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You better eat your breakfast. This study examined whether the daily consumption of normal breakfast vs. high-protein breakfast improves appetite control, food intake, and body composition in breakfast skipping young people with overweight/obesity. For 12 weeks, 57 adolescents consumed either: 13g protein breakfast ... 35g protein breakfast No breakfast. Appetite, food intake, body weight, and body composition were assessed before and after the 12 weeks. When comparing no breakfast to high protein breakfast, high protein breakfast: Prevented fat mass gains Reduced daily caloric intake Reduced daily hunger When comparing no breakfast to normal protein breakfast: No differences were found Conclusion: High protein breakfast improved indices of weight management as illustrated by the prevention of body fat gain, voluntary reductions in daily intake, and reductions in daily hunger in breakfast skipping adolescents.

The W’bal model can we quantify athletes’ anaerobic gas" levels? What is anaerobic? Before we dive into the quantification of anaerobic gas, and see if it is possible, we need to make sure that we are all on the same page when it comes to definitions. So whenever we talk about energy systems, we usually see similar tables and graphs that contain these 4 energy systems: 1) ATP store...Continue reading

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Vertical Jump As a Measure of Neuromuscular Fatigue: Neuromuscular fatigue is recognized as a multifactorial phenomenon whose etiology is still the topic of a lot of debate. However, most definitions of neuromuscular fatigue share a common element the observation of an exercise-induced decline in muscle force production together with an increase in the level of effort required to perform the exercise. When fatigue is presented, structural changes in the muscle can be seen i...Continue reading

What does it take to run a 2h marathon? A critical velocity of 21 km/h! Following our previous posts in a series about the physiological demands of a 2h marathon, we present to you the blood lactate profile of one representative world-class marathon runner from Nike’s Breaking 2 project. LT (lactate threshold) represents the first threshold, and LTP (lactate turn-point) represents the second threshold (=critical velocity).... So yes, this athlete’s critical velocity is around 21 km/h! And as you may know this is the pace for a 2h marathon. Reference: https://journals.physiology.org///japplphysiol.00647.2020 #breaking2 #marathon #marathonrunning #halfmarathon #runners #running #run #runners #instarunners #instarun #instarunner #runhappy #runnersofinstagram #swimbikerun #runningman #runnerscommunity #trailrunning #trailrun #runninggirl #runnersworld #runchat #sportscience #sportsperformance #athleticdevelopment #athleticperformance #cfsc #nsca #athlete #exercisescience

A VO2 of more than 70! Yes, seventy! Following our previous post in a series of posts about ‘what it takes to run a 2h marathon?’, we present to you the VO2 data of one representative world-class marathon runner from Nike’s Breaking 2 project. This VO2 treadmill test started with an abrupt transition to running at 17 km/h, Then, the running speed was increased by 1 km/h every 3 minutes (until 19 km/h), and then by 0.5 km/h every 3 minutes until the athlete reached volitional... exhaustion. VO2 data are presented in 10-s bins. Remember, the pace for a 2h marathon is 21 km/h. Reference: https://journals.physiology.org///japplphysiol.00647.2020 #breaking2 #marathon #marathonrunning #halfmarathon #runners #running #run #runners #instarunners #instarun #instarunner #runhappy #runnersofinstagram #swimbikerun #runningman #runnerscommunity #trailrunning #trailrun #runninggirl #runnersworld #runchat #sportscience #sportsperformance #athleticdevelopment #athleticperformance #cfsc #nsca #athlete #exercisescience

Want to know what it takes to run a 2h marathon? Our next few posts will be dedicated to this question, following the recent article published by Jones et al. using data from Nike’s Breaking 2 project. https://journals.physiology.org///japplphysiol.00647.2020... We will start with the force and temporospatial characteristics during over-ground running at 21 km/h, the pace for a 2h marathon. #breaking2 #marathon #marathonrunning #halfmarathon #runners #running #run #runners #instarunners #instarun #instarunner #runhappy #runnersofinstagram #swimbikerun #runningman #runnerscommunity #trailrunning #trailrun #runninggirl #runnersworld #runchat #sportscience #sportsperformance #athleticdevelopment #athleticperformance #cfsc #nsca #athlete #exercisescience

Veterans / Remembrance Day and Sport: Did you know that during WWII During WWII the Americans developed the BEANO T-13 grenade, which was in the size and weight of a baseball, as they thought young Americans would be familiar with it, and thus, throw it more effectively?