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“Dr. Schoenfeld stresses the importance of lifting with a lot of effort but describes research that suggests failure training may not build hypertrophy and may even be detrimental to strength.”

“However, upon refeeding only lean muscle mass is regenerated. The overall result, a loss of visceral fat without depleting lean muscle mass, is a desirable feature of a prolonged fast, particularly for athletic performance.”

“A person's chronotype, whether they are an early riser or a night owl, may affect optimal exercise timing. Thus, some self-experimentation may help athletes, both elite and recreational, find their ideal training period for peak performance.”

“People who believe they are more resilient recover from injury faster. Psychological stress is a risk factor for injury — managing this aspect of life can reduce injury and improve performance.”

“Autophagy is a cellular defense mechanism that gathers protein aggregates, pathogens, and damaged or dysfunctional organelles into vesicles within the cell and then delivers them for destruction. Subsequently, proteins, fats, carbohydrates, and nucleic acids are released for energy and re-use.”

“In this clip from Dr. Rhonda Patrick's appearance on The Mel Robbins Podcast, she discusses five supplements that address different nutritional or performance goals: omega-3, a multivitamin, vitamin D, magnesium, and creatine.”

“Short bursts of high-intensity exercise do not use mitochondria which means glucose is the only energy source for anaerobic exercise. This is an interesting study but still, a pilot trial and more data are needed before conclusions can be made.”

“Dom's efforts at teasing out the differences between induced nutritional ketosis (through a low carbohydrate, high fat diet) and ketosis from the dietary introduction of exogenous ketones, like beta-hydroxybutyrate, especially in the context of therapeutic and performance enhancing effects.”

“The good news is that extending sleep by ~1 hour per night has been shown to improve insulin sensitivity, normalize levels of appetite-regulating hormones, reduce cravings for sweet and salty foods, decrease sugar consumption, lower caloric intake, and aid in weight loss.”

“Methylation clocks can integrate signals related to systemic aging, but physiological aging—tissue architecture, fibrosis, vascular stiffness, muscle performance, mitochondrial capacity, and brain function often require direct imaging, histological, or functional measurements to detect changes due to interventions.”