Rhonda Patrick· PhD
But you know, I think it's not nothing, but you know, you can get much greater gains in protein synthesis with some more traditional squat exercise and things like that with a lot, lot less volume of work.
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But you know, I think it's not nothing, but you know, you can get much greater gains in protein synthesis with some more traditional squat exercise and things like that with a lot, lot less volume of work.
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Now if you're someone just starting out, you think of a very deconditioned elderly individual who is going to get on the bike and do some moderate pushes there, you know, so we're not talking all-out sprint training, they could see some improvements in protein synthesis. You know, and again, are we talking mitochondrial, myofibrillar, but I think traditional muscle protein synthesis where we're seeing an increase in fiber size and that, if your baseline is very, very low, then I think even aerobic-style interval training can be beneficial there.