by Jeff Willet | Articles
It is very true that you grow outside the gym and what you do or fail to do nutritionally in the hours after your workout will directly impact the speed and degree of your results. That being said, let’s not forget the important fact that the muscle building ball gets...
by Jeff Willet | Articles
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 Jeff Willet | Articles
My goal every time I train is to build maximum muscle. This is true if I am six weeks from a show or in the off-season and that’s why my workout approach never changes. I always train heavy with the Max-OT principles year ‘round because it’s the best way to train to...
by Paul Delia | Questions & Answers
Max-OT will work for everyone. Max-OT produces the fastest results in lean muscle growth no matter what your experience level, how long or how little you have been training, male or female, whether you are genetically gifted or genetically shortchanged. Max-OT...
by Paul Cribb Ph.D. CSCS. | Questions & Answers
While there is a lot of conflicting research on this, I tend to agree with researchers at Edith Cowan University in Western Australia. These scientists recently demonstrated that alternating between lighter and heavy loads will provide best results for explosive...
by Paul Cribb Ph.D. CSCS. | Research
High-protein, moderate carbohydrate intake ensures better fat loss as it preserves more lean muscle mass. A key element in the success of a high-protein diet appears to be the higher intake of branch chain amino acids (BCAA) – leucine, isoleucine, and valine....
by Paul Cribb Ph.D. CSCS. | Research
The findings from a small study recently completed in the U.K. supports previous findings that show coffee improves insulin function and carbohydrate metabolism in a manner that would promote better fat loss and muscle gains. Researchers from the University of Surrey...
by Paul Delia | News, Rants
The biggest scams in the supplement world no doubt center around weight loss. Let’s face it, when it come to losing weight and looking better just about everyone is a sucker – easy prey. One of the newer scams that’s been infecting the industry for...
by Paul Cribb Ph.D. CSCS. | Questions & Answers
I too have heard convincing arguments for both sides of this evolutionary debate. However, I don’t know why people on both sides insist that man should be rigidly one or the other. Our teeth are less able to tear flesh than those of meat-eating animals (carnivores)...
