Hot Topic | Three Years Later: Obesity Medications Have Changed – Has the Exercise Profession?
The landscape of medications to treat obesity has rapidly changed since 2023 when we authored A Perspective on Anti-Obesity Medications. Semaglutide had captured public attention, tirzepatide was approaching approval for obesity, and dozens of new therapies were moving through development. The focus of our original perspective was: What does this mean for exercise professionals? Today, […]
Hot Topic | Energy Balance: A Key Component to Female Athlete Well-Being
Sports participation among women and girls has dramatically increased over the past decade, reflected in a record numbers of girls competing in high school and collegiate sports and women competing in the recent Olympic and Paralympic Games. For women and girls, sport participation is associated with opportunities to develop physical competence, improve components of fitness, […]
Hot Topic | What Myosin Fragmentation is Teaching Us about Exercise and Atrophy
If you coach, train, or treat athletes and patients, you’re aware that skeletal muscle adapts to the balance between building up (protein synthesis) and breaking down (protein breakdown). We’ve gotten remarkably good at measuring the “building up” side through stable isotope tracer methods, with newer methods enabling participants to orally consume them. The “breaking down” […]
Modeling Great Sportsmanship: Insights and Pledges
Sportsmanship makes champions. Dr. Pfeiffer discusses how athletes’ success is built on strong foundations laid by coaches and family.
