Category: Training
Bodybuilders manage twenty percent more reps with beetroot juice
Beetroot juice is not only a good supplement for endurance athletes. Bodybuilders and other strength athletes can train more intensively by adding b [...]
Boost training with curcumin
Athletes looking to extend their endurance capacity may achieve better results by taking high doses of curcumin. And curcumin supplementation may al [...]
Boost strength in size in 6 days with Alpha-GPC
Athletes for whom strength or speed is important can boost their chance of success by taking 600 mg alpha-glycerylphosphorylcholine [abbreviated to [...]
Build more muscle with Eccentric strength training
Strength training using extremely heavy weights, with which athletes can only manage the return (eccentric) part of the movement on their own, buil [...]
Whey protein works better combined with added extras
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 [...]
Lower oestrogen levels with physical activity
The more you move, the less oestrogen circulates through your body. Biostatisticians at the University of Maryland published the results of a study t [...]
Damaged tendons heal faster with Vitamin B
A hefty dose of vitamin B5 – aka pantothenic acid – speeds up the healing of wounds. Researchers at the French institute Inserm discovered this in t [...]
Vitamin D helps maintain muscle after 50
People in their 50s who don't do any exercise or physical work lose a little bit of muscle and with it strength as the years pass. Taking a moderate [...]
Boost Irisin levels strength training
Irisin is a hormone that breaks down fat tissue, inhibits cancer cell development and delays aging processes. According to sports scientists at Seou [...]
Protein shake after workout in evening
If you drink a protein shake before going to sleep, you'll make more muscle protein during the night. You knew that already. And if you do weight tra [...]
Strength training + glass of milk + tablespoon leucine = more muscle
You do resistance training and you want to build muscle, but you can't be bothered with all those fiddly protein shakes. Why not just add 4 g leucin [...]
High reps good for building muscle mass, not strength
If you do weight training to build muscle mass, you may as well use weights that you can do 30 reps with instead of weights that you can only manage [...]
Burnout protection with resistance training and cardio training
Employees, freelance workers and entrepreneurs are less likely to succumb to a burnout if they do an intensive training session twice a week. Psychol [...]
Why it’s best to train big muscle groups first and then the smaller muscles
Do your squats first, and then calf presses. Do bench presses first, and then triceps extensions. You train big muscle groups first and then the smal [...]
Eating more than 45 g protein per meal won’t get you more muscle
The results of the study that sports scientists at the University of Mississippi published in Clinical Nutrition may seem obvious to regular readers [...]
