Category: Bodybuilding
Amount of rest between sets makes no difference to strength progression
If you've just started doing strength training and are short of time, then Brazilian sports scientists at the University of Brasilia have good news fo [...]
Eighteen grams of whey before training increases your fat burning
You eat the same amount, and don't change your fat, protein or carbohydrate intake. But still you burn more fat and build up more muscle tissue. Yes, [...]
Optimal resistance training: choose weights according to your energy level
The most effective way to do resistance training is to use a schedule in which you train using different weights each day. On one day you train for ex [...]
Ginkgo has anabolic effect on ageing muscles
Athletes who are no longer in the prime of their youth can do themselves a favour by taking extracts of the leaves of an ancient tree, Ginkgo biloba. [...]
Enzyme supplement speeds up muscle recovery
Supplements containing enzymes such as bromelain and papain speed up muscle recovery after exertion, write sports scientists from Baylor University in [...]
Grape Seed Extract inhibits aromatase
Supplements containing Grape Seed Extract (GSE) may well lower estradiol levels. This would make GSE an interesting supplement for athletes who want t [...]
Stressed out? Your cortisol level will explode after training
If you are experiencing a lot of psychological stress in your life – for example because there's been a death in your close family, you're going throu [...]
More testosterone, less cortisol after training with phosphatidylserine
Phosphatidylserine [structure below] improves the body's hormonal response to training. Men given a daily dose of 600 mg for ten days in a row produce [...]
Three myostatin inhibitors available from your supplements supplier
Leucine, HMB and creatine probably all boost muscle growth because they reduce the functioning of myostatin, the protein that causes muscles to atroph [...]
The more anabolic hormones your body produces, the longer you live
Your life expectancy grows, the more anabolic – and fewer catabolic – hormones your body produces. Researchers at Harvard Medical School reached this [...]
The effect of ursolic acid on bodybuilders
If experienced strength athletes take 450 mg ursolic acid every day, they lose mainly body fat write Korean sports scientists in the Korean Journal of [...]
Q10 combined with light exercise burns more fat
After taking a capsule containing 30 mg of the co-enzyme Q10 [structure shown below] your body spontaneously burns more fat. At least, if you combine [...]
Short rest between strength-training sets results in more muscle
Bodybuilders and other strength athletes who rest for 1 minute between sets build more muscle mass, strength and speed than athletes who rest for 4 mi [...]
Study: hCG makes testes bigger, but no increase in testosterone
If men with low testosterone levels want to increase the size of their testicles, then hCG will do the job. But if these same men want to boost their [...]
SAM-e causes rise in testosterone
We came across this article by accident: over twenty years old and a test tube study at that, but nevertheless interesting. The article reports French [...]
