01 · Define the population
A result in young competitors may not transfer neatly to a recreational man in his forties.
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Evidence is not a shopping list. It is a way to ask better questions, understand limits, and choose a proportionate next step.
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02 · Inspect the outcome
Laboratory markers, time trials, wellbeing, and injury outcomes answer different questions.
03 · Respect uncertainty
Small studies and short interventions can be useful without being definitive.