Category: Articles
Strong muscles = strong immune system
The riper the age you reach, the worse your immune system functions, and it declines more each year. At a certain point it becomes so weak that a sim [...]
400-mg capsule of L-ornithine improves sleep
If, every evening before going to sleep, you take a capsule containing 400 mg L-ornithine, the quality of your sleep will gradually improve. You'll f [...]
The Greatest Bodybuilder Of All Time?
by Geoff Roberts
In bodybuilding, as well as in every other sport for that matter, the question of who is the greatest to ever live has always [...]
Royal Jelly maintains testosterone levels during modest steroid cycle
Royal Jelly helps maintain testosterone levels while using anabolic steroids in moderate amounts, Iranian researchers discovered when they were exper [...]
How many times a week strength athletes should train muscle groups?
As far as American sports scientist Brad Schoenfeld can tell from the literature, bodybuilders and fitness fanatics make more progression by training [...]
Mr. Olympia 2016: Do or Die for Victor Martinez?
by Matt Weik
In 2007 I wrote an Arnold Classic preview where I had Dexter Jackson and Victor Martinez battling it out for the top spot. I pre [...]
Green tea inhibits cortisol synthesis
Green tea is a cortisol inhibitor, and it may well be a very effective one. Pharmacologists at University Medical School Schleswig-Holstein in German [...]
High-intensity cardio too much for obese people
They are wildly popular, the fast but high-intensity fitness training sessions that gyms advertise to lure new members. The promise of a fitter, sli [...]
What About Cedric McMillan?
by Matt Weik
With everything leading up to the 2016 Mr. Olympia contest, I’m not sure the hype surrounding the show could get any bigger. Talks [...]
Supplement Review: Super DMZ 5.0
by Matt Samansky
My product reviews thus far have remained fairly conservative. I’ve sampled dozens of pre-workouts, amino acid blends, and pro [...]
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 [...]
Elderly Study: Exercise, Injury & Recovery
by Matt Weik
As we get older Father Time isn’t always so forgiving when it comes to injuries and getting banged up. It’s believed by many that [...]
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 [...]
Can Cardio Improve Your Memory?
by Matt Weik
My good friend often says, “I have a good memory, it’s just short.” Well now exercise might be able to fix that—specifically card [...]
