Category: Articles
Caffeine raises fat burning after strength training
After an intensive workout the body expends extra energy. Researchers suspect that because of this, strength training can help in maintaining a healt [...]
Bodybuilding’s Modern Golden Era
by Geoff Roberts
Bodybuilding fans, particularly older bodybuilding fans, have been comparing the bodybuilders of the 90s with the athletes of [...]
Lose weight faster with vitamin C
We are all so concerned with the obesity epidemic that we tend to look to high-tech science for solutions. In doing so, however, we forget that we can [...]
HMB makes athletes fitter and faster
Rowers, runners, swimmers, cyclists and other endurance athletes build up more stamina if they take 3 g HMB every day, write Polish nutritionists at [...]
Are Drugs Destroying Bodybuilding?
by Geoff Roberts
Most would agree that bodybuilding as a whole, is just not what it used to be. Whether you are discussing the popularity of bo [...]
Most Misunderstood Foods
by Geoff Roberts
There are few topics that the general public is more confused about than nutrition. Between all the new “studies” coming out w [...]
The Power Of Genetic Potential
by Geoff Roberts
There have been numerous discussions throughout history as to which physical or mental quality is most important with regards [...]
Evolutionary Betrayal
by Geoff Roberts
In today's day in age, people love to make statements like “Everything gives you cancer now.” or “Everything kills you now. On [...]
Peanuts don’t make you fat
Somehow the human body uses the energy from peanuts in a different way than energy from other foods. Either it doesn't absorb all the energy the pean [...]
Food Fairy Tales
by Geoff Roberts
It is well documented that bodybuilders at all levels are notorious liars when it comes to the extent to which the earth pulls [...]
Lose weight faster by eating carbs in the evening only
If you are slimming you'll lose weight quicker if you confine your carb intake [like pasta, rice, bread, potatoes and fruit] to the evenings. Nutritio [...]
Fenugreek improves effect of creatine more than carbs
Athletes absorb creatine better when they combine it with 50-100 g fast carbohydrates. But not all strength athletes want the carbs: even if you take [...]
Metformin and Muscle Growth
by Mike Arnold
Over the last few years insulin sensitizers, and metformin in particular, have become quite popular among bodybuilders due to th [...]
Are Training Videos Still Relevant?
by Cade Thomas
Blood and guts. The Unbelievable. Maryland Muscle Machine. The Training Video used to be one of our only extended glimpses into [...]
Human study: Nigella sativa boosts testosterone level
A daily dose of 2 g ground Nigella sativa seeds can raise men's testosterone levels by thirty percent. Researchers at the University of Tikrit in Ira [...]
