There's a new article out showing that mice taking a pill that activates PPAR-delta have physiological changes similar to exercise, with improved endurance:
http://www.genengnews.com/...+Highlights_20170503
A quote from the news article: ""Exercise activates PPARD, but we're showing that you can do the same thing without mechanical training. It means you can improve endurance to the equivalent level as someone in training, without all of the physical effort," says Weiwei Fan, Ph.D., a Salk research associate and the paper's first author."
So who wants to sign up for the human clinical trial? I think there will be more and more of this sort of pharmacological intervention developed, obviously with the primary goal of addressing problems of obesity rather than getting me out of my early morning run. It will definitely increase the complexity of monitoring for doping.
http://www.genengnews.com/...+Highlights_20170503
A quote from the news article: ""Exercise activates PPARD, but we're showing that you can do the same thing without mechanical training. It means you can improve endurance to the equivalent level as someone in training, without all of the physical effort," says Weiwei Fan, Ph.D., a Salk research associate and the paper's first author."
So who wants to sign up for the human clinical trial? I think there will be more and more of this sort of pharmacological intervention developed, obviously with the primary goal of addressing problems of obesity rather than getting me out of my early morning run. It will definitely increase the complexity of monitoring for doping.