Category: Fitness
Touch of caffeine makes pre-workout shake more effective
If you make sure your muscle cells get enough amino acids before, during or after your workout, you'll build up strength and muscle mass faster. You c [...]
Oxymetholone breaks down fat and builds up muscle
In the steroids scene oxymetholone is known as a pretty risky oral anabolic steroid that can give users extra muscle mass and strength, but alos may l [...]
Muscular Fitness More Important Than Body Weight To Prevent Heart Disease
by Monica Mollica
Exercise protects against heart disease in many ways. One important mechanism is by elevating HDL, a.k.a. the “good” cholesterol.[ [...]
Resveratrol reduces effect of interval training
Men aged between 60 and 72, who do interval training twice a week, will reduce the effect of their efforts if they take supplements containing resvera [...]
Instant Ketosis?
by Patrick Arnold
In late 2010 a professor from a university in Florida approached me to see if I could synthesize a compound that he wanted to use i [...]
Ferulic acid improves performance over a period of consecutive days
It's found in coffee, but also in oranges, peanuts and apples. According to an animal study done by nutritionists at Chonnam National University in Ko [...]
L-Citrulline helps you hold on to muscle mass during a weight-loss diet
If you take a hefty portion of the amino acid L-citrulline just before going to sleep at night, it might help you to maintain muscle mass even though [...]
Animal study: weight loss a cinch with apple pulp
When apple juice is produced on an industrial scale apple pulp is left over. Right now most of this goes into animal feed, along with other waste prod [...]
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 [...]
Now there’s proof: training for fat spot reduction doesn’t work
Even if you do a couple of hundred reps for each set of your triceps extensions, it won't help the fat on your upper arms to disappear. And you won't [...]
Eleutherococcus senticosus boosts endurance capacity: animal study
In most of the human studies published so far, extracts of Eleutherococcus senticosus – a plant you may recognise under the name of Siberian ginseng – [...]
Green Coffee Bean extract makes weight loss diet more effective
Supplementation with an extract made from unroasted coffee beans – Green Coffee Bean Extract as it's called – can help overweight people who are on a [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
