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Building muscles without testosterone
If you've got no testosterone in your body you can't build up muscles, say the textbooks. Not so, say sports scientists at the University of Maryland [...]
You benefit from strength training just as much in your 60’s as in your 30’s
If men in their sixties start doing strength training they don't build up just as much muscle mass as men in their thirties do. But we shouldn't exag [...]
Supplement with lactic acid and caffeine makes athlete’s muscles bigger
If you and I even vaguely resemble the lab rats that sports scientists at Ritsumeikan University in Japan use for their experiments, then it would s [...]
Soya protein + HMB has same anabolic effect as whey
There are now a respectable number of studies that show that whey has a slighter stronger anabolic effect than soya protein. But researchers at Aarh [...]
Strength training fights belly fat better than aerobic training
Men who do strength training keep their fat percentage lower in the long term than men who run, cycle or do other aerobic exercise. Epidemiologists [...]
Taurine protects steroids user’s testes
Steroids users may prevent the decline of their testosterone and sperm production by using taurine. Egyptian pharmacologist Maha Ahmed of Misr Unive [...]
Endurance athletes perform better if they avoid these foods
Onions, soya, beans and pistachio nuts are all healthy, but endurance athletes are better off avoiding them in the week before a race, according to [...]
Better NO boosters contain a combination of L-arginine and L-citrulline
Sports supplements with amino acids designed to boost the concentration of nitrogen monoxide [NO] work better if they contain not just L-arginine or [...]
Arachidonic acid boosts anabolic stimulus of strength training
Bodybuilders who take a daily supplement containing 1.5 g arachidonic acid will speed up their muscle growth. They'll develop strength and speed more [...]
Do anabolic steroids increase life expectancy?
Anabolic steroids may increase life expectancy because they delay aging. On the other hand they may increase the risk of cancer in a much more fundam [...]
GABA: body fat inhibitor and insulin booster
You can find capsules of gamma-aminobutyric acid [GABA] in almost every supplements shop. GABA promotes sleep and is a growth hormone enhancer, but G [...]
3 myostatin inhibitors available from your supplements supplier
Leucine, HMB and creatine probably all boost muscle growth because they reduce the functioning of myostatin, the protein that causes muscles to atrop [...]
How to look younger than you really are
If you are no longer a spring chicken (and a tad vain too) you probably want to look younger than you are. According to a Danish study published in [...]
Vitamin C maintains endurance athletes testosterone levels
Performing endurance sports reduces testosterone levels. [Eur J Appl Physiol. 2003 Apr;89(2):198-201.] This happens, for example, if you run for long [...]
Nicotinamide-riboside transforms muscle cells into super muscle cells
Muscles cells expend more energy and burn more fat when supplemented by the vitamin B3 analogue nicotinamide-riboside. This is suggested by an animal [...]
