College Station, TX The National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) published a memorial honoring Dr. Mike Greenwood’s service to the NSCA and the strength, conditioning, and sport nutrition communities in the February Issue of the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research (JSCR). Click on the link below to read this tribute. Dr. Mike Greenwood: A Life of Coaching and Science
ESNL Research Featured in Advances in Ketogenic Diet Book
Giovanna Muscogiuri, Vinee Purohit, Richard B Kreider, Salvador Vargas, Diego A Bonilla, Iraklis I Pipinos. Advances in Ketogenic Diet. Scientific Research Publishing. 2019, pp. 209. Description The ketogenic diet is a high-fat, adequate-protein, low-carbohydrate diet that in medicine is used primarily to treat difficult-to-control (refractory) epilepsy in children. The diet forces the body to burn fats rather than carbohydrates. Normally, …
ISSN Publishes Position Stand on Probiotics
Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition volume 16, Article number: 62 (2019) Ralf Jäger, Alex E. Mohr, Katie C. Carpenter, Chad M. Kerksick, Martin Purpura, Adel Moussa, Jeremy R. Townsend, Manfred Lamprecht, Nicholas P. West, Katherine Black, Michael Gleeson, David B. Pyne, Shawn D. Wells, Shawn M. Arent, Abbie E. Smith-Ryan, Richard B. Kreider, Bill I. Campbell, Laurent …
Help Assess the Efficacy of Caffeine Alternative on Cognitive Function & Performance
Male & Female Runners Needed for a Pilot Study Researchers in the Exercise & Sport Nutrition Laboratory (ESNL) within the Human Clinical Research Facility (HCRF) at Texas A&M University are recruiting approximately 24 healthy male and female runners between the ages of 18 and 40 to participate in a study. Eligible participants should have no history of a cognitive deficit …
Help Assess the Efficacy of a Caffeine Alternative on Cognitive Function
Men & Women Needed for a Pilot Study Researchers in the Exercise & Sport Nutrition Laboratory (ESNL) within the Human Clinical Research Facility (HCRF) at Texas A&M University are recruiting approximately 10 apparently healthy males and females between the ages of 18 and 59 to participate in a study. Eligible participants should have no history of a cognitive deficit condition. …
ISSN Position Stand: Ultraendurance Exercise
International Society of Sports Nutrition Position Stand: nutritional considerations for single-stage ultra-marathon training and racing Tiller NB, JD Roberts, L Beasley, S Chapman, JM Pinto, L Smith, M Wiffin, M Russell, SA Sparks, L Duckworth, J O’Hara, L Sutton, J Antonio, DS Willoughby, MD Tarpey, AE Smith-Ryan, MJ Ormsbee, TA Astorino, RB Kreider, GR McGinnis, JR Stout. JW Smith, SM. …
ESNL Alumni Gather at Dr. Mike Greenwood’s Celebration of Life Service
October 5, 2019, College Station, TX A number of current and former ESNL students gathered in College Station, TX to pay respects to Dr. Mike Greenwood at a Celebration of Life Service. Many other ESNL alumni and colleagues shared their memories and expressed their gratitude for the impact he made on their lives by sending letters and posting comments on …
National Academy of Kinesiology Presentation
Role of Sport Science in Performance Enhancement: Strength, Conditioning & Nutritional Considerations Bellevue, Washington – September 14, 2019 Strength, conditioning, and nutrition play an important role in preparing athletes to perform to the best of their ability. For this reason, nearly all competitive teams employ a number of strength & conditioning specialists to prepare their athletes for competition and most …
Oral Contraceptives do not Affect Strength Training Adaptations
Ramón Romance, Salvador Vargas, Sergio Espinar, Jorge L. Petro, Diego A. Bonilla, Brad J. Schöenfeld, Richard B. Kreider, Javier Benítez-Porres. Oral contraceptive use does not negatively affect body composition and strength adaptations in trained women. International Journal of Sports Medicine. e-Pub, September 6, 2019. DOI: 10.1055/a-0985-4373 The purpose was to analyze the influence of oral contraceptive use on body composition and …
Creatine as a Therapeutic Intervention for Sarcopenia
Variables influencing the effectiveness of creatine supplementation as a therapeutic intervention for sarcopenia Candow DG, SC Forbes, PD Chilibeck, SM Cornish, J Antiono, RB Kreider. Frontiers in Nutrition. 6, 124, 2019. Sarcopenia is an age-related muscle condition characterized by a reduction in muscle quantity, force generating capacity and physical performance. Sarcopenia occurs in 8–13% of adults ≥ 60 years of …