Around The Web With Amby

Great stuff to ponder on your next run. A wrap up of this week’s articles on exercise science as tweeted by Amby Burfoot, Editor at Large of Runner’s World Magazine.
You can follow Amby’s tweets at http://twitter.com/exerscience and his Runner’s World blogs at http://peakperformance.runnersworld.com and http://footloose.runnersworld.com.

When sick, maybe you should go to physical educators, not doctors. The P.E. folks are themselves healthier than MDs. http://bit.ly/9zNwYB

Testosterone is highest in morning, so that must be best time to strength train, right? Wrong. Afternoons work better. http://bit.ly/bThXq9

Seniors can use exercise to hold back some adverse, aging-related changes in metabolism, including weight gain. http://bit.ly/b68hAt

Dairy protein, especially whey, increases muscle protein synthesis, muscle growth and recovery post strength training. http://bit.ly/azxegb

Small study but high percents of aerobic exercise non-responders to vo2max, heart rate responses, anaerobic threshold. http://bit.ly/9McEMP

Exercise linked to reduction in DNA damage with aging. Obesity, smoking increase damage. http://bit.ly/c2PFXn

Heart Assoc says air pollution particulate matter (ie, running on high traffic roads) is serious heart problem. http://bit.ly/cEWtEm

The greater the visceral (belly) fat, the lower the brain volume, in middle-aged adults. http://bit.ly/dwqhE6

Increased exercise reduces belly fat gain in midlife women even without lowering total body fat. http://bit.ly/9rbOyr

College students had better get leaner and fitter if they want to avoid “increased chronic disease risk” post-college. http://bit.ly/9w4ftW

Fit college students more likely to have healthy glucose and cholesterol levels, protective vs future disease risk. http://bit.ly/cnGN40

6 cups/day black-tea lowers heart deaths. Coffee less so. Both shown effective in 09 vs diabetes. http://bit.ly/9Vh5zk http://bit.ly/a6DvQx

If you have hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, should you exercise? Answers “highly theoretical.” Some good news, some bad. http://bit.ly/cO1igm

Only rats but highly interesting: Endurance-bred rats choose to exercise & eat more; also gain more in oxygen organs. http://bit.ly/a3nfc4

No significant effects, but “tendency” for instability training to match strength, balance gains of standard approach. http://bit.ly/cA3x58

A genetic basis for injuries? Capetown group finds ACL and Achilles injuries linked to genes. http://bit.ly/bOC1Fq http://bit.ly/beSIa2

Everyone loves the Mediterranean Diet, but it gets really impressive when combined with 10% weight loss. http://bit.ly/9EJHU8