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Exercise Research Update: Sprints for Endurance Athletes, Bench vs. Band-Assisted Push Up, HIIT in Hypoxia, Stiff-Legged Deadlifts vs. Leg Curls + 5 Add. Recent Studies

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If you want the latest in strength and conditioning research, today's SuppVersity article is for you! I am not sure if you are following belong to the readership of the Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research . As a SuppVersity reader you have yet read your share of analyses and interpretations of data from studies that have been published in this journal. Usually, only two to three articles per publication cycle make the SuppVersity Cut and are discussed at length, here at www.suppversity.com. For January 2015, I have decided to go take a different approach. I will present a broader range of articles and selected results to give you a better idea of what's going on this field of research. If you like this approach, let me know... who knows, maybe this is going to be the first in a new series of articles ;-) Are you looking for muscle builders ? Find inspiration in these articles: Tri- or Multi-Set Training for Body Recomp.? 1, 2, or 5 sets per Exercise? ...
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The 100 Squats A Day Challenge: Body Weight Squats Get Kids in Shape in Less Than 3 Minutes. Plus: Will Sitting Around Kill You, No Matter How Much You Work Out?

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This photo from motivationblog.org borders sexism, but you must understand ladies: Men are simple and lazy folks and you know about the importance of squats, anyways, right? No, you're not mistaken exercise and fat loss science (at least statistically your favorites) in a single blogpost. And as if that was not already enough, two of my favorites are also part of the game: For one thing the subjects in the latest study from the National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya, Kagoshima, Japan deals with ways to tackle childhood obesity and for another thing, the results are quite impressive, despite the ingenious simplicity of the approach the scientists used to improve the body composition, increase the fitness level and build muscle strength and size in their adolescent study particpiants: Do 100-rep body weight squats everyday after school! For the ninety 13.7 ± 0.6 boys who participated in the study this meant that they were squatting to parallel for roughly 3 ...
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