Lucas TafurMuscle hypertrophy: what are we measuring?Our current understanding on skeletal muscle hypertrophy is based on the hypothesis that increases in muscle mass are driven by an…Dec 15, 2018Dec 15, 2018
Lucas TafurSome thoughts on resistance training volume and hypertrophyThere has been a lot of debate on social media about a study recently published (Schoenfeld et al., 2018) that appears to show a…Sep 22, 20181Sep 22, 20181
Lucas TafurWhen the scientific system fails: predatory journals and an example of authors not doing their jobOur current system of science publishing works something like this:Sep 12, 20184Sep 12, 20184
Lucas TafurIs a high protein diet bad for testosterone levels?People who train care about their testosterone levels. And every healthy male should.Jul 11, 20181Jul 11, 20181
Lucas TafurTiming matters: early time-restricted feeding (6h) improves insulin sensitivity in the absence of…I have previously written about the apparent effect of intermittent fasting (IF, or time-restricted feeding, TRF) on IGF-1 and…May 11, 2018May 11, 2018
Lucas TafurLow dietary carbohydrates and liver fat: hold the butter and fat-bombs!A very interesting new study was published recently on hepatic steatosis (liver fat) and low carbohydrate diets (LCD). Briefly, the…Feb 26, 20182Feb 26, 20182
Lucas TafurWhy fasting matters: more on IGF-1I have received several comments for my previous post regarding the fact that, based on the body composition data, in the IF group was in a…Sep 19, 2017Sep 19, 2017
Lucas TafurWhy fasting matters: IGF-1 and inflammationA very interesting and well designed intermittent fasting (IF) study published last year (hereafter denoted as “this study”) has been…Sep 17, 2017Sep 17, 2017