A while back I blogged about a study that said ibuprofen shouldn’t be taken as a “preventative” medicine — e.g., before you exercise to prevent soreness.
Well, turns out it is tough to change peoples minds.
After a scientist found that runners’ widespread habit of using ibuprofen before long races didn’t help them, and may even cause more inflammation than doing nothing, a group of runners presented with the evidence still said they would continue using the drug, reports Miller-McCune, a Santa Barbara-based public policy magazine. The researcher who conducted the study said, “They really, really think it’s helping. … Even in the face of data showing that it doesn’t help, they still use it.”
“A surprising number of medical practices have never been rigorously tested to find out if they really work. Even where evidence points to the most effective treatment for a particular condition, the information is not always put into practice.”
This is not a surprising finding. If you want to change your body composition, ask yourself: what are you doing that is holding you back? For example, are you performing exercises that you like to perform (read: jogging) vs the exercises that really do burn fat, such as interval training and resistance training.
If you want body composition change, are you ready to change? BTW: If you are ready, we can help…
