Category: Studies
Taurine doubles testosterone level: animal study
The amino acid taurine is a real testosterone booster, Chinese animal scientists from the Shenyang Agricultural University write in Amino Acids. The r [...]
Two grams creatine works, and it won’t make you heavier
Even though creatine is still the best sports supplement on the market, many athletes don't use it. They are afraid that the energy supplement will ma [...]
Strength athletes train better with citrulline malate
Take 8 g citrulline malate before pumping iron and you'll manage more reps per set. The more sets you manage, the bigger the effect of supplementation [...]
Eleven weeks’ not to-failure training just as effective as eleven weeks’ to-failure
Athletes that do two months of weight training, without sticking it out to the last rep in their sets, make just as much progress as the athletes that [...]
Rhodiola rosea extends life in animal study
Microscopic worms can live 15 percent longer when given small quantities of Rhodiola rosea, write cell biologists from the University of Utrecht in Bi [...]
Two grams ginger reduces muscle soreness by a quarter
You haven't been training for a while, but you want to start pumping iron again. Or you want to experiment with a new training schedule, but you know [...]
Resistance training and cardio training offer protection against burnout
Employees, freelance workers and entrepreneurs are less likely to succumb to a burnout if they do an intensive training session twice a week. Psycholo [...]
Low carb + intensive training = fall in testosterone levels
Trained athletes who a) cycle hard for an hour a day and b) eat little carbohydrate produce less testosterone and more cortisol [structural formulas s [...]
Nebido testosterone preparation restores fat man’s health
Overweight can be deadly, but the remedy – eating less and moving more – is more than some fat people can deal with. According to Russian endocrinolog [...]
Q10 extends life, animal study suggests
Co-enzyme Q10, a vitamin-like natural compound you can buy as a supplement from the drugstore, has a life extending effect. In 2004 researchers at Tok [...]
Cholesterol adds more muscle gain to old people who lift weights
The more cholesterol elderly people consume in their diet, the more muscle mass they build up with strength training, American sports scientists disco [...]
Can Echinacea help build muscles?
Physiologists at the University of California are doing fundamental research on a new way of building up more muscle mass. Not by providing the muscle [...]
Upbeat cardio session burns more fat
According to the textbooks, in terms of the energy you burn it makes little difference whether you walk or run. It's the distance that determines how [...]
Do your cardio after weight training and burn more fat
If you do weight training and cardio, you probably do your cardio after the weight training. This order of doing things is beneficial, as this way rou [...]
This is what happens when women over 65 use oxandrolone
Women over the age of 65 start to lose muscle mass faster than men do and as a result experience more difficulty with everyday activities such as gett [...]