Broscience is the predominant brand of reasoning in bodybuilding circles where the anecdotal reports of jacked dudes are considered more credible than scientific research.
A sarcastic term implying that the time tested, muscle building wealth of knowledge developed and utilized by successful, experienced bodybuilders is inferior to the continually shifting hypotheses of articulate, textbook-savvy 155lb. chemists with little or no real world first-person experience to substantiate their conclusions. The term "Broscience" is oft repeated on bodybuilding and fitness oriented internet forums in an attempt to demonstrate online dominance as a substitution for success in the arena of actual bodybuilding.
There is even a site called Broscience.com which highlights how science conflicts with popular myth in the bodybuilding world.
I think there is some similar stuff in the paleo world.....Palebro science perhaps. People like Kurt Harris and Matt Lalonde are key in fighting the myths with science.
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Science is a big word. I am sure you didn't mean the science that support the current nutritional guidelines. I'll take a good reliable anecdote and better still one that make evolutionary sense over Harvard's Public Health' gang kind of Science anytime.
Self-plug, but we almost have 4000 unique citations now: http://Examine.com
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