A new post-workout equation: Vitamin D + heat = ? Pictured above is the post-workout scene at the apartment building, as well as the new laboratory for testing this proposed equation.  I’ll use the laboratory after each and every strength workout, spending 30-minutes in the sun and summer heat. Now what’s the equation all about? For starters you’re likely familiar with Vitamin D, aka the sunshine vitamin.  Bone, skin, heart, and immune health are all conditions for which Vitamin D is administered.  Relevant to the Transformation at hand, I’m most concerned with its muscle promoting properties.  This study supports a link.  So does this one.  And this one. But why heat?  What does that have to do with anything? Heat is the impetus for the post. I recently ran into this Dr. Rhonda Patrick video espousing the benefits of heat.  She’s a smart, smart lady, and so the video is quite intriguing: (Sidenote: Dr. Patrick is also a huge Vitamin D proponent)  Let’s make the word of the day hormesis.  Basic definition: a stressor resulting in positive adaptation. Dr. Patrick proposes heat as a hormetic stressor.  It causes the body to adapt and make advances in areas like muscle growth and brain function. … Continue reading Vitamin D, Heat, and Hormesis