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Alex Hutchinson

@sweatscience

Outside columnist, author of THE EXPLORER'S GENE and ENDURE, Globe & Mail, ex-physicist, not-quite-sub-4 miler.
Toronto, Canada alexhutchinson.net Joined March 2009
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Alex Hutchinson @sweatscience
Baking soda to counter the effects of altitude? A new study finds a 1.2% gain for 40K cycling at 1,800m. But that's actually no better than the same group found at sea level - so more evidence that it works, but nothing special about altitude.
outsideonline.com/health/trainin…
www.outsideonline.com The $1 Secret Performance Hack Hiding in Your Kitchen Cabinet A new study puts Maurten’s hydrogel baking soda to the test in thin air, and finds (mostly) positive results.
Alex Hutchinson @sweatscience
A new study on an old question: does exercise actually burn (net) calories?

Or do our bodies respond to exercise by cutting back on, e.g., immune function and cell repair, with potentially negative consequences at high levels?

The evidence is... mixed.
outsideonline.com/health/trainin…
www.outsideonline.com Scientists Say Exercise May Not Burn as Many Calories as You Think Your metabolism adapts to save energy when you work out a lot, a new theory claims.
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