How to Avoid Cargo Cult Science in Fitness Literature

Much of what we ready in fitness publications looks like science and feels like science, but it is missing something.

When it comes to research in the fields of nutrition and strength and conditioning, most studies report their findings as being “significant” or not. What this means is: did the intervention work or not?

But these fields lag behind other important sciences where studies report how much or how well an intervention worked. Applying this important distinction can provide us with a great deal more information when we are making health decisions.

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