Category: Sports
Faster concentric movement = more progression with bench press
Experienced strength athletes can increase their maximal weight for bench presses by ten percent in just a couple of weeks by raising the bar faster [...]
Two grams L-carnitine daily protects athlete’s muscles
A daily dose of 2 g L-carnitine protects athletes' muscles from breaking down, according to a human study that sports scientists at the Islamic Azad [...]
Strength athletes react better to whey with added extras than whey on its own
Strength athletes with a bit of nous don't just consume whey, but mix it with substances like creatine, beta-alanine, HMB and sodium bicarbonate, to n [...]
Alpha lipoic acid combined with training boosts EPO levels
Endurance athletes probably synthesise much more EPO if they take 1200 mg alpha lipoic acid daily. Sports scientists at the University School of Phys [...]
Strength training boosts irisin levels
Irisin is a hormone that breaks down fat tissue, inhibits cancer cell development and delays aging processes. According to sports scientists at Seoul [...]
Strength athletes gain more strength by training properly
Almost every strength athlete is familiar with the dilemma: should I train 'properly' and therefore use a weight that is nothing special? Or should I [...]
Rutin boosts endurance capacity
Rutin, a flavonoid found in large quantities in our food and also easily available in supplement form, has been shown in animal studies to be an effec [...]
Cinnamon extract supplement boosts muscle mass
Even if you do no exercise you can build up more than a kilogram of muscle in four months if you take a supplement containing cinnamon extract. Nutrit [...]
Burn more fat with triset strength training
Strength athletes can reduce their fat percentage by doing trisets instead of traditional sets, sports scientists at the San Antonio Catholic Universi [...]
Animal study: octacosanol is an endurance sports supplement
Octacosanol is found in wheat germ oil, but far higher concentrations of the substance are to be found in sports supplements. The ergogenic effect of [...]
HMB makes athletes fitter and faster
Rowers, runners, swimmers, cyclists and other endurance athletes build up more stamina if they take 3 g HMB every day, write Polish nutritionists at [...]
Mountain climbing raises testosterone level
Mountain climbers returning from an expedition have a higher testosterone level than when they depart. Italian andrologists from the University of L'A [...]
Intensive exercise is healthier
Exercise is always healthy, even if you get an awful lot of it. We wrote about that recently. But does it matter whether you do high intensity exercis [...]
Turmeric inhibits conversion of amino acids into glucose
Gluconeogenesis is a useful process, but if muscle building is your hobby, you'd probably prefer it if it didn’t work so well. Gluconeogenesis is the [...]
Study: strength training just as effective without doing sets to failure
Honestly speaking we – the ignorant but pig-headed compilers of this gratis web magazine – don't believe a word of the human study that Australian spo [...]