Who is this guy?
| Alan Aragon has over 15 years of success in the fitness field. He earned his Bachelor and Master of Science in Nutrition with top honors. Alan is a continuing education provider for the Commission on Dietetic Registration, National Academy of Sports Medicine, American Council on Exercise, and National Strength & Conditioning Association. He speaks to a broad audience including universities, scientific conferences, and major corporations. Alan recently lectured to practitioners at the FDA and the annual conference of the Los Angeles Dietetic Association. He maintains a private practice, designing programs for recreational and professional athletes. |
What is this service?
| Alan Aragon’s Research Review (AARR) is an unbiased monthly critical analysis and application of the latest research pertaining to nutrition, exercise, and supplementation. This journal is designed to help the reader develop a solid understanding of important topics in fitness that are widely misunderstood. Overall, the goal is to provide a unique science & practice-based, multi-topic, bias-free, commercial-free, in-depth, ongoing resource of information. |
Where can I get it and how much does it cost?
Design Notes:
Each issue is around 15-18 pages as a .pdf. The layout is professional and logical. White space is practically non-existant. The font size is very reasonable. The service is directed towards current trainers and more advanced enthusiasts with a writing style to match. The content is accessible to both.
Each issue is broken down into two main sections:
-Editors cut: A deep look into an individual study. This dives in with both feet into a study and attacks it from a variety of angles.
-Nutrition & Exercise\Supplementation\Old News\Layman articles: Each of which feature at least one page of looking at a study or article and asks\answers relevant questions concerning it.
Both divisions offer a look at what the study is, it’s strengths\weakness’, how the study was conducted, and a comment\application section where the author places take home points.
Commentary:
Alan is taking an interesting approach to a service that is helping to bridge the gap between the scientific community and the practitioner. What you get each month is a collection of articles covering a variety of topics with application that you can use today or just as importantly toss (garbage science) in the trash.
Each reviewed article is scrutinized for strength and weakness’ and in this process the reader not only gains the resulting scrutinized information they also get a glimpse of the questions and reasoning of a true professional asking questions. Personally is “insiders view” is probably the biggest value that I experienced. The reviews in and of themselves are solid enough, but learning the appropriate questions to ask concerning study data gives a “teaching to fish” sort of sort of approach that should not go under appreciated.
I encourage everyone to download the trial issue for yourself. The service does exactly what it claims. By exactly I mean scroll back up and check out the claims because “that” is what you get when you subscribe. It’s an interesting service that is solid as it stands and will only get better as time goes by. Check it out. __________________
