Episode 126: Training for Strength with Taylor Dinyer-McNeely, Ph.D.

Our creatine use in firefighters review paper is out!

I've gotten some comments lately about our firefighters not being strong enough. But when I ask about the type of on-duty training the departments are conducting, it's often circuit-style training with limited weights.

Circuit-style training is a legitimate format for multiple people in smaller spaces. That said, it's unlikely to get the typical firefighter much stronger unless they are quite deconditioned.

When it comes to getting people stronger, I knew exactly who to ask. Dr. Taylor Dinyer-McNeely is a professor in my department at Oklahoma State, so we posted up in her office and had a great conversation. {You will all feel immersed in the experience because it sounded like someone was knocking down the Kinesiology building while we were having our conversation.}

Taylor Dinyer-McNeely is an assistant professor in the School of Kinesiology, Applied Health and Recreation at Oklahoma State University. She teaches an undergraduate course in Sports Supplements for Human Performance and a graduate class in Principles of Performance Enhancement. Her primary research interests include understanding the mechanisms of fatigue and physiological responses and adaptations to resistance exercise in females.

So what, now what?!?

When it comes to getting stronger, multiple sets of 4-6 reps with several minutes of rest in between is what the Dr. ordered.

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