Alex Hutchinson
Outside columnist, author of ENDURE, Globe & Mail, ex-physicist, not-quite-sub-4 miler.
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1 week ago |
outsideonline.com | Alex Hutchinson
The Nike Vaporfly 4% wasn’t shy about how much of a boost it claimed to give runners: the promise was right there in the name. When the shoe was released back in 2017, researchers at the University of Colorado published data showing that it improved athletes’ running economy (i.e., efficiency) by an average of 4 percent over the best marathon shoes at the time. Chaos—and a whole bunch of world records—ensued.
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2 weeks ago |
menshealthlatam.com | Alex Hutchinson
Te acomodas en una cabina de tu restaurante de comida rápida favorito. Estás a punto de pedir la hamburguesa, como siempre, cuando el mesero pasa con un pedido de pastel de carne para otra mesa. Se ve… interesante. Nunca lo has probado, y ahora te sientes tentado. ¿Pero qué tal si sabe horrible?
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2 weeks ago |
triathlete.com | Alex Hutchinson
When I started writing about sports science two decades ago, fueling advice for endurance athletes was simple. The goal was to take in roughly 60 grams of carbohydrate per hour, in order to preserve the limited supply of carbohydrate stored in your muscles and liver. More would theoretically be better, but studies had found that it simply wasn’t possible to absorb more than that from the stomach into the intestine.
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2 weeks ago |
outsideonline.com | Alex Hutchinson
Inflammation is a major buzzword these days—and not just in the context of sprained ankles or itchy insect bites. Much of the discussion instead surrounds the chronic low-grade inflammation that tends to increase throughout your body as you age. This phenomenon is thought to contribute to a wide range of ills, like heart disease, cancer, and chronic pain. It even has a catchy name: “inflammaging.” Whether exercise helps or hinders this process has long been a topic of debate.
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2 weeks ago |
run.outsideonline.com | Alex Hutchinson
New perk: Easily find new routes and hidden gems, upcoming running events, and more near you. Your weekly Local Running Newsletter has everything you need to lace up! Subscribe today. As headlines go, “Social Media is Bad” doesn’t raise many eyebrows these days. TikTok and its ilk are said to be harming mental health, stifling creativity, eroding privacy, fueling disinformation, undermining national security, and so on. These are all big issues worthy of careful debate.
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A new study finds that using social media for 30min before workout each day causes mental fatigue and ultimately leads to worse performance after 3 weeks. Is it a real effect? It's plausible, but look carefully at the individual variation in responses: https://t.co/zUYvpmYbEe
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