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Recover faster: strength training first, cardio afterwards
If you combine strength training with cardio exercise, you probably start your workouts with the strength training and finish with the cardio. That us [...]
Strength training works even with a low protein intake
If you do weight training, nothing helps you more than making sure you have a high-protein diet. So that's that you might think. But what happens if [...]
The calming effect of tamoxifen
Tamoxifen, the active ingredient in the antioestrogenic drug Nolvadex, makes you calmer. So calm in fact that psychiatrists would like to use tamo [...]
Fish oil helps athletes’ immune system to fight cancer cells
Intensive training reduces the activity of immune cells that destroy pathogens and cancer cells. That's why athletes are more likely to fall prey [...]
Stomach reduction helps testosterone level but not erection
If extremely obese men lose weight after having a stomach reduction, their testosterone levels rise to levels found in healthy, slim men. But the ere [...]
Waist measurement says more about health than BMI
Are you too fat or not? You're better off answering this question with a tape measure than a weighing scale. According to obesity researchers at the [...]
Sulforaphane – a natural anticatabolic
If you train to the point of exhaustion you may benefit from taking a supplement containing sulforaphane, a compound that occurs naturally in brassic [...]
Green tea has a slightly anabolic effect on strength athletes
Strength training stimulates the build up of muscle tissue and the burning of body fat. Both effects are boosted if you combine your strength traini [...]
Added leucine makes wheat protein as anabolic as whey
A protein that athletes rightly turn their nose up at – because it doesn't provide the optimal amino acids for muscle building – becomes a lot more [...]
Getting enough sleep gives better diet results
Your fat percentage is too high; you reduce your calorie intake and you hope and pray that you retain lean body mass and lose as much fat as possibl [...]
Cup of green tea with a meal makes it easier to eat less
You stay the same weight but you'd actually like to lose just a small amount. Not a lot, just a little – so that your excess fat just melts away wit [...]
HMB slows down muscle loss if you’re not training
Strength athletes who are unable to train for a while lose less muscle mass and strength if they take the leucine metabolite HMB, according to an [...]
Make training with light weights just as effective as heavy weights
If for any reason you can only train with light weights, you can still gain strength and build up muscle mass. According to researchers at the Unive [...]
Cauliflower, broccoli & bodybuilders
Bodybuilders, power lifters and other strength athletes may be able to build up more muscle if they eat a portion of cabbage-related vegetables ev [...]
Can’t train? Keep on using those BCAA’s
Strength athletes who for whatever reason are unable to train for a couple of weeks can reduce their muscle decay by using BCAAs. An animal study [...]
