Temperature regulation during workouts
I’ve been reading about coolmitt, and some studies surrounding lifting weights with temperature regulation in between sets. According to some studies, you even see a higher ROI from cooling your palms in between sets than from using anabolic steroids. What do you make of the data?
Guest Suggestion about research integrity
Under the topic of Understanding Science, I enjoyed the podcasts with Brian Deer and John Ioannidis. Someone of interest as a future Podcast guest might be Dr Elisabeth Bik, a microbiologist who specializes in research integrity. From a recent Nature Briefing: In May, high-profile microbiologist Didier Raoult filed a criminal complaint against research-integrity specialist Elisabeth Bik after she publicly flagged concerns about his published work. The dispute illustrates the tension between the ideal of science as a self-correcting process, and the mostly unpaid, unsung work of fact-checking the scientific record. Buzzfeed News | 20 min read https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stephaniemlee/elisabeth-bik-didier-raoult-hydroxychloroquine-study?utm_source=Nature%2BBriefing&utm_campaign=3899bbb037-briefing-dy-20211019&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c9dfd39373-3899bbb037-44360489