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Vitamine C - Know when to take it.
Vitamin C is a popular antioxidant and immune system booster. Its antioxidant properties, however, make it unsuitable for ingestion around a workout. Antioxidants can reduce oxidative stress that accumulates during exercise. Oxidative stress may act as a growth signal, so reducing the amount can impair... -
Flexing to help Willpower?
Achieving just about any goal is simple: there are some things you must do, and there are some things you shouldn't do. We make these "do it" and "don't do it" decisions all day long. They add up. And all of them involve willpower, whether it's doing the tough exercise you really don't want to do, or... -
Train while you sick?
Training when you’re sick is a tricky scenario as it’s much easier to overtrain given the amount of stress that’s already on the body. Follow these recommendations to continue training without risking overtraining while you’re sick. For severe infections like the Flu, taking time off is the best route... -
IGF 1 Enables More Muscle Mass Growth Without Need To Increase Food Intake. "Study"
IGF 1 Study and Conclusion Below is pretty amazing, and puzzles the the scientists as to how its possible to add more muscle mass without adding anymore food intake, but rather just by adding in IGF 1 or IGF 1 lr3, and also greater utilization of carbs. Pretty awesome stuff man! A main outcome of... -
Deer Antler Velvet- Yeah or nay?
Deer antler velvet has long been purported as a potential anabolic supplement due to either IGF-1 or testosterone interactions. While these interactions have not been confirmed, some studies do show strength improvements in subjects taking deer antler velvet. Results are not conclusive, so try this... -
L-Citrulline - Nitric Oxide Booster
L-Citrulline is probably the most effective nitric oxide booster found in many pre-workout formulas. Not only does L-Citrulline help produce massive pumps, but studies have also found L-Citrulline to have potential performance benefits as well. Shoot for 3-6 grams 30-minutes before your workout. ... -
EAA's - You need them.
Pretty interesting study about portion size and anabolism in both young people and the elderly. Researchers compared changes in muscle protein synthesis(MPS) and anabolic efficiency in response to a meal either containing 30g protein or 90g of protein, all from 90% lean beef. They study showed that... -
Minor Injury's in Power lifting
A unique study on injury surveyed 104 Swedish sub elite powerlifters. The study is unique because it defined injury as a condition that causes pain and affects training in some minor way. By this definition, 70% of respondents were injured.
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The “classic” definition of injury is otherwise... -
Zine - Why it's important.
Zinc is a critical mineral for many biological processes. This study in rats shows how a zinc-deficient diet can affect androgen binding, aromatization and conversion to DHT. This study fed rats either a deficiency or surplus of Zinc through diet and had some pretty significant results. This study showed... -
High and Low Reps to build Hamstrings
For hamstring size, do both a heavy load, lower-rep range and a higher rep range.
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1 – Heavy, Low Reps: Your hamstrings are primarily fast-twitch dominant. This may contribute to the massive hamstring development in sprint athletes. In the gym, this means you should incorporate heavy, explosive,... -
Leucine - Why you need it.
“Skeletal muscle protein synthesis (MPS) is regulated by a number of dietary factors, to include essential amino acids (EAAs). Leucine, a branched-chain amino acid, has been identified as a stimulator of MPS in many cell culture and animal studies.
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However, whether supplemental leucine... -
Truth about Casein Protein.
Whey and casein are by far the most popular protien supplements Casein is slow digesting while whey is fast. Long-term, there is no difference in their protein synthesis boosting effects. Milk-products, such as cheese, yoghurt and, of course, milk itself have high amounts of casein protein.
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Calcium - Why you need it.
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��99% of our body’s calcium is stored in our bones with the other 1% being stored in the muscle. Calcium is critical for muscle contractions, but if our muscles start to run low on calcium, they can simply extract more from the bone. This is why calcium... -
Holiday eating... beware.
Many of us have a tendency to eat a little bit more and possibly move a little bit less during the holidays, whether it be during the summer or during Christmas. This may explain why young adults in the US gain on average between 0.2-0.8 kg per year and adult swedes gain on average 3.8 kg during a 10... -
Study on Rest Pause Sets
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💥This study found that using rest-pause sets increased muscle activation more so than traditional sets. Greater muscle activation is correlated with increases in muscle size (Wakahara, et. al. 2012) so rest-pause sets might help increase gains. Try rest-pause sets by performing a...