Louisa Nicola
@louisanicola_ • 23,198 subscribers
MMed, PhD(c) | Neurophysiologist | Mathematician | Conversations with the Greatest Leaders in Brain Science
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During this conversation, Brad Schoenfeld, PhD shared something most lifters have never been told. Muscle growth is driven primarily by mechanical tension, not simply the amount of weight on the bar. Research shows that when sets are performed with high effort and close to failure, loads as low as 30% of maximum can produce similar hypertrophy to much heavier training.
Louisa Nicola42,064 görüntüleme • 16 gün önce
New NeuroExperience podcast drop with Professor Brad Schoenfeld, PhD from Lehman College, one of the world's leading researchers in muscle hypertrophy. We unpacked some of the biggest myths in muscle building, from partial reps and training loads to GLP-1-related muscle loss. A science-driven conversation that challenges long-held fitness beliefs.
Louisa Nicola45,117 görüntüleme • 18 gün önce
Your 30-minute walk isn’t covering your health bases Here’s what the data actually shows: 1) 30 minutes of vigorous exercise delivers similar mortality benefits to hours of leisurely walking 2) Moderate activity is good, but it’s far less efficient per minute 3) Vigorous exercise doesn’t mean the gym 4) Climbing stairs fast enough to feel slightly breathless counts 5) These short bursts are called Vigorous Intermittent Lifestyle Physical Activity (VILPA) 6) Even brief bursts improve glucose control and reduce inflammation 7) In women, vigorous movement can partially offset estrogen-related metabolic decline If you can move with intent for short moments, vigorous exercise is already in your day. You don’t need more time. You need more intensity.
Louisa Nicola125,255 görüntüleme • 5 ay önce
Women with anxiety do not show the same brain signatures as men. Female brains tend to display elevated high beta activity and asymmetric alpha patterns between the left and right prefrontal cortex. The system is operating in a state of heightened anticipatory vigilance. Male anxiety often presents differently. More subtle shifts in theta activity. Less visible. More computational. Different circuitry carrying the same burden. Same diagnosis. Different neurophysiology. Most neuroscience research still treats the brain as if sex differences are secondary. They are not.
Louisa Nicola31,570 görüntüleme • 1 ay önce
"I think the one that stands out probably the most is that you have to train to all-out failure to optimize muscle development. So I came from the old school, either you go all out, or you go home, or the vein in the side of my head wasn't bulging at the end of every set. I wasn't training hard enough. And the research that we have on the topic now really shows you can be a couple reps or three short of failure and still get roughly the same amount of muscle growth." Brad Schoenfeld, PhD
Louisa Nicola11,927 görüntüleme • 17 gün önce
Peptides sound cutting-edge. The evidence says otherwise. 1. Zero randomized human trials proving peptides are effective or even safe 2. Documented side effects include severe nausea, facial flushing, and cases of kidney failure 3. 40 percent of the tested products contained wrong doses or undeclared ingredients 4. Peptide imports from China nearly doubled, reaching $8 million in just nine months 5. Fastest growing buyers are not bodybuilders; it’s women with brain fog, fatigue, and joint pain 6. Many were told their labs were normal, a sentence that has quietly harmed women’s health for years 7 Instagram testimonials feel convincing because they listen better than rushed clinic visits And here’s the hard truth The things that protect your brain are boring, unmarketable, and work better than anything you can inject Put down BPC 157. Put down TB 500. Your body is not a Reddit experiment. The most evidence-backed intervention for everything peptides claim to fix already exists, and it’s not injectable.
Louisa Nicola30,356 görüntüleme • 4 ay önce
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