Category: Bodybuilding
The unusual anabolic effect of Ajuga turkestanica
There's a kernel of truth in the hyperbole-ridden ads for ThermoLife's bodybuilding supplement E-Bol. [thermolife.com] E-Bol contains an extract of [...]
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 experi [...]
Pea protein: a fine way to build up muscle
If you do resistance training, then protein shakes made from pea protein work just as well as shakes made from whey protein. Researchers at the French [...]
Muscle group you train first grows fastest
The muscle groups that you pay attention to first during your workout grow and gain relatively more strength than the other muscle groups. Sports scie [...]
Two exercises for injury-free shoulders
For many bodybuilders and other strength athletes the weak spot in the shoulder joint is the external rotator cuff: small muscles to the rear of the s [...]
Olive oil converts cholesterol more easily into testosterone
The more fat you eat, the more testosterone your body produces. More fat, more testosterone. The best source of testosterone boosting fat, Argentinean [...]
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 [...]
Supplement with lactic acid and caffeine makes athletes’ 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 see [...]
Black tea reduces muscle soreness after training
A supplement containing theaflavins [structural formula shown below] from black tea protects muscle cells from the effects of intensive exertions, wri [...]
Low doses of ecdysteroids promote muscle building
The amounts of ecdysteroids in bodybuilding supplements are probably sufficient to stimulate growth of muscle mass, write endocrinologists at the Univ [...]
Low dose of testosterone plus a couple of oxandrolone tabs just as effective as a megadose of testosterone
If you get men to train for 20 weeks and inject them with 600 mg testosterone enanthate, they'll gain 8 kg extra fat free mass, according to some stud [...]
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 at [...]
Taurine protects steroids users testes
Steroids users may prevent the decline of their testosterone and sperm production by using taurine. Egyptian pharmacologist Maha Ahmed of Misr Univers [...]
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 L [...]
Creatine users have more DHT in their blood
Creatine [structural formula shown below] may increase muscle mass and strength through an additional mechanism and not just by increasing the amount [...]