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Scientists crunched the numbers to come up with the single best predictor of how long you’ll live—and arrived at a surprisingly low-tech answer. #sweatscience #health #longevity #journalism
This Simple Trait Is the Key to Longevity
Scientists crunched the numbers to come up with the single best predictor of how long you’ll live—and arrived at a surprisingly low-tech answer
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December 4, 2024 at 5:57 PM
More evidence emerges that muscle-fiber type matters—if you can figure out which type you have. #sweatscience #getoutside #health
Do You Have More Slow-Twitch or Fast-Twitch Muscle Fiber? The Answer Could Change the Way You Train.
More evidence emerges that muscle-fiber type matters—if you can figure out which type you have
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December 12, 2024 at 5:45 PM
SweatScience FTW:

I ❤️ Alex Hutchinson's scientific writing on athletic performance and health.

This is A+, a proper post-publication peer review of a paper that questions its conclusions while recognizing its value.

Read the blog, if only for its title👇🏻
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When Reading the Abstract Isn’t Enough
A deep dive into calorie compensation, plus SMART goals, the end of world records, and the sleep-injury link
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February 19, 2026 at 9:54 PM
New data from 2.5 million marathon finishers finds that subtle changes in air quality can affect your race time. #sweatscience #journalism
The Invisible Particles Slowing Down Runners
New data from 2.5 million marathon finishers finds that subtle changes in air quality can affect your race time
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January 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
New data shows that the biggest difference between elite and middling runners is how much time they spend jogging. #journalism #sweatscience
The One Weird Trait That Separates Faster Marathoners from Slower Ones
New data shows that the biggest difference between elite and middling runners is how much time they spend jogging
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January 9, 2025 at 4:53 PM
A Swedish company’s baking soda formula was the hottest supplement at the Olympics. And now a new study finds that it really works. #sweatscience #getoutside #bakingsoda
Top Athletes Are Using This Simple Kitchen Staple to Boost Performance
A Swedish company’s baking soda formula was the hottest supplement at the Olympics. And now a new study finds that it really works.
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December 12, 2024 at 5:48 PM
Keeping your muscles cool will supercharge the benefits of aerobic training, new findings suggest. #journalism #sweatscience
Why Training in the Cold Could Give You a Competitive Edge
Keeping your muscles cool will supercharge the benefits of aerobic training, new findings suggest
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January 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Leading researcher Daniel Moore weighs in on myths, truths, and misconceptions about how much protein athletes need. #sweatscience #health #protein
The Protein Rules Athletes Should Follow (or Ignore)
Leading researcher Daniel Moore weighs in on myths, truths, and misconceptions about how much protein athletes need
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December 12, 2024 at 5:47 PM
Testing the HDrop sweat sensor
So far readings have been consistent with weight drop before/after ride
Also what I suspected I'm losing way more sodium than I thought
#hdrop #sweatscience
October 23, 2024 at 3:32 PM
.@sweatscience discusses interesting research that begins to quantify how trees impact our wellbeing.via @NewYorker

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How Trees Calm Us Down
How a leafy sidewalk or a forest scene can make us feel richer, younger, and more focussed.
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January 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
.@sweatscience discusses interesting research that begins to quantify how trees impact our wellbeing.via @NewYorker

bit.ly/1hafbn2
How Trees Calm Us Down
How a leafy sidewalk or a forest scene can make us feel richer, younger, and more focussed.
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January 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
New! Podcast #1,062: The Art of Exploration — Why We Seek New Challenges and Search Out the Unknown buff.ly/1tmGsNJ with @sweatscience
Podcast #1,062: The Art of Exploration — Why We Seek New Challenges and Search Out the Unknown
The human urge to explore has taken us to every corner of the planet. From the highest peaks to far-flung islands to even the deepest dimensions of an idea, our species has an innate drive to venture…
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March 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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From Alex Hutchinson. How we unleash or use technology matters, even if it feels like a relentless losing proposition. Long live cognitive mapping! #sweatscience #GPS #techimpact #neuroscience #brainscience
We should turn off GPS – it’s a no-brainer
Having an omniscient navigational tool in your pocket at all times has changed not just how we find our way around, but how we construct a mental representation of the world around us
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May 17, 2025 at 2:43 PM
RT @sweatscience: London Marathon study finds lots of people getting hyponatremia, but no symptoms http://tinyurl.com/mvor3s
Drinking too much during marathons (hyponatraemia): an up...
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December 9, 2024 at 1:10 AM
Not everyone will finish the Marine Corps Marathon. That's what makes it a race. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/22/AR2010102202700.html via @sweatscience
December 8, 2024 at 7:19 PM
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November 27, 2024 at 5:17 AM
Pre-release signed copy (!!) of Endure from @sweatscience
November 25, 2024 at 4:18 PM
I just bought the kindle edition of Endure even though I’ve already read my hardcopy. It’s that good. (Also there’s a deal today) @sweatscience
November 25, 2024 at 7:39 AM
Fast Times and Shoe Tech
Podcast Episode · Nobody Asked Us with Des & Kara · 2023-...
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November 21, 2024 at 10:06 PM