Dec. 11, 2019
#125 - "Protein Supplementation and Resistance Exercise Training" with Rob Morton PhD

Episode 125 of the Institute of Performance Nutrition's "We Do Science" podcast! In this episode, I (Laurent Bannock) discuss "Protein Supplementation & Resistance Exercise Training" with Dr Rob Morton (McMaster University, Canada).
Discussion Topics Include:
- The role of skeletal muscle mass and strength in human health & performance
- Increasing skeletal muscle mass
- The hormone hypothesis
- Introduction to muscle protein turnover
- Protein intake and muscle turnover
- Dietary protein supplementation and resistance exercise induced gains in muscle mass and strength
- Protein supplementation and muscle: the evidence explored
Key Paper(s) Discussed / Referred to:
Related Podcast Episodes:
- Episode 121 - "Protein and Endurance Athletes" with Dan Moore PhD
- Episode 98 - 'Protein: An Update' with Professor Stu Phillips and Professor Kevin Tipton
- Episode 75 - 'Protein Overfeeding & Oversciencing' with Jose Antonio PhD
- Episode 74 - 'Gaining Muscle & Losing Fat in an Energy Deficit' with Professor Stu Phillips
- Episode 67 - 'Protein Ingestion Before Sleep & Muscle Mass' with Professor Luc van Loon
- Episode 38 - 'Nutrition and the Molecular Response To Strength Training' with Keith Baar PhD
- Episode 36 - 'The Hormone Hypothesis' with Professor Stu Phillips
- Episode 34 - 'Nutrient Priming & the Protein Synthetic Response' with D. Lee Hamilton PhD
- Episode 28 - 'Training and Nutrition To Maintain Muscle in Endurance Athletes' with Mike Ormsbee PhD
- Episode 24 - 'Muscle Anabolic Potential of Leucine' with Leigh Breen PhD
- Episode 18 - 'Protein Nutrition & Critical Appraisal' with Professor Kevin Tipton
- Episode 5 - 'Protein' with Prof Stu Phillips and Prof Kevin Tipton
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