Exercise

And this is where the research on creatine gets particularly interesting.

A 2023 randomized control trial published in Medicine and Science in Sport and Exercise followed 237 postmenopausal women over two years.

The women received either creatine at approximately 10 grams a day for a 70 kilogram woman or a placebo.

Both groups followed a program of resistance training and walking.

Those types of things are very inspired reasons to do things versus manipulating.

I'm going to work out today so that I can, and then I'm going to reward myself later, right? The reward system that a lot of people use at the beginning of their exercise journey or even maybe even not at the beginning maybe you're well into your exercise journey and you can manipulate yourself to exercise by providing some sort of reward like a carrot at the end afterwards

sometimes There are days that you've got inspiration that is driving you over the long term, but some days are just rough and you have to manipulate yourself on that day.

Sometimes it's Monday and you're like, you know what? I don't want to do it today.

You probably have struggled with inconsistency because you're lacking that deeper why.

So there's a couple of studies that I want to talk about here too to prove this point.

So there was a systematic review in 2012 that found consistent support for a link between more autonomous motivation and exercise.

So identified regulation, which is identified is because I believe it's good for me, that tended to predict someone getting started.

Bush.

What are you, um, exercise-wise, Lloyd? Have you done any great feats? No.

I play football semi-regularly.

Yeah, yeah, but you're not, um, see I, Karl told you to start running, didn't he? He did, my mate Karl.

Healthy, happy humans.

Exercise is a key part of that.

If you take exercise away, there's no doubt you'd be less healthy, you'd be less happy because there's a huge connection.

Because when you exercise on a regular basis, as I said, you have that internal chemical endorphin kick feel.

And this is where exercise is a tool to help you in that.

And it's an important part of the whole mix, like an ingredient, like making a cake.

Exercise is a very important part for your happiness.

And remember as well that happiness needs to be internal.

His research focuses on the interplay between exercise training and nutrition to enhance health and performance in both athletic and clinical populations.

Dr. Ormsby has received numerous accolades for his contributions to education and research, including the 2014 FSU Teacher of the Year, 2017 Nutrition Researcher of the Year, NSCA, 2018 FSU Graduate Student Award, Mentor of the Year, 2020 FSU Distinguished Teacher of the Year, and the list goes on.

He offers a course, Changing Body Composition Through Diet and Exercise, through the great courses, and is the co-author of the textbook, Exercise Physiology for Health, Fitness, and Performance, the sixth edition.

Follow him on social media at Mike Ormsby, that's M-I-K-E, E-O-R-M-S-B-E-E.

So in this session, we discuss the intricacies of cardio versus resistance training for body composition.

And just this week, that paper got accepted to MSSE.

So that'll be coming out here in the next version of MSSE, which will be great.

So what we found though, was that Exercise, I like to say, this is a phrase I've been saying lately because I think it's cool that, you know, exercise is sort of like your biological apology to poor lifestyle choices.

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E-X-E-R-C-I-S-E, exercise.

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Yeah.

Welcome to Beyond Longevity, the podcast that explores not just how we age, but how we can build a longer, healthier future for ourselves.

Could your body get some of the benefits of a workout without you doing the exercise? And could a drug like that help prevent memory loss or treat Alzheimer's? My guest today is Professor Constanza Cortes, a neuroscientist at the University of Southern California.

She investigates how exercise could help preserve our memory as we age.

Her goal is to develop treatments for people who cannot exercise enough because of pain, illness or limited mobility.

Her research starts with our muscles.

When we exercise, our muscles send chemical messages around the body, including the brain.

Professor Constanza is testing whether a drug could deliver those messages without the need to exercise.

Her team has already improved memory in mice used to study Alzheimer's by changing what happens in their muscles.

I mean, the event itself got quite noble intentions.

You know, they also worked with the HUNKEL program, which stands for the Healthy Uncles Who Network, Drink Coffee, Learn and Exercise, which was launched in 2024 for men aged 50 and above residing in Tanjong Pagar, Tiong Bahru Division.

So I mean, okay, good event,

good message.

So let's get into it.

[upbeat music] Dan Lieberman, uh, you are known as a physical activity and exercise researcher.

You wrote Story of the Human Body and Exercised.

You've made a lot of important discoveries in the field of the evolution of the human body and how it pertains to physical activity.

So my first question is, what made you wanna write a book about food, Fed Up, in the first place?

And, uh, there-- and actually, I get asked all the time, you know, what's more important, diet or exercise? And I just hate that question because they're obviously both important.

And, and I teach, you know, nutrition and f- digestive physiology and all, and that, that sort of thing in class to my, to my students.

And a few years ago, a colleague and I, uh, we actually taught an upper-level class called Diet and Exercise, where we every week...