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Stress Hormones & the Lifting Lifestyle: How to Outsmart Cortisol

Stress Hormones & the Lifting Lifestyle: How to Outsmart Cortisol

Posted by Medical Research Institute on 1st Jun 2025

More workouts, more stress? Here's how cortisol is quietly stealing your progress. If you train like your life depends on it, eat with purpose, and track your macros down to the gram, but still feel flat, fatigued, or like your gains are stuck in quicksand, there might be a different kind of overloa …
Lifter Gut Check: How Digestive Health Impacts Muscle Growth, Energy & Recovery

Lifter Gut Check: How Digestive Health Impacts Muscle Growth, Energy & Recovery

Posted by Medical Research Institute on 1st Jun 2025

That gut feeling might be stalling your gains. If you think building muscle is all about how much weight you lift and how many grams of protein you crush, you might be missing one of the most overlooked players in the performance game: your gut. Yes, the very system responsible for digesting your fo …
The Recovery Hierarchy: What Matters Most

The Recovery Hierarchy: What Matters Most

Posted by Medical Research Institute on 30th May 2025

Ice baths, foam rollers, sleep trackers, what's actually moving the needle on recovery? You crushed your lift. Now what? If your post-workout ritual looks like a buffet of gadgets, supplements, and "biohacks," you're not alone. Recovery culture has exploded in recent years. From ice-cold plunges to …
The Creatine Cliff: What Happens When You Stop Supplementing

The Creatine Cliff: What Happens When You Stop Supplementing

Posted by Medical Research Institute on 30th May 2025

Took a break from creatine? Here's how to restart and recover momentum. So, you hit pause on creatine. Maybe life got in the way. Maybe your shaker bottle vanished into the abyss of your car. Or maybe you just wanted to see if your gains were "all you." Whatever the reason, welcome to the edge of wh …
Lift Long and Prosper: Longevity Science for the Modern Lifter

Lift Long and Prosper: Longevity Science for the Modern Lifter

Posted by Medical Research Institute on 29th May 2025

Somewhere along the way, the conversation in the gym shifted from "How much can you lift?" to "How long can you keep lifting?" Welcome to the new age of performance, where gains are great, but sustainability is the new strength. It's no longer just about the size of your PRs. It's about being able t …