Strength athletes don’t need at-failure sets to achieve growth
Even if strength athletes don't squeeze all the reps possible out of their sets they can still give their muscles the growth stimulus they need, and b [...]
Thoughts From the Post Olympia IFBB Tour
by Cade Thomas
Foreign tours were a staple of 1990's bodybuilding. The "Grand Prix" events would take place in various countries across Europe [...]
Cliques In Bodybuilding…Why Argue?
by Cade Thomas
It is not uncommon to hear people say that bodybuilding is a selfish sport. If ones desires to be successful at it, you truly [...]
Ursodeoxycholic acid restores anabolic liver
Mexican doctors managed to repair a bodybuilder's damaged liver using the bile acid ursodeoxycholic acid, UDCA for short. UDCA is a cholesterol regula [...]
Fast Metabolism, or Poor Appetite?
by Geoff Roberts
The list of misused or exaggerated terms in bodybuilding and fitness stretches far out of sight. Of the hundreds of misused te [...]
More fat burnt in a cardio session with salbutamol
A dose of salbutamol – the active ingredient in medicines for asthma such as Ventolin – doesn't increase the total amount of energy you use during a c [...]
Animal study: vitamin C protects prostate of steroids users
A daily dose of 1 - 1.5 g vitamin C [structural formula shown below] may protect steroids users against prostate cancer. Lower doses may protect the p [...]
Letrozole Explored
by Mike Arnold
With most of the focus on Aromasin these days, I wanted to bring some of the attention back to our other AI’s. While Aromasin h [...]
Titus Talks
by Craig Titus
“Random Thoughts”
Just because you qualify to compete in the Mr. Olympia doesn’t necessarily mean you should compete and it surly [...]
Creatine extends lifespan of mice
Creatine extends the healthy lifespan of mice by ten percent, according to researchers at the German National Research Center for Environment and Heal [...]
The Science Behind Intra-Workout Nutrition
by Mike Arnold
The concept of a training window, during which recovery and growth could be enhanced through the timed consumption of particular [...]
Meta-study: vitamin D supplementation boosts muscle strength
Vitamin D not only plays a key role in maintaining bone strength, it also plays an important role in muscle growth. Because almost everyone suffers fr [...]
HMB inhibits muscle atrophy by corticosteroids
Corticosteroids such as dexamethason and prednison are powerful anti-inflammatories, but they also cause muscles to atrophy – and that's less good new [...]
The Top 6 Steroids for Raw Strength
by Mike Arnold
Every now and then I like to depart from the typically science laden teaching style which characterizes my writings just talk ab [...]
Posing – Will It Ever Matter Again?
by Cade Thomas
IFBB professional bodybuilding shows still feature a "night show" where competitors are re-compared and also get to perform a po [...]