Some of you may know that I’ve been an avid kiteboarder for the past 3 years now:
Those are pictures of me kiteboarding at Jetty Island in Everett, Washington. I’ve always wondered how many calories I burn while doing this. Interestingly, a study was published last year which can give me a rough estimate.
This study looked at the heart rate and oxygen uptake (the amount of oxygen your body is using to produce energy aerobically) of a group of kitesurfers while riding a course designated by a group of buoys. The researchers found that the kitesurfers achieved heart rates of around 80% of their maximum heart rates (the maximum heart rates were determined by a… Read More
While this post is not weight loss related, I was involved in an expert roundtable on a recent study comparing low repetitions and high repetitions of resistance exercise for muscle gain. The other experts were Lyle McDonald, Alan Aragon, and Borge Fagerli. Check it out over on Martin Berkhan’s LeanGains site.
I also highly recommend you check out this blog post on high fructose corn syrup over on Science-Based Medicine.
The next issue of Weightology Weekly will be posted in a few days.
Sorry for the delay, as I had a major project I was working on, but Weightology Weekly is now back in action! In this issue:
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Although this topic is not weight loss related, I wanted to briefly mention this. Some of you may be aware of a study I recently published, which showed that multiple sets of resistance exercise were associated with superior increases in muscle size compared to single sets. In the discussion section, I made the following statement:
It is known that mechanical loading stimulates protein synthesis in skeletal muscle, and increasing loads result in greater responses until a plateau is reached. It is likely that protein synthesis responds in a similar manner to the number of sets (i.e., an increasing response as the number of sets are increased, until a plateau is reached), although there is no research examining this.
I then went on… Read More
I’ve written a post over on my Health Sleuth blog, taking a critical look at the distinction between “artificial” and “natural.” You can read the blog post here.
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