Snippit Sports Science Podcast

Snippit is made possible by listeners like you. Please help support the podcast: ► https://www.patreon.com/snippitscience    Hi everyone, Today's podcast is a paper that we have spoken a lot about since it was published.  This paper got a lot of publicity on social media and is probably a great example of not judging a book by it's cover.  In other words, when you dig a bit deeper into the article, there are a lot of interesting findings and points to note.  This is a big paper so we have split it into two parts.  We hope you enjoy.   Type 1 Muscle Fiber Hypertrophy after Blood Flow-restricted Training in Powerlifters.   Bjørnsen T, Wernbom M, Kirketeig A, Paulsen G, Samnøy L, Bækken L, Cameron-Smith D, Berntsen S, Raastad T   Abstract   PURPOSE: To investigate the effects of blood flow-restricted resistance exercise (BFRRE) on myofiber areas (MFA), number of myonuclei and satellite cells (SC), muscle size and strength in powerlifters.   METHODS: Seventeen national level powerlifters (25 ± 6 yr [mean ± SD],