Ep 384 - Is Ultrasound Lying About Your Gains?

Iron Culture by The MASS Crew

Jul 29, 202601:22:41Health

A methods-focused episode about how muscle and body-composition measurements can mislead you when reading the research. The main event is a new Balshaw and colleagues paper concluding that ultrasound muscle thickness is...

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