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I am a current master’s student exploring topics related to health, fitness, and biochemistry.
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Understanding Blood-Flow Restriction Training
Reading Time: 8 minutesI started hearing about blood flow restriction training several years ago, but never really gave it much credence. I thought it was mostly a gimmick to give people that sought-after ‘pump’ which isn’t actually a useful marker of efficacy. I have begun to see blood-flow restriction being implemented more and more frequently…
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Initial Thoughts on Training to Failure
Reading Time: 8 minutesTraining to failure is a topic that is currently being consistently presented and discussed amongst the knowledge sources that I frequent. I have always enjoyed what I considered to be ‘pushing myself’ although I never quantified it in any way. I came to weight lifting very recently, really just as I was…
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Autophagy: Taming the Beast
Reading Time: 12 minutesBe sure to check out An Introduction to Autophagy, Autophagy: When, What, Where, and Why, and Autophagy: When Things Go Wrong. Congratulations! You’ve made it to the fun part. Now we get to discuss how we might harness autophagy to our (healthspan) advantage. As a quick debrief, autophagy is a form of…
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Autophagy: When Things Go Wrong
Reading Time: 11 minutes*Be sure to start with An Introduction to Autophagy and then Autophagy: When, What, Where, and Why. I think we can all agree at this point that autophagy is pretty badass. The catabolic process (the act of breaking something down) of autophagy is key in maintaining homeostasis (a stable equilibrium) within the…
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