by Paul Cribb Ph.D. CSCS. | Questions & Answers
For the first time, a team of US and Norwegian investigators claims to have found a link between nutrition and depression vulnerability.
Martha Morris and colleagues from Tufts University and Harvard Medical School report in Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics that...
by Paul Cribb Ph.D. CSCS. | Research
Low levels of Vitamin C in the bloodstream has been suggested to slow or retard fat metabolism. That’s the conclusion of a recent study presented at the Experimental Biology Meeting in San Francisco. Nutrition researchers from Arizona State University reported that...
by Dana Bushell | Articles
As athletes, we take every single precaution to ensure our health is in order so that we can employ our trade day in and day out. However, every once in a while our training and nutrition are going to come to a screeching stop because of something we can neither...
by AST Sports Science | Questions & Answers, Supplements
DGC is a unique glucose crystal that supplies the perfect fuel for muscle action, workout performance, and recovery. Most bodybuilders don’t realize that just 3 maximum effort sets can deplete muscle glycogen stores by 60%. So literally, 10 minutes into your workout,...
by Paul Delia | Questions & Answers, Training
All rowing movements are very effective upper-back mass builders – for both width and thickness. But as you have found out, these movements also place a lot of stress on your lower back. A lot of lower-back injuries have occurred from sloppy bent-over rows and...
by Jeff Willet | Training
There is a big misconception when it comes to abdominal training. You often hear that in order to trim your waistline you need to do countless high rep sets of crunches and you need to train your abs frequently throughout the week. This is simply not true. You can’t...
by Paul Delia | Questions & Answers
When people hear the term “antioxidant,” they often think in terms of a specific nutrient like vitamin C. Now while vitamin C is an antioxidant, the term antioxidant is actually a generic description for anything that can neutralize unstable molecules that damage DNA,...
by AST Sports Science | Training
The muscle-building process is pretty simple. When I say that, I am not talking about the effort required to execute the process, just the basic formula which can be summed up as stimulus and response. Muscle is best stimulated to grow by being placed under heavy...
