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Nerd Fitness Fitness
No, it isn’t too late. People in their 70s, 80s, and 90s get meaningfully stronger when they start strength training, and beginners tend to see the biggest response to training. You also need far less than you’d guess: 30 to 60 minutes of...
Nerd Fitness Fitness
No, you don’t need a gym to get strong. Bodyweight training and weight training are both strength training, and both run on the same principle: progressive overload. In a gym you add weight to the bar; at home, you change your leverage...
Precision Nutrition Nutrition
A coach's field guide to the 7 GLP-1 client types—and how to help each one.
Stronger by Science Fitness
Hypertrophy probably contributes more to strength gains in new lifters than prior studies suggested … but the relationship is nowhere near as strong as it appears at first glance.
Stronger by Science Fitness
Resistance training is commonly performed dynamically using a full range of motion. Isometric training has long been thought to be inferior to dynamic training for increasing muscle strength and size. This article explores why the current...
National Institute on Aging Health
Learn about the unique opportunities the Butler-Williams Scholars Program provides for junior faculty, researchers who are new to the field of aging, and postdoctoral fellows.
The Nutrition Source (Harvard) Nutrition
The 2025–2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGAs) were released this week with the tagline “eat real food,” and a stronger stance on limiting added sugars and highly processed foods. But it also brought the return of a pyramid-like...
Stronger by Science Fitness
Few topics in the fitness industry divide the community like this one. But what does the research actually say is best for hypertrophy?
Stronger by Science Fitness
A recently published systematic review and meta analysis involving 50 studies and over 47,000 participants looked at the effect of resistance training on a plethora of pregnancy-related variables, from prenatal health all the way to...
Stronger by Science Fitness
Can you still train effectively after a bad night, or is it better to rest and recover?
Stronger by Science Fitness
For decades, thanks to observational studies suggesting a J-shaped curve, light drinking was thought to have some protective benefits for the heart, where a small amount supposedly lowered cardiovascular disease risk. However, that...
Stronger by Science Fitness
The evidence supports a broader theme seen throughout exercise science.
Stronger by Science Fitness
A recent umbrella review, which looked at 48 systematic reviews and meta-analyses (!), examined the effect of vegetable oils on multiple health outcomes.
Sleep Foundation Sleep
Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1s) like Ozempic can help with weight loss, which may assist with sleep apnea symptoms. If your sleep apnea has worsened with weight gain or you have other medical conditions that warrant the...
Stronger by Science Fitness
Several studies have compared being in a calorie surplus versus being at maintenance while resistance training.
Stronger by Science Fitness
A 2024 paper looked at the metabolic cost of walking with weighted vests.
Stronger by Science Fitness
A recent study by Yue et al is the newest addition to this body of research.
Stronger by Science Fitness
When already consuming a diet relatively high in protein and lifting weights, does leucine supplementation actually lead to better gains in strength and muscle growth?
Stronger by Science Fitness
Exercises to include in a balanced hamstring program
National Institute on Aging Health
NIH released the FY 2027 Professional Judgment Budget for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias and the NIH Scientific Progress Report.
Precision Nutrition Nutrition
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Precision Nutrition Nutrition
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National Institute on Aging Health
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Precision Nutrition Nutrition
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