Learning efficiently and effectively is something you can train your brain to do. The right techniques make the process of studying more efficient and far less stressful. It’s a skill, and like any skill, it can be trained, refined and improved. Scientists have spent decades analysing how people learn, remember…
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The pre-exhaustion method has floated around gyms since the 1970s, originally popularised by Arthur Jones, the creator of Nautilus machines. The idea sounds clever enough: fatigue a muscle with an isolation exercise first, then hit it again immediately in a compound lift. The thinking was that the target muscle (prime…
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Training is all about finding the balance between progress and recovery. Push too hard and the body breaks down, but take it too easy and nothing changes. Athletes and gym-goers are constantly chasing the sweet spot where adaptation happens without creating unnecessary damage. A recent study has taken a close…
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Childhood inactivity is one of the biggest challenges facing parents, schools and health professionals today. Around 80% of children worldwide fail to meet the World Health Organization’s guideline of at least 60 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous activity each day. Combine that with long hours in school chairs, more time spent in…
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As we get older, muscle becomes less responsive to the usual “grow” signals from protein and training. Researchers (Keng et al. 2025) call this anabolic resistance, which is dampened muscle protein synthesis (MPS) response to amino acids and mechanical loading that nudges the body towards muscle loss over time. Mechanisms…
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