Category: Bodybuilding
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Human study: the effects of 600 mg nandrolone decanoate per week
Little scientific research has been done on the effects of high-dosage courses of anabolic steroids. There have been some epidemiological studies, but [...]
Training in the afternoon slightly more effective than in the morning
In the short term it makes no difference whether you pump iron in the morning or afternoon. But if you can choose, then probably in the long term it's [...]
Muscle building effect of Tongkat Ali shown in animal study
Extracts of the Asian bush Eurycoma longifolia, or Tongkat Ali, increase the testosterone level, according to an Italian animal study that we wrote ab [...]
EGCG speeds up muscle recovery after period of inactivity
Bodybuilders and other strength athletes who start training again after a period of inactivity may regain their lost muscle mass and strength faster b [...]
Green tea inhibits breakdown of fast muscle fibres during long-term inactivity
A supplement containing a couple of hundred milligrams of green tea extract may protect the muscle fibres of strength athletes from breaking down if t [...]
Just a little clove for more testosterone
Used in moderation, extracts of clove can raise your testosterone level. But if you take too much, the extracts can cause damage to the testes and the [...]
EPO-gene injection results in increased muscle and definition
Once gene doping has become just as normal as, say, a bottle of trenbolone or oxymetholone, EPO-genes will become interesting for strength athletes. A [...]
Torn tendons recover faster with imaginary training
After surgeons have repaired torn tendons in the hand and lower arm, patients require at least twelve weeks to recover. Dutch researcher Martin Stenek [...]
Heavier squat, faster sprint
The greater the weight at which you can squat, the faster your sprint will be, write sports scientists from the American Appalachian State University [...]
