The Barbell 1 Show

You know I am always stressing that the response to any training or diet intervention is very individual and that studies actually show this, but no one ever talks about it, people only talk about the mean or average finding of everyone in the study. Well today’s study looked at baseline strength level and then used that to compare responsiveness to different styles of training – that is – do those with less strength respond differently than those with more strength. John always reviews the full-text of every article, but you may view the free abstract by clicking here: http://ro.ecu.edu.au/ecuworks2013/278/ .

I previously reviewed a study in episode 146 showing that doing band squats prior to max squat attempts can boost your strength and so when I saw another article along these lines showing banded squats prior to sprinting also improved performance I was definitely intrigued and wanted to share. John always reviews the full-text of every article, but you may view the free abstract by clicking here: http://journals.lww.com/nsca-jscr/Abstract/publishahead/POST_ACTIVATION_POTENTATION_EFFECTS_FROM.96901.aspx .

On Monday we reviewed one of my previous review papers on protein intake and today we review the 2nd one. John always reviews the full-text of every article, but you may view the free abstract by clicking here: http://www.jissn.com/content/pdf/1550-2783-9-42.pdf .

D-aspartic acid doesn’t seem to be quite as popular these days, but it has gone through phases where it was the hot new ingredient claimed to boost testosterone levels. I was surprised and wanted to review today’s study when I saw that in some cases it might actually reduce testosterone levels. John always reviews the full-text of every article, but you may view the free abstract by clicking here: http://www.jissn.com/content/pdf/s12970-015-0078-7.pdf .

From time to time, I realize I've been listening to the same songs too many times over and it's time to add some new songs to the iPod and share what I've added for those of you that may be interested.

When this podcast was newer, I mentioned a few times how I have a few peer reviewed publications, but I never reviewed them on the show oddly enough. So here we go! I review one of my own articles from 2012 on protein in weight management that was published in Nutrition & Metabolism. John always reviews the full-text of every article, but you may view the free abstract by clicking here: http://www.nutritionandmetabolism.com/content/pdf/1743-7075-9-81.pdf .

I can tell by the download numbers that many of you like the reviews of supplements. I think as high achieving people we are always striving for that little edge and so we want to know if there’s anything that could give us this edge. Today we review a new study on the supplement T+ by Onnit Labs. John always reviews the full-text of every article, but you may view the free abstract by clicking here: http://journals.lww.com/nsca-jscr/Abstract/publishahead/THE_IMPACT_OF_FOUR_WEEKS_OF_A_MULTI_INGREDIENT.96907.aspx.

As you know if you’re a regular listener of the show I typically review original research articles, but occasionally I do cover reviews of research and we have one of those articles today. Often times the reason I don’t cover reviews is because I was to avoid a potential extra layer of bias in interpreting the research, but reality is most people writing an in depth review of a topic are going to be quite while versed in the content and I think reading a few reviews gives a little bit of checks and balances – more than likely one group is going to highlight some aspects of the body of research that another group either forgets to include or is not as aware of or does not believe in for whatever reason. By quickly skimming the abstract of this study I got the feeling I might see a few different perspectives that are not as well discussed highlighted and so since most of you listeners are interested in building muscle – had to review this one. John always reviews the full-text of every article, but you may view the free abstract by clicking here: http://www.researchgate.net/publication/259390281_Evidence-Based_Resistance_Training_Recommendations_for_Muscular_Hypertrophy .

Brian and Alberto are both excellent coaches and recently polled fans for questions which they answered in a very well done video. So well done, that I asked them if they would mind my sharing it in an episode. Tune in for many great questions and answers on resistance training programming. Have a question for Alberto? Follow Alberto @nunez3dmj on instagram to submit questions for him to answer in future videos.

People argue all the time whether or not raw powerlifters should ever lift in supportive powerlifting gear or knee wraps. Will this prevent them from ever being able PR when lifting raw or will it actually create more overload allowing them to progress their raw lifts faster. I think the questions are still up for debate, but let’s review and discuss a 2012 research study on the topic. John always reviews the full-text of every article, but you may view the free abstract by clicking here: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22395280 .