by AST Sports Science | Research
Endurance athletes have been using carbohydrate supplements to enhance performance for years. However, according to researchers at the University of Texas, adding protein to a carbohydrate supplement resulted in a massive 24% increase in performance! The Study Ten...
by AST Sports Science | Research, Supplements
Lift weights Max-OT style, and you’ll understand the deep muscle pain that usually occurs within 24 hours after a workout. It’s often worse 48 hours after exercise. This type of soreness is known as delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS). While scientists aren’t...
by AST Sports Science | Research, Supplements
Growth factors play crucial roles in the synthesis of muscle tissue. One growth factor, in particular, Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1), is of great importance to athletes as it is involved in the expression of a complete spectrum of muscle-specific proteins....
by AST Sports Science | Questions & Answers
Most people do not know the best way to use glutamine to maximize muscle growth support, and there is still a lot to be learned. Here is a strategy that will allow you to take advantage of GL3 L-Glutamine’s nitrogen shuttling effect and it’s growth hormone...
by AST Sports Science | Questions & Answers, Research
New lab techniques enable scientists to see and measure molecular changes in muscle that we previously couldn’t imagine. Thanks to this sometimes amazing technology, we know now that muscle hypertrophy (growth) occurs a lot quicker than first thought. Muscle...
by AST Sports Science | Articles
A high protein, low-fat, moderate-carbohydrate diet is without a doubt, the most effective nutritional approach for stimulating lean muscle gains while accelerating fat loss. The scientific literature proves this and the real world results solidify the research....
by AST Sports Science | Articles
Bulking up. You hear this all the time. Many people are under the misconception that to gain muscle mass, you must “bulk up.” They think that to put on appreciable muscle size calories must be consumed in excess to fuel the muscle growth process. This is...
by AST Sports Science | Questions & Answers
Almost every experienced bodybuilder will agree that the mind-to-muscle link is important to optimize the growth response to training. A recent study suggests this maybe true. This research showed that you can increase muscle activation during weight lifting by...
by AST Sports Science | Questions & Answers, Research
Intense, short duration exercise (Max-OT and Max-OT Cardio) is known to be a potent trigger of growth hormone (GH) release. The peak in this response occurs in the hours immediately following exercise. Although the research isn’t entirely clear on this topic, this...
by AST Sports Science | Articles
Exercise is the best medicine in the world, and the only side effects are greater strength, outstanding performance, optimum health, and the highest quality of life. Exercise makes you leaner, stronger, fitter and smarter. Here are six little-known facts that should...
by AST Sports Science | Articles, Training
Who doesn’t want shredded abs? But the secret? Well, I wouldn’t call it a secret, but it is elusive for most, to say the least. It’s called hard work and strict discipline. Hard work mainly comes from the fact that abs just aren’t fun to train....
by AST Sports Science | Articles
Building muscle by steering your physiology towards anabolism (muscle-growth) and away from the catabolic (muscle breakdown) responses activated by intense exercise is a 24-hour a day, 7-day a week commitment. Supplements are an incredibly important part of this and...
by AST Sports Science | Research
Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) is a compound shown in many animal and human studies to improve body composition by maintaining lean muscle mass and enhancing fat loss. This is the toughest part of following a diet – losing fat while keeping, or even better,...
by AST Sports Science | Articles
Continual improvement, or taking our physiques to “the next level,” is the primary goal of everyone training in the gym. Whether we’ve been training for three months or three years; are genetically gifted or consider ourselves a “hard gainer”; weigh 150 pounds or 250...
by AST Sports Science | Articles, Research, Supplements
Cortisol is a steroid hormone produced in your body’s adrenal gland and is released during high-stress physical and mental states such as intense exercise, anger, trauma, and even in extreme temperatures. Cortisol and Muscle Breakdown When cortisol is secreted,...
