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Episode 73 of the Guru Performance ‘We Do Science’ Podcast! In this episode I (Laurent Bannock) discuss ‘Creatine for Health & Performance’ with Professor Eric Rawson, Bloomsburg University, USA. In this session we get into:

• Overview of Creatine
• Creatine Metabolism & Mechanisms of Action
• Creatine and Muscle Performance
• Creatine and Brain Function
• Creatine for Athletic Performance & Optimal Living
• Therapeutic Potential for Creatine Supplementation
• Creatine Related Myths & What the Evidence Says
• Supplementation Strategies and Caveats

Key Papers:

• In sickness and in health: The widespread application of creatine supplementation – Gualano et al.
• ResearchGate for Professor Eric Rawson

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Episode 49 of the Guru Performance ‘We Do Science’ podcast! In this episode I (Laurent Bannock) discuss ‘Mitochondrial Response and Effect of Repetition Duration in Resistance Training’ with Dr Dan Ogborn (www.DanOgborn.com), MacMaster University, Canada. In this session we get into:

• Role of Mitochondria in Muscle
• Mitochondrial Dysfunction
• Gene Shifting
• Mitochondria and Sarcopenia
• Free Radicals & Mitochondrial Function
• Repetition Duration (tempo) and Muscle Hypertrophy

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Episode 42 of the Guru Performance ‘We Do Science’ Podcast! In this episode I (Laurent Bannock) discuss ‘Mechanisms of Muscle Hypertrophy’ with Brad Schoenfeld PhD, USA. In this session we get into:

• Types of Hypertrophy
• Satellite Cells and Muscle Hypertrophy
• Myogenic Pathways
• Hormones and Cytokines (i.e. Testosterone, Growth Hormone, Insulin-Like Growth Factor)
• Cell Swelling
• Hypoxia
• Exercise Induced Muscle Hypertrophy
• Training Variables and Muscle Hypertrophy (i.e. Reps, Rest periods, failure etc)
• Practical Applications

Key Papers:

• THE MECHANISMS OF MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY AND THEIR APPLICATION TO RESISTANCE TRAINING – Brad J Schoenfeld

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