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6-Week Adaptation to Minimalist Running Shoe Sign Boosts Running Economy, Doubles Improvements in 5k Time-Trial

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The study subjects were trained runners, results may differ for noobs. I openly admit that the focus of my SuppVersity articles has rarely been on endurance exercises like running. I am well aware, though, that many of you are participating in 10k and or marathon runs and will thus be interested in the results of a recent study in the  Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport  - a study that tried to get to the bottom of the ambiguous results on the performance enhancing effects of minimalist shoe wear, which appears to be divided into studies supporting its efficacy and papers reporting downright performance decrements when runners are transitioned from classic to lightweight minimalist shoes. If you are an endurance athlete, you have to learn more about bicarbonate at the SuppVersity Caffeine + Bicarb Make Champions Alkaline Diet = Ergogenic HIIT it Hard W/ NaCHO3 Avoiding Diarrhea W/ Bicarb Bicarb Doubles Anaer. Endurance Instant 14% HIIT Perf. B...
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Exercise Ups Your Antibacterial Defenses, Kettlebells Boost VO2, Medicine Balls Boost Throwing Velocity, Footwear Has Little Effect on Jumping Performance - Research Quickie

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If you are a handball player or someone else who "throws", you can consider medicine ball training an effective means to increase your throwing velocity. Since the last edition of the short news focusing solely on exercise science was a huge success, I will devote today's SuppVersity article to the same topic: The latest from the realms, ah... I mean laboratories of strength and conditioning researchers. In that, we will be dealing with the "immune" response to exercise. I will take another look at the VO2 boosting prowess of kettlebell training (done right). I will examine the outcome of a study investigating the effects of being barefoot, minimally shod or shod on jumping performance and muscle activation. And I will close the exercise research update with a study investigating the effects of medicine ball training on handball players' throwing performance. Read more short news at the SuppVersity Exercise Research Uptake Nov '14 1/2 Ex...
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