Borassus aethiopum for bodybuilders?
If you've made the effort to read this post, you may well have a pitch-black bottle of BPI's Solid in your kitchen. One of its ingredients is an extra [...]
Diosgenin, the plant steroid in Smilax and Yam
Twenty or thirty years ago, thousands of bodybuilders took extracts from plants such as Smilax officinalis [sarsaparilla] and Dioscorea esculenta [wil [...]
Overcoming Appetite Suppression – Part 2
by Mike Arnold
Previously, in Part #1 of this article, we addressed several preventative measures one can employ in order to restore/maintain a [...]
Overcoming Appetite Suppression – Part 1
by Mike Arnold
As a BB’r or any other weight training enthusiast looking to put on size, eating enough food to sustain one’s mass-building effo [...]
Diabetics live longer with physical exercise
Exercise reduces your chances of developing type-2 diabetes, but even if you already have diabetes exercise is good for you. Definitely if you exercis [...]
Bulking vs Lean Mass Building
by Mike Arnold
Amongst the old-school BB’rs it was common practice to “bulk-up” when attempting to gain muscle. This went on for decades, with [...]
Protein Spiking: What it is and What YOU can do about it
by Anthony Roberts
If you've bought protein powder in the past few years, you've probably been ripped off. So that's the bad news...but the goo [...]
Titus Talks
by Craig Titus
Can you please explain what Anabolic Androgenic Steroids are? Also, I know AAS pack on muscle and make a person stronger, but wha [...]
Bodybuilding with protein-rich diet is healthier
Strength training will result in more muscle mass when combined with a protein-rich diet. Nothing new here, but that strength training combined with a [...]
Victor Conte’s Hypocritical Stance on PED’s
by Josh Hodnik
I have found myself changing views on a variety of subjects throughout my life. That is just how things go. You live, you learn, [...]
The anticatabolic effect of glycine
Sports food manufacturers do nothing with the amino acid glycine. To them glycine is at best a pricey filling agent. But this image is not justified, [...]
Lose weight without dieting with Gynostemma pentaphyllum
Take two tablets a day containing an extract of the Asian climbing plant Gynostemma pentaphyllum, and you'll lose nearly a kilogram fat in a month. Wi [...]
Human study: Ashwagandha boosts testosterone level
If infertile men take one capsule containing Ashwagandha – Latin name Withania somnifera – every day for a couple of months, their testosterone level [...]
Handful of goji berries protects testosterone from stress
Under stressful conditions the concentration of the hormone cortisol in the body rises. If the increase is big enough, the amount of testosterone you [...]
Muscle mass extends life expectancy
If you do heavy physical work or weight training, you'll not only make your body more muscled and stronger, but you'll also make it last longer. Muscl [...]
