Starting at 5 units and stepping up to 8 units after two weeks gives the brain time to respond to the BDNF stimulus without overcorrecting
Likewise, along with previous beneficial effect of BPC 157 in gastrointestinal tract, and inflammatory bowel disease complications that were accordingly solved (10, 11), poor healing of the fistulas (35), unhealed intestinal anastomosis (42, 43), massive intestinal resection leading to short bowel (43)) this study shows BPC 157's high potential to heal colon-colon anastomosis along with cysteamine colitis, thus, potential to counteract the consequences of the anastomosis for cysteamine colitis, and vice versa, convalescing the increased healing failure of anastomosis healing due to concomitant presentation of severe colitis
BPC-157 has a half-life of roughly 4 to 6 hours, but the cellular repair processes it triggers continue well beyond that window

Pre-order our book, Signal: barbellmedicine.com/signal Timestamps 0:00 - Why your lifts aren't moving 1:52 - The novice / intermediate / advanced framework, three claims to test 13:23 - What 17 years of powerlifting data show about how long you keep getting stronger 32:28 - How getting stronger actually works (four systems on four clocks) 38:00 - What early growth is actually made of (the Damas 2016 deuterium study) 50:33 - The connective tissue lag and why early-training injuries happen 58:32 - Why heavy lifting works for bone density (and why "walk on a treadmill" advice misses) 1:05:10 - Why new lifters get hurt 3 to 10 times more than experienced lifters 1:12:56 - Fatigue is at least four different things (and most coaches treat it as one) 1:26:19 - The CNS fatigue myth (and what the data actually says) 1:33:52 - When the bar isn't moving: how to actually diagnose a stall 1:45:51 - Takeaways and next week's tease: leptin and low testosterone What we cover - The novice / intermediate / advanced framework: three claims and why each one fails the data test - The 17-year IPF strength curve and what the no-kink finding does and does not establish (Latella 2024) - The four adaptive systems and their separate timescales (neural, muscle, connective tissue, bone) - What early growth actually is, including the deuterium-oxide finding that most week-3 size is fluid (Damas 2016) - Why connective tissue lags muscle by six to eight weeks, and why that produces patellar tendinopathy four months in - The 9.5 vs 0.74 to 3.3 injury rate gap between novice and experienced CrossFit participants - The CNS fatigue myth and the Skarabot 2018 finding that locates the fatigue in the muscle, not the brain - Why the LIFTMOR trial result (heavy lifting for bone density in women in their 60s and 70s) is being missed by primary care - A practical decision tree for stalls: environment first, then load, then program - Tease for next week: leptin, the HPG axis, and the metabolic driver of low testosterone almost nobody connects Resources Training Plateau Action Plan (free): Progressive Loading article series: Beyond Progressive Overload (Part 2 article): BBM Programs and Coaching: Support our work on barbellmedicine.supercast.com Latella C et al

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