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Science Round-Up 2nds: Intra-/Post Workout Stims, Carbs & Protein and Their Effects on Performance, Hydration, GH, Cortisol, Testosterone & Fatty Acid Oxidation

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As mentioned on yesterday's show, small 100kcal packets are as much of a problem as large dinner plates and XXL meals (data based on Coelho do Vale. 2008) I want to start today's Seconds with a question: How did you like that Carl and I did not rush through the news-lineup as it was the case in previous episodes, but simply took our time to discuss the topics in depth an breadth, yesterday ? Personally, I believe that this is much better than the accumulation of "buzzword" the show had become in the previous weeks due to my "study hunter and gatherer" drive - or, in other words, the mere mass of studies I wanted to pack into the show and Carl's desperate effort to cover them all. Would you agree? And what other changes / improvements would you like to see in the future? We are open for constructive criticism. You can't improve your game without it. Let's get to what did not fit into the show, then ... The net result of the spending mo...

Pseudo-Ephedrine Improves Cycling Performance in Trained Athletes

As Wikipedia knows, other than its banned brother "real" ephedrine, "pseudoephedrine sulfate are found in many over-the-counter preparations either as a single ingredient or, more commonly, in combination with antihistamines, guaifenesin, dextromethorphan, paracetamol (acetaminophen), and/or NSAIDs." With these medications being readily available from the average Athlete's poison cabinet, it might be of particular interest, that Pritchard-Peschek et al. ( Pritchard-Peschek. 2010 ) found that ingestion of 180 mg of pseudoephedrine (PSE) had immediate positive effects on cycling time-trial (TT) performance in six well-trained male cyclists and triathletes (age 33 ± 2 yr, mass 81 ± 8 kg, height 182.0 ± 6.7 cm, VO2max 56.8 ± 6.8 ml · kg–1 · min–1; M ± SD): PSE improved cycling TT performance by 5.1% (95% CI 0–10%) compared with PLA (28:58.9 ± 4:26.5 and 30:31.7 ± 4:36.7 min, respectively). There was a significant Treatment × Time interaction (p = .04) for NE, with ...
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