Category: Bodybuilding
Trimethylglycine stimulates muscle growth via IGF-1
A dozen studies have now shown that trimethylglycine – which is the same as betaine – stimulates muscle growth. Italian researchers did in-vitro exper [...]
Post-workout whey shake with BCAAs more effective than milk
After a strength training session a shake containing 20 g whey and 1 g BCAAs stimulates muscle growth more than a glass of milk containing 6 g milk pr [...]
Slow reps: strength training with light weights does give results
Strength athletes, who because of injury or sickness can only train with light weights, can still get a decent training stimulus out of their workouts [...]
Alpha-Lipoic Acid boosts effect of creatine
Muscles absorb creatine better if you ingest the creatine [first structural formula] with carbohydrates, especially if you take the mixture after trai [...]
Cacao flavonoid (-)-epicatechin inhibits myostatin and strengthens muscles
Cacao contains (-)-epicatechin [structural formula to the right], a flavonoid that improves endurance performance in diabetes, animals studies have sh [...]
Beta-Alanine works even better when combined with sodium bicarb
You probably already knew that trained rowers are faster over 2 km if they use the amino acid beta-alanine. You might not already know that beta-alani [...]
Endurance training reduces strength training gains in muscle mass and strength
The combination of endurance training and strength training makes fat people slimmer and healthier, and works better than cardio or strength training [...]
Optimal post-workout whey dose: 20 g
The optimum dose of whey that bodybuilders and other strength athletes can use after training is 20 g, sports scientists at the University of Stirling [...]
Taking testosterone? Cacao protects your prostate
Phenols found in cacao can help users of testosterone, and possibly also other anabolic steroids, to protect their prostate. Animal studies funded by [...]
Squat produces more growth hormone and testosterone than leg press
Squats create a stronger anabolic stimulus in the body than equally heavy sets on a leg press machine. Sports scientists from the University of North [...]
Vitamin C and E protect testes during steroids cycle
A small group of doping users combine antioxidants such as vitamin C and E with their anabolic steroids. The idea behind this supplementation is that [...]
Whey or casein before and after your workout?
It makes precious little difference whether you put whey or casein in the shakes that you drink before and after a strength training session. Sports s [...]
Post-strength training testosterone peak higher with CLA
Bodybuilders who take 6 g CLA a day synthesise more testosterone, according to a small human study published by Italians in 2012 in the Journal of Str [...]
Animal study: CLA + endurance training = more testosterone
On the right, dear readers, is not a tangle of shavings produced by apprentice metal workers. You are looking at the spatial structure formula of the [...]
Taurine boosts glucose uptake in muscles
Taurine supplementation improves the body's insulin and glucose metabolism, physiologists from the State University of Campinas report in the Journal [...]
