Category: Bodybuilding
Alcohol after strength training boosts testosterone levels
Sometimes, as a scientist, you make a discovery that you wish you hadn't made. If you publish your findings, you know that some people will interpret [...]
Vitamin D3 boosts anabolic effect of leucine
Adding the amino acid leucine to protein-rich meals is perhaps the most effective supplementation strategy for strength athletes seeking to speed up m [...]
Grape Seed Extract speeds up damaged muscle tissue recovery
If youre black and blue after a mountain bike fall or have taken a beating during training, your sore muscles will probably recover faster if you take [...]
Leucine supplement helps casein build muscles
Using the amino acid leucine as a supplement also boosts the muscle building effect of slow proteins such as casein, according to a human study publis [...]
Lose fat and keep muscle with Coleus forskohlii
If you take 1 g root extract of the plant Coleus forskohlii daily, you can lose up to 2.3 kg in two months. And without reducing your calorie intake, [...]
Raise Testosterone and Gain Strength By Getting Enough Zinc
Gain strength and improve athletic performance by making sure your zinc levels are up to par so that you get the greatest anabolic response possible [...]
Another sustained-release growth hormone in the pipeline: VRS-317
We recently wrote about the sustained-release growth hormone LB03002, which will probably appear on the market fairly soon. This isn't the only sust [...]
Maybe it’s possible to stack Leucine with HMB
If you know a little bit about sports supplements, it sounds like a bad idea: combining leucine and HMB to maximise muscle growth. Because HMB is a [...]
Animal study: strength training without steroids is good for heart and blood vessels
Strength training boosts the concentration of the 'good' cholesterol HDL in the blood, and is therefore good for the heart and blood vessels. Resear [...]
DHEA boosts muscle build-up from strength training
The over-65s – both men and women – build up more muscle mass and strength if they take 50 mg DHEA in combination with strength training. A ten-mont [...]
Rice protein works just as well as whey for bodybuilders
The price of whey proteins has been rising in recent years and the trend looks set to continue. Fortunately there are also plant-based proteins, suc [...]
Using whey during strength training helps tendons grow faster
If you're interested in strengthening your knee ligaments – or patellar tendons as your physiotherapist would call them – then you'll probably be in [...]
Creatine and protein-rich diet combination not dangerous for kidneys
Supplementation with creatine, you sometimes hear, is bad for your kidneys. Nevertheless, Brazilian researchers at the University of Sao Paulo demon [...]
Tongkat Ali raises testosterone levels in over-fifties
The Malaysian population has been using extracts from the roots of the Eurycoma longifolia shrub [which you may know by the name of Tongkat Ali] for [...]
15 grams of whey before strength training, and 15 grams afterwards
Athletes build up more muscle mass and strength if they ingest 15 g whey before a strength training session and another 15 g after they've finished [...]
