A new year means New Year’s resolutions! Lots of people are probably getting their fitness on, whether it’s by joining a gym or putting on yoga YouTube videos. So this week, we’re stretching our muscles to explore the science of exercise!
A new year means New Year’s resolutions! Lots of people are probably getting their fitness on, whether it’s by joining a gym or putting on yoga YouTube videos. So this week, we’re stretching our muscles to explore the science of exercise!
Sources:
[Truth or Fail]
Myostatin-related muscle hypertrophy:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK1498/
Increased blood volume:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17630597/
New brain cells:
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-11/nwsu-eib111217.php
[Fact Off]
Thinking about muscles:
https://www.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/jn.00386.2014
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-to-grow-stronger-without-lifting-weights/
Animals on wheels:
http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/281/1786/20140210.full
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4760155/
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2018/09/14/409409.full.pdf
[Ask the Science Couch]
Flexibility:
http://web.mit.edu/tkd/stretch/stretching_2.html
http://web.mit.edu/tkd/stretch/stretching_3.html
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3273886/
[Butt One More Thing]
Space underwear:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-underwear-idUSTRE52M6ER20090323