#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:

• A systematic review, meta-analysis and meta-regression of the effect of protein supplementation on resistance training-induced gains in muscle mass and strength in healthy adults (Morton et al, BJSM, 2018)

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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