http://baye.com Training and Nutrition for Bodybuilding, Fitness and Health Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:43:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Doug McGuff, MD recently posted an article on ultimate-exercise.com on the effects of resistance training on aging, calling attention to a study published in PLoS ONE showing a reversal of aging in over 500 genes. (Melov S, Tarnopolsky MA, Beckman K, Felkey K, Hubbard A (2007) Resistance Exercise Reverses Aging ... http://baye.com/resistance-exercise-reverses-aging/ There is an article in the Navy Times on a former sailor suing for permanent injury resulting in disability he claims resulted from a CrossFit workout. The article states: “Several [experts] in the sports medicine field (military and civilian) have addressed a concern that the program has the potential for causing ... http://baye.com/lawsuit-alleges-crossfit-workout-damaging/ "Strong people are harder to kill than weak people, and more useful in general." - Mark Rippetoe The phrase "survival of the fittest" refers to the process of natural selection - the members of a species best suited to survival in their environment are more likely to live long enough to reproduce ... http://baye.com/survival-of-the-fittest/ Nautilus inventor and exercise science pioneer Arthur Jones died exactly one year ago today. I ask that those of you who know him or were influenced by him please take a moment of silence at some point today to reflect on what he has contributed to the field of exercise ... http://baye.com/a-moment-of-silence/ Contrary to the idiotic recommendations of most current ab training books, courses and group class instructors, it is neither necessary nor beneficial to perform dozens of high rep sets of a wide variety of abdominal exercises. You also don't need different exercises for your lower and upper abs, and ... http://baye.com/ripped-abs/ Over the next week or two there may be times when the site will not work properly or graphics may be missing. I will be trying and possibly customizing different WordPress themes for the site and may make a bit of a mess of it at times. Rather than take ... http://baye.com/redesigning-drew-bayes-high-intensity-training/ Dr. Doug McGuff has posted a new article on high intensity training and non-exercise activity thermogenesis over at ultimate-exercise.com. SuperSlow and HIT trainees and instructors, especially those of the more hardcore anti-aerobics mindset, will probably find Doug's observations interesting. Doug also announces the book he co-wrote with John Little, Body by ... http://baye.com/new-article-by-doug-mcguff-md/ This morning during a phone conversation with Greg Anderson the subject of the previous post on the effect of hand position on triceps involvement came up.. Greg mentioned, and I agree, hand position makes little difference to arm flexor involvement during curling and pulling movements as well. Articles on arm training ... http://baye.com/effect-of-hand-and-shoulder-position-on-elbow-flexor-involvement-during-curling-and-pulling-exercises/ The previous workout when performing squats I was close to failure when i started to get a intense pain in my neck and the back of my head ( I had this again last night during squats). My training partner believes my head and neck position is too far back causing ... http://baye.com/qa-neck-and-head-pain-during-barbell-squats/ I recently read an article on a bodybuilding web site about arm training that recommended performing various tricep exercises using both underhand and overhand grips. While different hand positions will have an effect on the involvement of the muscles in the forearms due to differences in the demand on grip ... http://baye.com/effect-of-hand-position-on-tricep-involvement-during-extension-and-pressing-exercises/