Bro Research Radio

In this episode Ryan and I go through each of our recent programming tweaks after going through Dr. Zac Cupples Human Matrix Course.

In this episode Zac, Ryan, and I continue our discussion of the nuances of potentially bringing fundamental principles from the physical therapy world into the realm of hypertrophy and strength. 

In this episode Ryan and I discuss the mind-muscle connection and some rarely talked about downsides of the big boy compound lifts.

In this episode Ryan and I discuss his recent competition season and the series of lab markers we collected as he went through the process of getting to below essential levels of body fat. 

This podcast is for educational purposes only and please give a huge thanks to Ryan for being so open about sharing his experience and lab work. 

Excess energy seems to favor nitrogen retention BUT what if you eat too much…Will it be converted to fat? Or will it be oxidized for energy and then allow fat from the diet to be deposited in adipose tissue? If so, what is the percentage of the kcals from protein would we be able to use for energy AKA what is the metabolic cost of deamination and conversion of proteins to glucose (via Krebs and Gluconeogenesis) or fatty acids (via acetyl CoA)?

In this episode Ryan and I discuss the available overfeeding studies on protein.

If you would like to do your own reading the majority of the pubmed links are below

Only real controlled feeding study 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3777747/

Free living studies

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24834017

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26500462

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26778925

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27807480

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29405780

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26957922

Mechanistic Studies 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31145699

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31126082

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3636601/

In this episode Luis Villaseñor of KetoGains and I discuss the positive and negatives of Keto as well as all nonsensical tribal psychology that seems to have come along for the ride. 

In this episode Dr. Mike T Nelson and I discuss the recent commotion with HRV as well as:

·  The utility of HRV in endurance sports vs. strength sports. We also discuss the new study utilizing both HRV and  photoplethysmography (central and peripheral markers) to better identify overreaching. 

·  Methods for identifying FOR, NFOR, and OTS and how none of them are very prognostic.

·  Differences in HRV metrics. Problems with complicated data that may not be predictive in the general population. Would you ideally black athletes out to the data?

·  Overall thoughts on biometric tech such as the oura ring etc. Seems like the majority of people who use these don't need it and the sheer amount of data with a fragility mindset can cripple them AKA they just need to master the fundamentals and smash weights for a decade.  
 
 For more reading on this topic the links to the majority of the mentioned studies are below. 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30702985 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6538885/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30407274

In this episode Dr. Tommy and I discuss glucose and insulin spikes and non-insulin and insulin mediated whole body glucose uptake and the multitude of other factors that surround this topic. 

For more reading on this topic the pubmed IDs are in the graphs (video available on youtube) we discuss and below are the links to the majority of the mentioned studies are below. 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17997840
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30239554
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17609259
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27111219
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29225902
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3130396
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20456814

In this Episode Dr. Eric Helms and I discuss the currently available scientific literature on Lean Bulking and the upcoming trials that are in the works for 2019 and 2020. 

Reading that you may want to partake in before or after this episode. 

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331071618_Effects_of_different_dietary_energy_intake_following_resistance_training_on_muscle_mass_and_body_fat_in_bodybuilders_a_pilot_study

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23679146

In this Episode James Cerbie and I discuss NIRS technology his mitochondrial research at the University of Utah. 

*Still unsure why James is pronouncing NIRS in Spanish phonetics…but I like it!

Reading that you may want to partake in before or after this episode. 

https://www.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/japplphysiol.00166.2018

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4799962/

https://functionalmedicinecostarica.com/nirs-holy-grail-or-waste-of-time/