Health and Wellness
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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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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…