Do you have 5 minutes to spare?
09/06/10
By Paul Delia
Filed Under: Articles

If you knew that you could maximize your muscle growth and strength in less than 5 minutes per workout, would you be more inspired and dedicated to train those 5 minutes?

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New Muscle-Building Benefits From Creatine
08/08/10
By Paul Cribb Ph.D. CSCS.
Filed Under: Articles

Flick through any of the muscle magazines and it’s clear that the sale of bodybuilding supplements has come down to mega 8-page advertisements containing truck loads of scientific-sounding waffle about products endorsed by ‘roided-out bodybuilders. Of course, every new product is the “massive scientific breakthrough” that athletes have been searching for.

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Adaptations and Influences That Affect Muscle Growth Part-3
07/31/10
By Paul Cribb Ph.D. CSCS.
Filed Under: Articles

We also know that people who have trained for years typically have larger muscle fibers than those who have been training for 3–6 months.[10,11] Even more intriguing is the fact that even highly trained lifters (5 or more years of consistent training) can still experience significant neurological adaptations that result in strength improvements – goes to show, your muscles never stop learning.

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Adaptations and Influences That Affect Muscle Growth Part-2
07/28/10
By Paul Cribb Ph.D. CSCS.
Filed Under: Articles

For over 60 years we’ve known that the amount of resistance (overload) placed on muscle is the fundamental principle that underlines adaptations to exercise training.[35-37] For example, it is clear that the degree of overload placed on muscle determines the amount and type of motor units (muscle) that are recruited during movement.[17]

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Adaptations and Influences That Affect Muscle Growth Part-1
05/04/10
By Paul Cribb Ph.D. CSCS.
Filed Under: Articles

We know that to lift a heavy weight, large amounts of muscle fibers have to contract. However, the shortening velocity is actually slow. Therefore, even though the lifter might attempt to move a heavy weight explosively, the initial adaptations that actually occur in strength development are via the expression of slower, (not faster) contractile protein isoforms.

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Creatine and Fat Loss: The Truth
04/15/10
By Paul Cribb Ph.D. CSCS.
Filed Under: Articles

Over an even longer term, new gains in muscle mass increase in a person’s metabolic rate that, in turn, burns more body fat. Therefore, by virtue of its ability to speed gains in lean mass, creatine supplementation actually promotes better fat metabolism.

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Reignite Aging Muscle
04/14/10
By Paul Cribb Ph.D. CSCS.
Filed Under: Articles

As adults, with each passing decade, our capacity to synthesize new muscle declines up to 40%, the amount of anabolic hormones in circulation decrease by at least 25%, inflammatory markers increase by at least 15% and the expression of muscle growth-specific genes decrease by 10-50%

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AST Special Report – Creatine Cycling
01/29/10
By Paul Cribb Ph.D. CSCS.
Filed Under: Articles

This Special Report is designed specifically for those that desire rapid, dramatic gains in strength and lean muscle mass. If you’re after a safe, highly effective, science-based method that packs-on slabs of rock-hard lean muscle mass and literally transforms your physique, this report is for you.

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