by Dana Bushell | Articles
Every once in a while a sudden feeling that completely overwhelms you and totally throws off your approach to training sets in without any warning at all. This usually occurs to those of us who have a significant amount of training time under our weight belts and...
by Paul Cribb Ph.D. CSCS. | Questions & Answers
The difference in the position of the bar in the squat exercise creates slight alterations in our biomechanical leverages. These cause a big shift of emphasis of muscle activation of the prime movers. When the bar is held low across the back (rear delts and trapezius...
by Paul Cribb Ph.D. CSCS. | Questions & Answers
Many bodybuilders are fanatical about their training and never skip a workout. However, this obsessive mentality may not yield the best results. Believe it or not, there is sound scientific evidence that suggests missing a workout here, and there can make you...
by AST Sports Science | Questions & Answers
Intense, short duration exercise such as Max-OT is known to be a potent trigger of growth hormone (GH) release. The peak in this response seems to occur in the hours immediately following exercise. Although the research isn’t completely clear on this topic, this...
by AST Sports Science | Research
A study that recently compared fat utilization after performing low and high-intensity cardio exercise has revealed that in the hours following the workout, intense exercise causes more effective utilization of dietary fat. Most fat loss research is performed using...
by Paul Delia | Research, Supplements
I’ve previously documented the benefits of strategic carbohydrate consumption for muscle growth and athletic performance. Now a recent study has demonstrated a direct association between optimal muscle glycogen stores and enhanced performance during intense exercise....
by Dana Bushell | Articles, Training
What motivates us to get up every single day and put ourselves through sometimes torturous behavior is different for each one of us. It is true that our outlet is the gym, but make no mistake, our outlet is not always pleasurable. It often hurts, but we realize...
by Paul Cribb Ph.D. CSCS. | Articles, Research
Conventional resistance training typically involves the controlled movement of weighted devices such as barbells, dumbbells and machines (with fulcrums and loaded weight stacks) where muscles undergo concentric (shortening), isometric (static) and eccentric...
by Dana Bushell | Articles
Well, with the past now in our rearview mirrors this would be a great time to sit back and reflect on a year’s worth of training, eating, supplementation, trial and error, misguided practises, epiphanies, highs and lows, gains and losses and be thankful that...
by AST Sports Science | Research
Breakthroughs in research technology are providing new information in exercise science and sports medicine at an incredibly rapid rate. A lot of this new, exciting information has to do with fat metabolism during exercise. While this information can lead to more...
