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High Protein Cake
Ingredients: 2 bananas – mashed up 70g protein powder – I used unflavoured hemp protein 3 eggs 100g ready brek or oats 50g peanut butter 50g ground almonds Olive oil Flax seed powder Raisons 20g honey Instructions: Mix together in a bowl and add to a cake tray (lined with baking paper or foil) Heat for…
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Marketing – Exploitation of Insecurities
There are quite a few different ways in which marketers try and convince us to buy their products. Possibly the most widely used method, involves identifying and exploiting common insecurities within a given demographic. Marlboro for example, famously hired Wayne McLaren and branded their product alongside images of macho cowboys, in order to convince young men, insecure…
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Exercise for depression – studies
Study 1 http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/ccp/55/5/748/ We compared the effectiveness of an aerobic and nonaerobic exercise in the treatment of clinical depression in women. A total of 40 women, screened on the Research Diagnostic Criteria for major or minor depressive disorder, were randomly assigned to an 8-week running (aerobic), weight-lifting (nonaerobic), or wait-list control condition. Subjects were reassessed…
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Flexibility Training
3 studies of interest: Study 1 http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/8531617 – 2 Groups – Flexibility training only – Strength training and Flexibility training combined Flexibility only group increase range of motion and flexibility more than the combined group The results indicate that the FO group increased its range of motion in shoulder abduction to a significantly greater extent…
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Apricot Kernels, Bitter Almonds & Cancer
This stuff is always popping up on my Twitter and FB feed – sodium bicarbonate, ketogenic diet, and vitamin b17 kills cancer. Oh and cannabis, obviously. To be fair, there is a huge amount of evidence for cannabis ‘preventing’ cancer, but that’s another story… I decided to spend a bit of time, actually researching the…
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Plyometrics for Strength and Power
In this study, women completed a 6 week training protocol of either ‘fast’ press ups, or plyometric press ups (free falling down from knees and explosively pressing back up, 1 rep per 4 seconds). The plyometric group experienced significantly greater improvements than the DPU group on the medicine ball put: http://journals.lww.com/nsca-jscr/Abstract/2000/08000/Comparison_of_Dynamic_Push_Up_Training_and.2.aspx A combination of squats…
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Study of the week – Muscle Temperature and Power Output
Took me ages to find any studies on this: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00424812 The above study looked at pedalling power output during maximal sprints. After warming the legs in a 44‡ C water bath there was an increase of ∼11% in maximal peak force and power (PPmax) compared with normal rest while cooling the legs in 18 and…
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MuscleTech Gakic Review
Made an emotionally based purchase last week, and shed out £30 on Muscletech Gakic – 2 months supply. Bought it off ebay. I’ve been training with weights for 18 years, and think I’ve maxed out my genetic potential on most bodybuilding style exercises like bench press, so any improvement in strength would be amazing. I’ll…