by Paul Cribb Ph.D. CSCS. | Articles, Research
Can you increase your strength up to 16% and prime your muscle for better growth and performance even before you’ve touched a barbell? This information is real exciting stuff for anyone that wants to improve their physique. There are no gimmicks or weird diets...
by AST Sports Science | Articles
Hey, this is going to put a smile on your dial. A recent study by Dr. Andrea Ghiselli and colleagues demonstrated that moderate consumption of beer increases the body's life-extending and disease preventing antioxidant levels. It appears it's the combination...
by Paul Cribb Ph.D. CSCS. | Articles, Research
Glutamine isn’t new. It hasn’t been attributed to building 21-inch arms or smashing world records, nor is it a previously hidden Soviet secret. The funny thing is, however, over 50 years of research shows supplementation with this amino acid is indispensable for...
by Paul Cribb Ph.D. CSCS. | Articles
Mammalian (including human) adipose tissue is composed mainly of white and brown adipocytes. White adipocytes store lipids in unilocular droplets, whereas brown adipocytes store lipids in multilocular droplets – this aspect reflects the different functions of...
by Paul Cribb Ph.D. CSCS. | Articles
Ten years ago, nobody wanted to know anything about them. Health-conscious people avoided them like the plague. Now, they’ve become the latest fad. Not a week goes by without at least one or two reports in the media describing yet another health benefit from...
by Paul Cribb Ph.D. CSCS. | Articles
As a sports scientist, I believe that we have only scratched the surface with regard to the potential gains that bodybuilders and other athletes can obtain from supplementation with Micronized Creatine. I also believe that bodybuilders are not using Micronized...
by Paul Cribb Ph.D. CSCS. | Articles
Any bodybuilder or athlete worth his salt knows that testosterone is an all-important anabolic hormone for gaining strength and building muscle mass. Scientists believe that one way testosterone exerts its effects is via its ability to stimulate muscle protein...
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...
