Category: Science
Make training with light weights just as effective as heavy weights
If for any reason you can only train with light weights, you can still gain strength and build up muscle mass. According to researchers at the Unive [...]
Cauliflower, broccoli & bodybuilders
Bodybuilders, power lifters and other strength athletes may be able to build up more muscle if they eat a portion of cabbage-related vegetables ev [...]
Can’t train? Keep on using those BCAA’s
Strength athletes who for whatever reason are unable to train for a couple of weeks can reduce their muscle decay by using BCAAs. An animal study [...]
Combination training speeds up weight loss
If you train because you want to lose weight, you're best off doing combination training. The combination of cardio training and strength training he [...]
Sports drink with alanine and proline works better than one with just carbs
Most trainers still believe the way for cyclists, runners and other athletes to improve their times and extend the boundaries of their endurance cap [...]
The doping effect of 40g dark chocolate a day
Runners, cyclists and other athletes improve their performance capacity when they eat 40 g dark chocolate every day for two weeks. Researchers at King [...]
Modest cardio speeds up post-weight training recovery
Gentle cardio training is definitely healthy for strength athletes. Twenty minutes of cardio training after a workout with heavy weights helps fight [...]
Royal Jelly: more testosterone and red blood cells
The larvae of bees grow into super-fertile, strong queen bees when fed Royal Jelly. And Royal Jelly has a somewhat similar effect on humans too, a [...]
Live longer with Horny Goat Weed
Of all the supplements available on the market, Horny Goat Weed – Latin name Herba epimedii – has the raunchiest image. Flavonoid extracts of this pl [...]
Cinnamon boosts IGF-1, rejuvenates skin
A cinnamon supplement can help against skin aging, conclude biochemists at Osaka Prefecture University in Japan from a study in which they exposed ski [...]
Training with light weights also boosts anabolic effect of protein supplementation
You're a bodybuilder, but you can only train with minimal weights because of an injury, and you're worried about your muscle mass. Is that your probl [...]
Pycnogenol keeps skin young
The supplement Pycnogenol rejuvenates the skin. Researchers at the German Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine came to this conclusi [...]
HMB works wonders with over-seventies who do strength training
It's good stuff that HMB. Ask sports scientist Matthew Vukovich of South Dakota State University. In 2001 he published the results of a study in whic [...]
Aromatase inhibitors help women react better to strength training
Women who have survived breast cancer and use aromatase inhibitors react surprisingly well to strength training. Researchers at Oregon Health and Sc [...]
Lose weight with HMB and get a flying start to fat loss
HMB
Weight loss not only requires a huge amount of discipline, it also goes agonizingly slowly. It can take days before you see your body reacting. B [...]