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Daily half hour of meditation protects against burnout
If you are subject to continuous stress and are worried that sooner or later you're likely to succumb to depression or a burnout, maybe you should con [...]
Court hearing for CrossFit researchers
The American sports scientists Steven Devor and Michael Smith are being taken to court. In November 2013 they published a study on the effects of 10 w [...]
Only phosphatic acid from soya speeds up muscle growth
A daily dose of 750 mg phosphatic acid helps strength athletes build up strength and muscle mass faster. Sports scientists at the University of Tampa [...]
Aronia boosts thermogenesis
Do you wrap yourself up in sweaters while the rest of the world is still walking around in t-shirts? Then you probably have what traditional Asian hea [...]
Ginkgo keeps incorrigible fatties healthy
Obese people who are not prepared to do more exercise or eat more healthily should maybe start taking Ginkgo biloba. It might help keep their overweig [...]
Does Artemisia dracunculus boost the anabolic effect of insulin?
The plant Artemisia dracunculus contains substances that inhibit muscle breakdown in obese diabetics – and that can aid muscle development, according [...]
High frequency training works just as well as low frequency training
Bodybuilders gain just as much strength and muscle mass by following a traditional split schedule as they do if they train all muscle groups in one se [...]
Sets of 6-8 reps build up just as much strength as sets of 10-14 reps
Most bodybuilders train with sets of 6-8 reps using heavy weights, but some dissidents prefer to do sets of 10-14 reps using slightly lighter weights. [...]
CrossFit is not more effective than traditional fitness
CrossFit is a controversial but increasingly popular way of doing fitness, in which certified trainers get their pupils, in groups, to do exercises fr [...]
Exercise and low-carb diet combo excellent way to lose weight
Burning a couple of hundred kcal extra a day by exercising more is a great way to lose weight. Reducing the amount of carbohydrates in your food is an [...]
Lose weight with chlorophyll
Green vegetables such as spinach, curly kale and endive, and superfoods such as spirulina, chlorella and wheat grass all contain chlorophyll. If you c [...]
Anabolic effect of ecdysterone strong enough to put it on the doping list
Ecdysterone, a steroid-like substance found in spinach, quinoa and bodybuilding supplements, has a stronger anabolic effect than scientists suspected. [...]
Daily 1500 mg arachidonic acid makes strength athletes stronger and bulkier
Take any bodybuilder from a gym and give him a bottle of capsules containing arachidonic acid. Get him to take 1500 mg a day of this fatty acid and as [...]
Build muscles but eat little protein? Use L-Citrulline
Athletes who for whatever reason don't eat much protein might benefit from L-citrulline [structural formula below]. We draw this tentative conclusion [...]
Endurance athletes perform better if they eat almonds instead of cookies
Endurance athletes perform better if they ban cookies and other starch and sugar-loaded foods from their diet, and replace them with almonds. A human [...]
