Exercise

A new year means New Year’s resolutions! Lots of people are probably getting their fitness on, whether it’s by joining a gym or putting on yoga YouTube videos. So this week, we’re stretching our muscles to explore the science of exercise!Sources:[Truth or Fail]Myostatin-related muscle hypertrophy:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK1498/Increased blood volume:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17630597/New brain cells:https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-11/nwsu-eib111217.php[Fact Off]Thinking about muscles: https://www.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/jn.00386.2014https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-to-grow-stronger-without-lifting-weights/Animals on wheels: http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/281/1786/20140210.fullhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4760155/https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2018/09/14/409409.full.pdf[Ask the Science Couch]Flexibility:http://web.mit.edu/tkd/stretch/stretching_2.htmlhttp://web.mit.edu/tkd/stretch/stretching_3.htmlhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3273886/[Butt One More Thing]Space underwear: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-underwear-idUSTRE52M6ER20090323 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.