more easily be accomplished via diet control (admittedly, with a 50% deficit from exercise, but this doesn't…

Exactly. Exercise, especially from an epidemiological perspective, isn't just about looking good or setting a new PR; disease control and health improvement implications are the first priority (especially as evidence continues to emerge that exercise is one of the most effective and cost-effective counters to…

The benefit of optimized interval training is the latent increase in metabolic rate; you burn more calories post-exercise as well. Ultimately for weightloss, specifically targeting lipid energy sources isn't as necessary as a calorie deficit; better to burn more calories (irrelevant of the type).

Those are rather narrow priorities for cardio; they ignore cardiometabolic adaptation for heart health completely (in fact, one of the three pieces of literature this article reviewed specifically identified a lack of cardiac adaptation). While strength capacity is certainly important (and staving off sarcopenia and…

Thank you! Too often the media grabs research without delving into the validity of the analysis. With that being said, participant sample size should be predominantly controlled through statistical power analysis for interventions. The latter study (17 males) reached a high power (95%) with their sample (the former…

Yeah, I try to diversify away from soy, in part due to the hormonal concerns. Being allergic to milk (with a partner who's lactose intolerant) forces a bit more work on that aspect. Thankfully plenty of alternatives have emerged (have been popularized) in more recent years. Whether it's as much of an issue is argued,…

Olympic Training Center; sorry for the confusion.

And so we can suggest non animal-based protein to supplement protein intake in order to lessen the environmental impacts. Not saying that we have to convert populations to a veggie diet, but diversifying their protein sources will help nutritionally and environmentally!

I'll dig through my conference proceedings when I get home (I save too many of those things); it was a conference from 2014 - pretty sure from a gal in Colorado Springs.
The largest vegan athlete we ever worked with was a 138kg lifter; following performance guidelines, he was on a 1.7g/kg diet (the protein intake is…