<strong> On a Saturday morning in a research lab at Cal State Fullerton, </strong> Andy Galpin, Ph.D., C.S.C.S.*D., approaches my left quadriceps with a hollow-point needle designed to extract a chunk of muscle tissue. The sensation, he tells me, will feel like a biopsy. Since Ive never had a biopsy, telling me the procedure feels like itself is like saying moose tastes like moose; the information is illuminating only if youre really into ungulate meat. But Galpin, who estimates that hes bee...
For decades, the experts line on exercise and weight loss was simple: Do this much, lose that much. But recently theyve changed their tune: While exercise is awesome for overall physical and mental health, they say, dont expect it to necessarily yield the number one result most guys want when they join a gym.