SuppVersity - Nutrition and Exercise Science for Everyone

Make room for cardio & strength training in your workout routine. Both offer significant and scientifically proven health benefits, but neither cardio or strength the will prevent diet-induced obesity, when you eat everything in sight. Time for another installment of the SuppVersity Short News on exercise science. This installment features the effects of strength training associated with whole body vibration training on running economy and vertical stiffness (Roschel. 2015), the acute effects of plyometric intervention on sprinting performance (Mackala. 2015), the anti-colon-cancer effects of aerobic training (Frajacomo. 2015) and, finally, the effects of exercise training and energy expenditure following weight loss (Hunter. 2015). When we are already talking "metabolic damage", let's top that off with a brief reminder that hyperphagia = eating everything in sight, not a reduced energy expenditure is the most significant contributor to post-diet weight regain. ...

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? ...

If strong is the new skinny, adding vibration training to your regimen may help you to get "skinny" ;-) You will probably remember the post about hydraulic resistance training and my plea to stay open minded with respect to new training techniques. Now, I have to admit that I have not always followed my own advice in the past. Whole body vibration training is, as I told you only recently, something I have never taken seriously... in my own defense, I do have to say that there is still no evidence that it will ever fully replace classic resistance and/or cardiovascular training, though. Due to its ability to reach muscle groups regular resistance training exercises won't stimulate optimally, the idea of using whole body vibration as an adjunct to classic resistance training as it was pursued by Margarett T. Jones, recently (Jones. 2014) sounds legit. Learn more about building muscle and strength at www.suppversity.com Tri- or Multi-Set Training for Body Recomp...

If you actually work out on the vibration plate (instead of just standing there) it may in fact be an effective adjunct to regular exercise for must of us. I have to admit that I am regularly laughing about the women on the vibration plates in my fitness studio. Now that I have read the latest paper from the Department of Medical Sciences at the University of Tsukuba , however, I will probably see them standing on the "wacker plates" with different eyes. In said study which was conducted by Sechang Oh et al. (2014) the scientists tried to elucidate the effects of what they call "acceleration training" (this is in fact what we know as vibration training) on the physical function, body composition, hepatic and metabolic function, fat contents in the liver and skeletal muscles of overweight subjects (BMI = 28 kg/m²) with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). For the lean NAFLD sufferers I'd suggest HIIT instead of a vibrator ;-) Never Train To Burn...