Recovery Faster in the Morning

So if you ever wondered why rowers so often train in the morning, here's another good reason. No, I'm sure this isn't why we train early. But perhaps this bit of knowledge justifies it somewhat more. A post over at the SportSci Blog reports on a study that has shown muscles may recover faster after morning workouts than evening workouts.

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8 Seconds...reference anyone?

OK, over on that other rowing site we all frequent they linked to a newspaper article on 8-second intervals being the key to weight loss.

I'd like to be able to comment on this study, but the article has no reference to a published scientific paper. I have not been able to find one. If anyone out there has found a reference, would you please leave it in the comments section for all of us? If you have read the article - what do you think?

One of the researchers has a web site. He notes ongoing research in this field but does not list it amongst his publications. I have a feeling that the newspaper is taking liberties with his work and exaggerating things a bit...legitimate scientific work is taking on an air of "too good to be true" in the press I think.

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