Dietary creatine supplements raise serum creatinine mimicking acute kidney injury Jordan Feigenbaum, Robert Hoffman, MD, and Kristopher Hunt, MD | April 05, 2017 Both creatine monohydrate and creatine ethyl ester have the ability to substantially increase serum creatinine levels during initial stages of supplementation, which may potentially alter or inappropriately influence diagnosis and management of a patient presenting to the emergency department with and isolated elevated serum creatinine. Continue reading
It’s Time to Stop Talking About “Supercompensation” Jonathon Sullivan MD, PhD, SSC and Mark Rippetoe | March 29, 2017 The term “supercompensation” appears in the biomedical literature in the early twentieth century, not in the context of physiology, but in the context of philosophy and psychoanalytic theory – and that, right away, should raise a red flag. In any event, the term was first appropriated in English by physiologists in 1950, to describe changes in muscle glycogen content during recovery from different workloads. Continue reading
The Mathematical Nature of Strength Training Mark Rippetoe | March 24, 2017 Few things could be simpler: use a few exercises that work as much of the body at one time as possible, find out how strong you are now on these exercises, and next time you train, lift a little heavier weight. Just a little. It’s the same process you used to learn to read, to play the guitar, to get a suntan, and to finish your master’s thesis. Continue reading
Into the Great Wide Open: The Texas Method and 5/3/1 Jordan Feigenbaum | March 22, 2017 The world of training after the novice linear progression may be the most volatile place for a lifter. Three to five months of adding weight to the bar nearly every session on the same lifts is no small task. Yet the process of regularly adding ballast and diligently doing the program does not adequately prepare the lifter for making the very important decision: What’s next? Continue reading
One of the Most Underrated Strength Exercises You Can Do Mark Rippetoe | March 17, 2017 The deadlift is a very simple exercise that basically involves picking a barbell up off the ground and setting it back down. It’s a bit more involved than that – most everything is, and despite the fact that some fitness chains have decided to sell memberships by making fun of it, the deadlift is one of the most basic and useful strength exercises in the gym. Continue reading
